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Tove Lo also shared the message on her page adding: “Yes. Love writing with you.” The artists are both known for their avant-garde approaches to pop music, often incorporating elements of punk and dance music in their own songs. The two have previously collaborated on several tracks including ‘Out Of My Head’ (also featuring ALMA) from Charli’s 2017 mixtape Pop 2. The artists also teamed up alongside ALMA, Icona Pop, and Eliiphant for the remix of Tove Lo’s 2018 single ‘bitches’.

Charli has recently teased that she is working on new music. The singer shared her collaboration with No Rome and The 1975 for ‘Spinning’. She also recently previewed her documentary Alone Together at SXSW 2021. The documentary follows the creation of Charli’s 2020 album “How I’m Feeling Now” under quarantine conditions. In comparison, Tove Lo has been reasonably quiet since the release of her 2019 album Sunshine Kitty. The 33-year-old married her partner Charlie Twaddle in the summer of 2020 at a quarantine wedding in Las Vegas.

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Hopefully, Charli and Tove Lo will share what they have been working on soon in what could prove to be a record of the summer.

Charli began the week with a vocal coaching session with Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo and today (March 31) she will be joined by Los Angeles based multimedia artist Lucas David for a life drawing class.

On Wednesday (April 1) she will do some yoga with Ashnikko for yoga practice before Rina Sawayama steps up on Thursday (April 2) to take part in the psychopath test alongside her.

On Friday (April 3) Orville Peck will give Charli a glimpse into her future with a horoscope reading, and Zara Larsson will join in the fun with a make-up tutorial on Saturday (April 4). The full schedule, with dates and times, can be seen below.

This all comes as Charli revealed that the coronavirus interrupted plans she had for a “special” show revolving around her debut album ‘True Romance’. In an Instagram post, posted on March 30, Charli wrote: “A while ago i asked u guys to send me some of ur fav images of baby me from the true romance era. At the time I was in the midst of planning a one of special true romance show…”

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a while ago i asked u guys to send me some of ur fav images of baby me from the true romance era. at the time i was in the midst of planning a one of special true romance show…. obviously, i had to put a pause on all the conversations surrounding the performance hopefully once the world goes back to some kinda normality i’ll be able to re plan it but for now #stayhome and enjoy these throwbacks

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She added, “Obviously, I had to put a pause on all the conversations surrounding the performance. hopefully once the world goes back to some kinda normality i’ll be able to re plan it but for now #stayhome and enjoy these throwbacks.”

Charli XCX Livestream Schedule:

Monday 30th March – 8pm UK // 12pm PST
Vocal Coaching w/ Tove Lo

Tuesday 31st April – Time TBC
Life Drawing w/ Lucas David

Wednesday 1st April – Time TBC
Yoga w/ Ashnikko

Thursday 2nd April – 8pm UK // 12pm PST
Psychopath Test w/ Rina Sawayama

Friday 3rd April – 8pm UK // 12pm PST
Horoscope Reading w/ Orville Peck

Saturday 4th April – 8pm UK // 12pm PST
Make Up Tutorial w/ Zara Larsson

Robyn hasn’t released any new music for bordering on eight years, with her last album coming in the form of 2010’s Body Talk, and fans have been anxious to hear news from her on any new music for quite some time. Since then she has made a few guest appearances, such as on Todd Rundgren’s track ‘That Could Have Been Me’, but the clamour has been for her to release a solo, full length LP.

In a Twitter exchange (seen below), a fan put the question to Robyn about new music, and to the surprise of many, she responded. When asked who is responsible for determining the record’s release date, she replied “I do. Some time this year honey”.

I do. Some time this year honey

— Robyn (@robynkonichiwa) February 7, 2018

Whilst there has been a lack of music in recent times, Robyn has been far from quiet, and last year, she joined her compatriots Zara Larsson, First Aid Kit, and Tove Lo, in signing a letter decrying sexual abuse in Sweden’s music industry.

Th letter was published in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter last week, and reads: “We demand zero tolerance for sexual exploitation or violence. Sexual assault or violence will have consequences in terms of terminations of contracts. We will put shame back where it belongs—with the perpetrators and the people protecting them.”

In 2017, Metronomy frontman Joe Mount revealed that he was a potential collaborator on Robyn’s new album, telling NME “I’ve been working with people on my own stuff, some new stuff, and I’m off to see Robyn in March to try and do some stuff with her.

“I’ve just been a bit of family man recently…but every time I do something with Robyn I get very excited, so hopefully I’ll be heavily involved in her next record but we’ll see.

Frontman and vocalist Olly Alexander featured an accompanying message to their fans saying that his intentions were to “celebrate all different kinds of sexuality and queer identities”.

The open letter consisted of context to the video, discussing the different types of sexualities and identities that deserve as much recognition as heterosexual romance in music videos.

Most of the pop videos I’ve seen that have any male and female interaction are usually centred around a romance, and that’s great, I am all for romance, but let’s face it there are a lot of other sexualities and identities that are well deserving of some shiny pop video love. I’ve been wanting to make a video with some of my queer family for a long time and ‘Desire’ felt like the right time to do it… Pop music has a pretty good track record of embracing queer culture, it’s been a safe place for some of our most visible queer icons, we have more out and open non-straight stars than ever before.

The music video is an artistic piece featuring scenes of Alexander getting intimate and close up with members of the same sex with eye-capturing shots of the lead singer and Tove Lo performing the track.

The message he attached to the video provided a powerful stance and inspiring statement towards the LGBT community, read the rest of the message down below:

“I love pop (obviously) so, why is it that in 2016, a pop video featuring people expressing their sexuality who aren’t cis-gendered or heterosexual, feel at all unusual or progressive? Well for a lot of people, it doesn’t- they live and think outside of the societal binary most of us are used to, but for a lot of other people, myself included, it does. It shouldn’t, but it does.”

“So yeah, gay people have sex, and it’s not just gay people, it’s all kinds of people! All these non-straight people, they’re out there, having sex! Sex, between two consenting adults, can be a healthy, positive, safe and enjoyable thing!”

“As a teenager I was inspired by stars who I felt were doing just that,” the singer continues. “They were almost exclusively women; Madonna, Destiny’s Child, Alanis Morissette, Britney and Whitney – they asserted or acknowledged their sexuality in varying and different ways and to me they were ways that felt powerful… Women in pop music are expected to be sexy, most of the time they don’t have any choice – I have the privilege of choice. I chose to make this video about sex, to portray myself as a sexual character. I choose this because I do not want to hide or limit my sexuality, I want to make videos and songs and art that celebrate all different kinds of sexuality and queer identities.”

Watch the new music video here: