Charli XCX's 'Guess' remix ft. Billie Eilish climbs up the charts
When a party girl meets a sad girl! Charli XCX and Billie Eilish's new remix is gaining steam on music charts around the world...
Charli XCX's decision to add Billie Eilish to her 'Guess' remix is paying off in a big way.
The remix, which has been streamed over 30-million times on Spotify since its release last week, is on track to becoming a top 20 hit in America.
It is expected to debut at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Charli's highest-charting song currently is '360', which is at #44, while Billie's 'Birds of a Feather' remains in the top 10 after peaking at #9.
"Guess" becomes Charli xcx's first #1 hit on US Spotify since "Fancy", over 10 year ago. pic.twitter.com/TpHkGhY4In
— chart data (@chartdata) August 3, 2024
The remix version of 'Guess' is featured on the deluxe edition of Charli's sixth studio album, 'Brat', which was released in June.
According to Chart Data, the song is Charli's first #1 hit on US Spotify since her 2014 collaboration with Iggy Azalea on 'Fancy'.
'Guess' also broke Taylor Swift and Ice Spice's record for the biggest debut for a female remix on Spotify's global chart.
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Charli has released another remix from her deluxe album, 'Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not'.
New Zealand singer Lorde was featured on the 'Girl, So Confusing' remix, which was released in June. Many fans speculated that the original version of the song, which details complicated feelings for a female singer, was about Lorde.
"Yeah, I don’t know if you like me / Sometimes I think you might hate me / Sometimes I think I might hate you," Charli sings in the original.
Lorde and Charli are also often mistaken for each other.
Charli, born Charlotte Emma Aitchison, sings in another part of the song: "People say we’re alike/ They say we’ve got the same hair."
Speaking to Rolling Stone UK, Charli revealed that she was once jealous of Lorde, whose real name is Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor.
"When ‘Royals’ came out, I was super jealous of the success that that song got, and that Ella [Lorde] got. You piece all this stuff together in your brain, like: ‘She was into my music. She had big hair; I had big hair. She wore black lipstick; I once wore black lipstick.’ You create these parallels and think, ‘Well, that could have been me.’ But it couldn’t have because we’re completely different people. I wasn’t making music that sounded anything like ‘Royals’. I think you just read what you want into it because you’re feeling insecure about your own work,” she said.
Lorde has always been a Charli fan and made sure to quash any speculation about a possible feud when the 'Brat' album was released.
"The only album I’ve ever presaved is out today… Charli just cooked this one different… So much grit, grace and skin in the game. I speak for all of us when I say it’s an honour to be moved, changed and gagged by her work. There is NO ONE like this b***h,” she wrote on Instagram.
Listen to Charli XCX and Lorde's 'Girl, So Confusing' remix below.
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