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Charli XCX: 'Boys'

Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 8 December 2017

DO YOU REMEMBER the first time you heard 'Boys'? On first listen it might not have seemed like anything special — perhaps a bit repetitive, or even annoying. And yet… [Super Mario coin sound] all of a sudden it's everywhere, and somewhere along the way, you just couldn't stop listening.

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