Charlotte Emma Aitchison, better known by her stage name Charli XCX, is a musician from Hertfordshire, England. She is a friend of Marina Diamandis and opened for her during The Lonely Hearts Club Tour.
Work with Marina[]
| Title | Co-Wri. | Prod. | Additional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electra Heart era | |||
| Just Desserts | ✓ | stand-alone single | |
Marina and Charli[]
In 2013, Marina posted on Twitter:[1]
❝ Hello World Wide Web! Me + my sweet sis Charli XCX have recorded a sweet, romantic duet [Just Desserts] together. We will be posting it shortly. ❞
On February 2015, Marina attended the Brit 2015 gala, where Charli was as well. She said about her and Charli:[2]
❝ Everyone says we look the same so I said 'we should say we are sisters and see how far we get with that'. I might start signing her autographs as well! ❞
In 2015, Marina appeared in Charli XCX's documentary regarding being a woman in the music industry.
| Video | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| ||
| Title | Marina interviewed by Charli XCX | |
| Premiere | 25 Nov 2015 | |
| Length | 3:26 | |
| Filmed | 2015 | |
| Notes | From Charli XCX's BBC3 documentary, "The F-Word and Me" | |
Feud[]
On March 10, 2016, Charli revealed a photo from an advertisement campaign for a fragrance called "Impulse"[3], as did the photographer, Charlotte Rutherford.[4] Followers quickly began to point out similarities between the image and the Immortal photoshoot from Marina's 2015 album, FROOT. Diamandis herself later commented on the post, saying: "That FROOT looks familiar!". She then tweeted:[5] "Imagery is artistic property. Please respect your fellow artists."
Charli replied to the tweet with a link to an Instagram post[6] with the following caption, denying her knowledge of Marina's earlier campaign:[7]
❝ You know what, sometimes you do a photoshoot standing infront of a plant, sometimes you do a photoshoot in black and white, sometimes you wear purple eyeshadow. Sometimes you shoot with the same photographer a fellow artist has shot with. That's just how things happen in the industry I work in. The image in discussion (not this one), which a lot of fans have been making noise about online, was from a photoshoot for a fragrance brand I have been working with for a while. The point of the shoot is to make the promotional image reflective of the packaging, as I have done on previous collaborations with them. This particular scent is a summer scent, with lemons and hints of burnt orange, the design is tropical, bright yellow with pineapples, palm trees and sunglasses printed on the can. The whole brief for the campaign was based around a tropical theme, which is what the brand aka 'the client', wanted. Hence the direction of the photoshoot. I had not seen the artwork for the Marina And The Diamonds (@marinagrams) song 'Immortal', and it was not an inspiration for this photoshoot or the campaign as a whole. I've seen it now, and yeah unfortunately it looks similar. It was shot by the same, incredibly talented photographer, and it's a shame for both myself and Marina that this has happened. I'm not here to replicate or 'steal' art or things that have already been done. What's the point in that? I'm here to do my own thing and create my own art. As I've said, the image in question, which I believe Marina had previously commented on on the photographers Instagram, was for a brand based photoshoot for a tropical, lemon scented fragrance campaign (what was I supposed to do – shoot it in the snow?!). It is not the artwork for my own album or single. That's all I need to say really. Everybody enjoy your Friday. Love to all. 💜 Tonight is the launch of my record label Vroom Vroom Recordings. Im very excited and can't wait to start releasing more music from myself and other artists that I love. ❞
In June, when asked regarding the feud, Marina stated:[8]
❝ There's honestly nothing in which I could comment on about that, but I don't like to have ill wills with anybody. I think the main thing is that I love art and I love artists, and the effort that I put into my work is huge. So when you see that... I guess in creative industries it's easy to draw references from things, and they might see something as a reference when it's really something that took a lot of time to create. ❞
Aftermath[]
In 2017, Charli responded to a tweet:[9] "i don't think there ever was a beef. there was just the internet going crazy. marina & i are all good & all love as far as i know :) <3"
In 2019, when accused of stealing singer LIZ's idea, Charli said:[10] "Everyone wants a familiar fruit moment or whatever", referencing the feud. Later that year Marina reposted Charli's tweet about women in the music industry, onto her Instagram stories.[11]
In 2023, on her private Instagram account, 360_brat, Charli recalled:[12]
❝ no [we're not friends] but it's not like DEEP or anything, there's no negativity in my opinion, our worlds just don't cross. I will say I DID feel negatively years later because I just felt like I really looked up to her and almost saw her as a role model in a way,* and when she publicly put me on blast via subtweet I was honestly really hurt and upset and confused and all the fans were coming for me and everything. And I just thought we were friends so maybe she could have like, texted me or something ? So I just felt like she knew she was sending people to "get me" online and as someone I looked up to I just thought that was really a mean thing to do at the time. Now I'm just like lol the whole thing is so funny like as if there was a beef over lemons. Pahaahha *(At the time of the incident Charli was 23 and Marina was 31.) ❞
On June 21, 2024, on Twitter, Marina posted Charli's song "Girl, so confusing" featuring Lorde:[13]
❝ THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. Just cried listening to it. It’s so courageous and human to make work about this topic and it’s so healing to listen to it. Congratulations on an iconic album @charli_xcx 💚💚💚 ❞
To which Charli responded:[14] "aww marina!! tumblr girls rise!"
Marina subsequently followed Charli on social media.
Gallery[]
.jpg "Marina and Charli XCX (2).jpg (56 KB)")
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References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/marinadiamandis/status/329607137426817024
- ↑ https://metro.co.uk/2015/02/26/marina-diamandis-says-she-and-charli-xcx-are-mistaken-for-sisters-5080085
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BCzyvKRpu2m/
- ↑ https://static.spin.com/files/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-11-at-8.41.53-AM-compressed.png
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/708036602111598592
- ↑ https://twitter.com/charli_xcx/status/708285561895841793
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0H8TVJu5v/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180722011407/https://www.fuse.tv/2016/06/marina-and-the-diamonds-new-music-lgbtq-pride-orlando-shooting-interview
- ↑ https://marinaupdates.tumblr.com/post/163614030479
- ↑ https://twitter.com/charli_xcx/status/1128999657634500608
- ↑ https://x.com/FckyeahCharli/status/1200087981140463619
- ↑
- ↑ https://x.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/1804197592194249213
- ↑ https://x.com/charli_xcx/status/1804218198323085622
