Charli XCX Admits Being Jealous of Lorde After 'Royals' Success

Charli XCX is opening up about feeling “super jealous” of another artist.

In a Rolling Stone UK cover story, the 31-year-old “Von Dutch” singer dished on the jealousy in the pop star arena, and shared a time when she was jealous of Lorde‘s success after her hit song “Royals” was released.

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“When ‘Royals’ came out, I was super jealous of the success that that song got, and that Ella got,” Charli said. “You piece all this stuff together in your brain, like: ‘She was into my music. She had big hair; I had big hair. She wore black lipstick; I once wore black lipstick.’ You create these parallels and think, ‘Well, that could have been me.’”

“But it couldn’t have because we’re completely different people,” she continued. “I wasn’t making music that sounded anything like ‘Royals.’ I think you just read what you want into it because you’re feeling insecure about your own work.”

After some time, the jealousy subsided and the two singers “are on good terms” now.

“You get over it and then you try to figure out all the things that are unique about you and you pursue that, and then probably in five months’ time you have a breakdown about something else,” Charli added.

In a resurfaced video from an interview, Charli was asked about “her song” “Royals” and she went along with, describing what led to her writing the song. Check it out below!

If you missed it, this week Charli joined her upcoming tour mate and collaborator Troye Sivan at a Cannes Film Festival party.

They will hit the road together this fall on the Sweat Tour – See all the dates!