Charli XCX admits being “super jealous” of Lorde’s ‘Royals’ success

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Charli XCX has opened up about her reasons for being “super jealous” of Lorde’s ‘Royals’ success.In a new profile with Rolling Stone, the pop star elaborated on comments she had made accepting her Powerhouse Award at Billboard Women In Music 2024.

There, she opened up about the “headfuck” of being a woman in music, and the taboo of jealousy amongst women.“Being jealous is somehow wrongly equated to not supporting women or not being a girl’s girl, which isn’t true,” she told Rolling Stone. “You can, I think, experience envy and still be a good person who champions other women.

Jealousy is just not a very sexy feeling, or a sexy characteristic really, is it?”When asked what female star she was most jealous of, the singer pointed towards Lorde’s success.

Ironically, Charli was mistaken for the ‘Royals’ singer in an old interview, which has now become a meme amongst fans.“When ‘Royals’ came out, I was super jealous of the success that that song got, and that Ella got,” Charli began. “You piece all this stuff together in your brain, like: ‘She was into my music.