It’s common knowledge that some celebrities are willing to do pretty much anything in order to stay relevant, but Charli XCX just revealed that her team recently took that concept to a whole new (and uncomfortable) level.
This week on X, the singing star posted a list of marketing concepts that were allegedly shared with her courtesy of her label, and y’all…no amount of preparation will have you ready for the items on this list:
I’m sorry, but how does a list that STARTS with nipple piercings at Claire’s still manage to get stranger the longer you read down it?!
The list includes your standard tasteless fanfare. For example, purposely leaking a sex tape à la Paris Hilton and/or purposely being caught shoplifting à la Winona Ryder, with the special note to “position it carefully so we 'steal' from a brand Charli is planning on collaborating with later on.” And that’s just to list a few of the positively absurd suggestions.
Charli was vocally displeased with the clearly ridiculous list, taking to both X and Instagram to share it with her fans, which was naturally met with some hilarious reactions:
Heck, the official MTV account even expressed some genuine interest in the singer's potential choice:
And Charli took things a step further, calling on some of her famous friends to do dramatic readings of the suggestions on her account:
While this list should absolutely be taken with a grain of salt as it may be satire—considering Charli herself has admitted to “lying for fun” about her label’s various demands in the past:
Regardless, it's still wild to think that some celebrities are regularly sent similar lists of PR stunts to try and pull off.
So, uh, yeah…there you have it? I can’t unknow this now! But hey, tag yourself in the list! For the record, I’m clearly “Full ball gown in the middle of the Tube: Mental breakdown and pouting.”
