{"id":2126453,"date":"2026-09-03T16:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126453"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:13:31","slug":"grimes-hazily-remembers-recording-a-song-called-witch-v-witch-with-charli-xcx-but-cant-conjure-the-session-in-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126453","title":{"rendered":"Grimes \u2018Hazily\u2019 Remembers Recording a Song Called \u2018Witch v Witch\u2019 With Charli xcx, But Can\u2019t \u2018Conjure the Session in My Mind\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAdd \u201cWitch v Witch\u201d to the great pile of never-released songs from Charli xcx. In a back-and-forth with Grimes over the past 24 hours, the \u201c360\u201d singer vaguely recalled recording the song with Grimes years ago, though neither artist seems to be able to place exactly when, where or how it came together.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe whole conversation began when a fan posted a purported version of the dark track sourced from a YouTube video of unclear provenance on X on Tuesday (Sept. 1), revealing a spare, jackhammer beat hyperpop dance tune in which the chorus is repeated in a robotic, distorted voice while a voice that sounds a lot like Charli\u2019s sings, \u201cDon\u2019t ever lean on me\/ Get closer, you hold me\/ Secrets you told me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201ccoming across a random unreleased charli scrap and it being the best song of all time is lowkey way too common god she is such a talent,\u201d wrote the fan who posted the clip.<\/p>\n

\n\tCharli responded quickly, writing \u201ci could be wrong but i thinkkkkkk this is me and grimes.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tA few hours later, Grimes weighed in, responding, \u201cI very hazily remember writing \u2018witch v witch\u2019 but I can\u2019t conjure the session in my mind \u2013 but I remember making the art- I remember \u2018witch v witch\u2019 haha \u2013 I know we did this I just can\u2019t recall where or when. i feel like I did a meh initial production and I feel like someone has taken another pass over the prod and made it better here maybe AG.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe latter appears to be a reference to British producer and frequent Grimes collaborator A.G. Cook., who executive produced xcx\u2019s 2019 album Charli<\/em> and also worked on several tracks from her 2020 How I\u2019m Feeling Now<\/em> LP, as well as 2022\u2019s Crash<\/em> and her massive 2024 breakthrough, brat<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt press time spokespeople for both artists had not returned Billboard<\/em>\u2018s request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tOnce Grimes weighed in, Charli responded, \u201cyessss you\u2019re right. i think ag worked on this at a later point. we worked at your place one night in la quite a long time ago i think. i like it too!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGrimes teased her sixth studio album, Psy Opera<\/em>, in April of this year, with no release date announced so far. A collaboration with virtual singer Hatsune Miku called \u201cMiku-Maxxing\u201d was released last month as the lead single from the upcoming EP Beyond Borders Vol. 1: Emerge Mode Miku<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tCharli appeared in a series of films this year, including the tour mockumentary The Moment<\/em>, Gregg Araki\u2019s I Want Your Sex<\/em>, the comedy The Gallerist<\/em> and the horror remake Faces of Death<\/em>. She released her eighth studio album, the Cook co-produced Music, Fashion, Film<\/em>, in July.<\/p>\n

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