{"id":515298,"date":"2026-04-06T04:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515298\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T04:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:49:16","slug":"sky-ferreira-accuses-charli-xcx-of-recording-her-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515298\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Ferreira Accuses Charli XCX Of Recording Her Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s fun when the elusive Sky Ferreira sings on a song, even when that song apparently is not hers. That happened just a couple of months ago when she teamed up with Charli XCX on “Eyes Of The World,” a track from Charli’s Wuthering Heights album<\/a>. But in the past few weeks, Ferreira \u2014 who’s only released a handful of singles in the past decade \u2014 has suggested that her fingerprints are a lot more prominent than we realized. <\/p>\n

Back in February upon the release of Wuthering Heights, Ferreira responded to a meme post on Instagram about Charli dragging her into the studio to make the album. “To record my old songs,” Ferreira commented, without any further clarification. <\/p>\n

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More recently, a fan named Leon (@skyferrori) caught attention on X for posting a since-deleted screenshot of a text exchange with an “industry insider” who claimed that aside from “Eyes Of The World,” Wuthering Heights songs “Chains Of Love” and “Alters” were lifted from unreleased Ferreira demos<\/a>. (Credited co-writers for both \u201cEyes Of The World\u201d and \u201cChains Of Love\u201d are Charli, Justin Raisen, Finn Keane, and Gareth Murphy. All except Keane are also credited writers on \u201cAltars.\u201d) Last Friday, Leon reposted a clip of Ferreira’s “Everything Is Embarrassing” video, commenting “I wonder what’s her form of income.”<\/p>\n

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Ferreira isn’t on X, but she found Leon’s Instagram<\/a> page and used the comments there to respond: “I toured for years. I work. I hate to break it to you, but your favorite artist records my old songs.” In another comment, she wrote: “Your industry ‘insider’ is wrong. Close but wrong.” In the longest comment, she went into detail:<\/p>\n

I wasn’t going to say anything. I\u2019m over being dragged & humiliated for no reason. It brought back a lot of things I have worked really hard to move past. No one \u201csaved\u201d or helped me. My life was destroyed for over 10 years & it\u2019s a public joke. Publications etc. It isn’t funny. It allows people to disrespect & take advantage of me, or to manipulate multiple situations based on their perception of me. I wasn’t allowed to do anything. I mind my own business so I don’t know why everything is so loaded. I don’t want to be harassed. I don’t want the actions of multiple people fucking things up for me & my album. I\u2019m an honest person. People don’t care about the truth. It’s about whatever narrative is fitting or more exciting. I\u2019m glad I can finally move on with my life.<\/p>\n

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Charli previously enlisted Ferreira for her 2019 Charli single “Cross You Out,<\/a>” which came just a few months after Ferreira dropped “Downhill Lullaby<\/a>,” which was meant to be the lead single to her exhaustingly-delayed<\/a> sophomore album Masochism. Since then, as a lead artist, she’s released the single “Don’t Forget<\/a>” and the Babygirl soundtrack song “Leash<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

not sure why people are trying to pin this entire situation on me when my tweet was unrelated to what she\u2019s saying now. sky came onto my ig comments and brought up charli, not me. i did not drag charli into this.<\/p>\n

\u2014 leon (@skyferrori) April 5, 2026<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Ferreira has added more context in Stereogum\u2019s Instagram comments. After a user posted:<\/p>\n

If everyone in your life is crazy and awful\u2026. chances are, you might be the common problem?? I\u2019m a huge fan of most of Sky\u2019s work (the Ghost EP, NTMT, Cross You Out w\/ Charli, and Leash from Babygirl)\u2026 but the scapegoating everyone seemingly except yourself in your own life\u2019s trajectory.. not a great look. It\u2019s giving zero self awareness.<\/p>\n

The singer responded:<\/p>\n

you mean the record label that made it impossible for me to do anything, including work outside of music for over 10 years? People need to stop taking this out of context. I explained why I don’t think it\u2019s funny because it was real & damaged my life. \u2026 the reality is it allows people to take advantage of me. This is how the music industry works. It\u2019s been proven over & over again throughout history. Idk why that\u2019s so hard to believe. Acknowledging the truth doesn’t mean I have a victim complex.<\/p>\n

Another fan asked, \u201cSky I love you with all my heart, but at this point, after you\u2019re no longer under contact with Capitol since 2023, why aren\u2019t you releasing music?\u201d Ferreira responded to that person:<\/p>\n

It was toward the end of 2023 & the terms weren’t settled until mid\/late 2024. I toured most of 2024. I signed to a new label in 2025. I started completely over songwriting wise. I don’t own my previous recordings so I\u2019m re-recording a few songs. \u2026 my music & life exist offline<\/p>\n