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Watch Charli XCX bring ‘Need Ur Luv’ to Letterman debut

Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij is on piano.

Watch Charli XCX bring ‘Need Ur Luv’ to Letterman debut

Last night, after making her SNL debut over the weekend, Charli XCX played The Late Show with David Letterman for the first time.

Showcasing ‘Need Ur Luv’ from her new LP ‘SUCKER’, she was joined by Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij on a neon-lit piano.

Watch the performance below. Letterman joins at the end to hand Charli a weird, potentially offensive looking toy, which apparently he’s handing everyone throughout the show. Earlier in the night, Anna Kendrick points out that it resembles a “furry sex toy”. Very seasonal.

‘SUCKER’ is out now in the U.S. It’s released on 19th January via Atlantic in the UK.

See ‘Need Ur Luv’ below. UK tour dates - tickets are available via TicketWeb.

MARCH
24 Concorde 2, Brighton
25 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
27 QMU, Glasgow
28 Plug, Sheffield
30 O2 Academy, Oxford
31 Academy 2, Manchester

APRIL
01 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
02 The Institute, Birmingham

Get tickets to watch Charli XCX live now.

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