Yasutaka Nakata – Crazy Crazy (ft. Charli XCX and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)

According to Charli XCX, her new album will be filled with “a champagne shower of badass pop”. As a first taste she teamed up with SOPHIE and Lil Yachty for ‘After the Afterparty’, and with her latest single, Charli’s broadened her horizons further, turning to J-Pop megastar Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and electro producer Yasutaka Nakata for inspiration.

The result is a track that’s truly ‘Crazy Crazy’, distilling all three of the musicians’ talents into a buoyant package that hits like a truck. Charli and Kyary are a natural team, bouncing lyrics off each other effortlessly, while Yasutaka blends in the PC Music vibes, glitch beats and sounds that could have come straight from Sonic The Hedgehog into an irresistibly effervescent concoction. It’s unclear whether ‘Crazy Crazy’ will feature to Charli’s upcoming album, but even if it doesn’t, it’s still a melting pot of globalised pop perfection.