The Sound of My Heart: The True Story of Charli XCX's 'Boom Clap'
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What does it mean to you when I say the word “brat”? What even is brat at this point? Are you brat? Am I brat? In 2024 we learned what brat was and wasn’t, thanks to Charli XCX - who had a major breakthrough in 2024, but it wasn’t exactly her first rodeo. She has been flirting with stardom since she was a teenager. As early as 2007, Charli took out a loan from her VERY UNDERSTANDING parents in order to make her first album, called 14. While promotional copies of 14 were shared with friends and members of the press - the album was never commercially available. However, a copy of the CD found its way into the hands of Atlantic Records, which offered Charli a record deal. At first Charli XCX wasn’t sure about signing with Asylum, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. She was only 18 and enjoying making weird rave music on her own terms. By 2012, Charli had found her niche as a songwriter and featured artist - penning tracks that became hits for Icona Pop and Iggy Azalea. But in 2013/14, while working on her album True Romance, something weird happened. A song called "Boom Clap", which had been sitting on the shelf for a year -originally planned at one point to be given to Hilary Duff, was given a second chance by Charli as her first real single recording. This is the story of 'Boom Clap' with newly unearthed audio from Charli XCX.
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Thank you for listening to this special season of Encore! Peter Peter & Scotty Taylor sit down with iHeartRadio Canada’s Ruby Carr to talk about the music choices in “Heated Rivalry” & if they will be taking part of season 2. Peter Peter and Scotty Taylor talk about what makes the soundtrack really special and how it adds to the magic of the show. Peter Peter walks Ruby through the creation of “It's You”. They share more about their experience working with Jacob Tierney and if they ever had any creative diffrences. Peter Peter speaks about the decision he made with Jacob Tierney to not have lots of music in episode 6. Peter Peter and Scotty Taylor uncover whether or not they will be taking part of “Heated Rivalry” Season 2. Scotty talks about how he would get clearance for ‘Mozart Requiem’ following Jacob Tierney's announcement. He also shares if Sienna Spiro is possibly on their radar after the fan edits to her songs.
Welcome to a special HEATED RIVALRY Edition of Encore, where we celebrate the most popular songs featured in the hit CRAVE Original Series! This week - we’ve got the story behind ANOTHER one of the most beloved songs to feature in the series - TATU’S 2002 Hit ‘All The Things She Said’ and it’s modern reimagining by Harrison! A bit of viewer discretion off the top - the story of this song is quite the dark one, with twists and turns and controversy that has seen the track become mired in urban legend long before Heated Rivalry foisted it into the spotlight in its fourth episode. And we’re going to talk about all of it so buckle up... #tatu #allthethingsshesaid #harrison #jacobtierney #heatedrivalry ______________________ Written by Clayton Taylor for iHeartRadio t.A.T.u 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane Album Cover Interscope Departure Festival Panel Footage Courtesy Departure Festival 2026
Welcome to a special Heated Rivalry edition of Encore, where we take you behind the songs you love from the show you love more than just about anything. This week we look at Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe In Anything,” a song that has become a hit 20-plus years after its original release. In case you’re one of the many Heated Rivalry fans who discovered Wolf Parade through that HUGE MOMENT that occurs in the INCOMPARABLE episode 5, I’m here to tell you all about how they went from starting the band in a small Montreal apartment to being featured on the soundtrack of the TV series everyone has been talking about.
Welcome to a special HEATED RIVALRY Edition of Encore, where we celebrate the most popular songs featured in the hit CRAVE Original Series! This week - we’ve got the story behind one of the most beloved songs in the series - Feist’s 2007 banger ‘My Moon My Man’ While the song has certainly taken the world by storm thanks to the pivotal and LONG scene in Episode 4 of Heated Rivalry, every Millennial on the planet knows that My Moon My Man is not the first time a perfectly-positioned Feist song has entered the worldwide zeitgeist. Written by Clayton Taylor for iHeartRadio.
Formed in Vancouver by Trevor Guthrie, David Bowman and Ken Lewko, Indecision would sign with Universal Music and rebrand themselves as soulDecsion (lowercase S, uppercase D) in 1999 as to avoid conflict with an American band who had already squatted on the name. Styled and Marketed as a boyband for their year 2000 debut album ‘No One Does it Better’ soulDecision were absolutely not one when it came to their sound, or their overall musical ethos. This is the story of their massive hit 'Faded' with newly unearthed audio from the band themselves. Written by Clayton Taylor for iHeartRadio