The Penn State Student Programming Association Concerts Committee will host pop musician Charli XCX for a virtual concert at 8 p.m. on April 23.
The concert is free to attend, and those interested can sign up using this Google Form. A link for the performance â which SPA is collaborating with WPSU to provide â will be available to those who complete the sign up form.
Charli began her career in 2008 and has seen critical acclaim since. She can be heard featured on tracks such as âI Love Itâ by Icona Pop and âFancyâ by Iggy Azalea.
With two Grammy nominations under her belt, Charli has also been nominated for the BRIT British Female Artist and has also won two Billboard Music Awards and a YouTube Music Award.
Boom, clap, the sound of my heart, the beat goes on and on and on and on…You get the picture.
Penn State’s Student Programming Association (SPA) will host singer-songwriter Charli XCX for a virtual concert on Friday, April 23. The event will kick off at 8 p.m. that night.
SPA is working with WPSU Radio to stream the event. Penn State students can sign up to attend
here, where they will be sent a link to view the concert.
Two-time Grammy-nominated artist Charli XCX has been widely successful in both singing and songwriting. One of her most famous songs that she is credited for writing is the Shawn Mendes banger “Senorita,” while she also sang on Icona Pop’s “I Love It,” and Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy.” Some of her most successful songs include “Boom Clap” and “Boys,” as well as her May 2020 album, “how I’m feeling now.”
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âYou know, the story of every top 10 hit is weird,â says John Smith, half of Portland husband-and-wife duo Nu Shooz. He would know.
Thirty-five years ago this spring, his bandâs plastic disco thumper âI Canât Waitâ topped the
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