{"id":577951,"date":"2026-07-31T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/577951\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:18:08","slug":"charli-xcx-lorde-duet-at-lolla-made-girl-so-confusing-more-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/577951\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli xcx: Lorde Duet at Lolla Made ‘Girl, So Confusing’ More ‘Special’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOn \u201cGirl, So Confusing,\u201d Charli xcx<\/a> and Lorde<\/a> worked it out on the remix \u2014 and at Lollapalooza 2026, they worked it out on the stage.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter making a cameo <\/a>at the New Zealand native\u2019s headlining set in Chicago on Thursday (July 30), Charli shared a post on Instagram<\/a> commemorating the surprise duet, writing, \u201cthe more we do this the more special it feels <3\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201clove you ella,\u201d she continued, captioning photos of herself and Lorde backstage at the festival and performing the Brat remix track. \u201ccongrats on headlining and ty for bringing me out!!!! ps i headline lolla tonight\u2026 im excited ;)\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the comments, Lorde wrote, \u201cTake care of it tn\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cU the f\u2013kin one,\u201d the \u201cRoyals\u201d singer added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough the collaboration disrupted the internet when it dropped in 2024, Charli and Lorde have only sung it together live a handful of times. The two gave the remix its live debut<\/a> at New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden in September 2024, when Charli brought out Lorde during her co-headlining show with Troye Sivan. When the British dance-pop star performed it at Coachella in 2025, Lorde joined her<\/a> in the desert to assist, later inviting Charli to sing it with her during an Ultrasound World Tour stop in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe two women\u2019s ability to perform the \u201cGirl, So Confusing\u201d remix speaks to how far they\u2019ve come since they first teamed up on the song. In her 2024 Billboard<\/a> cover story, Charli told senior writer Kristin Robinson that she originally penned it about ambiguous, unspoken tension she felt with Lorde.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThen the day before the record came out, I left her a voice note,\u201d Charli said at the time. \u201c[Lorde] replied straight away and was like, \u2018Oh, my God, I had no idea you felt this way. I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019 And then was like, \u2018You know, maybe I should be on a version of the song.\u2019 I didn\u2019t even ask her. She brought it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love that we truly did work it out on the remix,\u201d Lorde added in the same article. \u201cOnly Charli could make that happen. She had opened up a channel between us, and it made me say things that I had never said.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Charli noted in her post, she will now take the baton from Lorde and headline night two of this year\u2019s Lolla on Friday (July 31), following sets from Zara Larsson, Lil Uzi Vert, Yungblud, Mustard and more. The festival goes all weekend, featuring respective night three and night four headliners Olivia Dean and Tate McRae.<\/p>\n

\n\tCharli is fresh off the release of her new album, Music, Fashion, Film, which dropped July 24. Lorde\u2019s most recent LP, Virgin, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n