The perfect lockdown anthem came pretty early in 2020: Charli XCX’s frantic, party-thirsty Anthems, from her album released in mid-May.
She starts by declaring “I’m so bored” before recounting days in lockdown and everything she desperately craves about partying: anthems, late nights, her friends, “the heat from all the bodies”.
Charli also misses New York – although the city that never sleeps is still very deep in its Covid-induced nap.It’s a different story in Australia where, after seven months, Sydney and Melbourne finally got the green light to return to nightclubs on Monday.
There was one sticking point: no more than 50 people on the dancefloor at once, with enough space for one person per four square metres.Sydney’s most popular.