"After the Afterparty" | ||||
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Single by Charli XCX featuring Lil Yachty | ||||
Released | 28 October 2016 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
Genre | Electropop | |||
Length | 3:39 | |||
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"After the Afterparty" on YouTube |
"After the Afterparty" is a single by English singer Charli XCX, released on 28 October 2016 by Asylum Records and Atlantic Records UK. The song serves as the lead single from her untitled third studio album to be released September 2017, and features American rapper Lil Yachty. In August 2016, Charli XCX revealed that her upcoming album would largely be produced by Sophie and Stargate.
Ailbhe Malone of The Irish Times called it "a turned-up banger, similar to "We Can't Stop" by Miley Cyrus", but also claiming that it had a "layer of modernist gloss" due to the input of Sophie. Laura Snapes of Pitchfork described the song's "neon nihilism and aggressive self-possession are the drivers of Charli’s career rather than its destructors" and commented on Charli's vocals at the end of track beginning to "slip and stutter".NME named it the tenth best song of 2016 on their year-end list.
The music video for "After the Afterparty" was released on 30 October 2016. The video was directed by Diane Martel, and features XCX and Yachty partying with people dressed as zombies and other creatures for Halloween.
In November 2016, XCX sang "After the Afterparty" during the finale of The X Factor Australia. On February 8, 2017, XCX also performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone