Charli XCX posted a behind the scenes video of the making of her video for Boys this morning and there was a nice little interview video with her that surfaced yesterday and… well usually I’d make a joke about it not taking much to get me to post Charli XCX but that isn’t accurate.  I mean, for one it’s no joke, a stiff wind can make me want to post Charli XCX but also it isn’t really a little thing.  They both were just indicative of a lot of what I like about her.  I am obviously attracted to her but I also find her thoughtful and intelligent and as always I am confused how others don’t other than perhaps we have been trained to take our pop stars less than serious.  In the sense that pop is and has been primarily consumed by women and thus it is more frivolous and less important.  I am not saying you are brainwashed if you don’t like Charli XCX, I am just saying we internalize certain biases.  I love the Beatles and I grew up on a pretty steady diet of punk music but there is nothing about either that inherently make them more serious business musically.  Neither is complex and they aren’t going to cause the planets to align, instead the importance comes from the fact that we always took it seriously and took the time to search for deeper meaning.  One of the best literary trends in my lifetime that has slowly infiltrated all of the culture is moving genre works from the ghetto to serious consideration.  The idea that anything can be well done and even low culture that is not traditionally considered high art might have a great deal to tell us about ourselves and the people who made it.  But I have noticed that is mainly taken into consideration in genres that were largely male dominated.  Horror and Superheroes and Science Fiction are all getting their day and scholarly discussion but there is a shelf of Harlequin Romance novels that used to sit in my Aunt’s childhood bedroom that are still considered an embarrassment to this day.  So what I am saying is it’s ok if you don’t like Charli XCX and you don’t agree with me about her thoughtfulness and intelligence.  But if you find yourself dismissive of pop stars, who let’s be honest are largely female and largely consumed by female listeners, you might want to ask yourself what is it about them that makes them unworthy of serious consideration.  Anyway, I enjoyed the videos and I still think Boys is fantastic and a lot of fun.  Today I want to fuck Charli XCX.