Charli xcx: Vroom Vroom (12"EP) [EAST WEST]

Why you'll love it

The 2016 EP Charli xcx made with SOPHIE, back on a 12" record. It split critics and fans at the time, then built a cult following and is now credited as one of the starting points of hyperpop.

This edition

• 12" EP
• 4 tracks, produced with SOPHIE
• Includes 'Paradise' with Hannah Diamond

About the EP

In 2015 Charli xcx told i-D that her next record would be 'the most pop thing, and the most electronic thing' she had ever done, and Vroom Vroom was the first proof. SOPHIE produced it, with help from Jodie Harsh, and the result arrived in February 2016 on Charli's own Vroom Vroom Recordings: four songs of rubbery bass, metallic clangs and hooks sharp enough to cut yourself on.

The title track came first, premiered on Beats 1 in October 2015, followed by 'Paradise' with Hannah Diamond, 'Trophy' and 'Secret (Shh)'. Plenty of listeners didn't know what to make of it in 2016. A decade on, half of pop sounds a little like it, which must be very satisfying for everyone who said they liked it at the time.

Tracklist

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Out October 23, 2026 on East West (cat# 1343859), a reissue of the 2016 EP.