The “pretty cool mixtape” Charli XCX imagined on Twitter on Dec. 3 is not merely an idea — the singer confirmed it is very real, titled Pop 2, and will be released next week.
In a BBC 1 Radio interview, XCX premiered new track “Out of My Head” featuring Tove Lo and Alma, using it as a segue to announce the new mixtape. “It’s the first song from a very real mixtape that myself and A.G. have been working on for the past couple of months,” Charli explained. “It’s called Pop 2. It’s going to drop a week from now but I might release a couple of songs before the full thing. It’s coming.”
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The singer previously tweeted a long list of names in her original teaser, listing Carly Rae Jepsen, CupcakKe, Kim Petras, and many more artists as possibilities for an ‘imagined’ mixtape.
imagine if i did another mixtape with @carlyraejepsen @tovelo @almacyber @cupcakke_rapper @brookecandy @pabllovittar @carolineplz @jaybumaom @kimpetras @dorianelectra @mykkiblanco tommy cash @momomoyouth and @agcook404… that would be pretty cool right..?? –?
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) December 3, 2017
Early Thursday (Dec. 7) XCX re-confirmed the lineup on her upcoming mixtape, tweeting a video featuring the names of all the artists that she’d collaborated with on Pop 2.
— POP 2 IS COMING — pic.twitter.com/pOwkUTksKw
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) December 7, 2017
Pop 2 will be XCX’s second mixtape this year, following the March release of Number 1 Angel.