Charli XCX's New Faves Nasty Cherry Arrive With A Defiant, Punchy Video For 'Win'

Earlier this year, Charli XCX helped unveil one of her newest pet projects: Nasty Cherry, a dynamic four-piece signed to her Vroom Vroom Recordings imprint. Their debut single, "Win," is a certifiable indie-pop banger, built around a delectably propulsive bass line as well as a snaky guitar tone straight out of Robert Smith's amplifier.


"Win" helped introduce the musical group, which includes Charli's drummer Deborah Knox-Hewson, guitarist Chloe Chaidez (also of the musical group Kitten), bassist Georgia Somary (who Stereogum points out worked as a set decorator on Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Avengers: Age of Ultron), and singer/model Gabbriette Bechtel. Right now, "Win" has its own video, and if it wasn't clear before, the clip shows that this categorize isn't to be fucked with.


The song revolves around an eas refrain ("I need to win"), so it makes sense that the video would overflow with instances in which they're the victors. They channel Joan Jett in leather jackets. They strike a pose in white uniforms. And finally, they unleash themselves in golden leotards, coated in glitter and willing to take on their next challengers. It's quite the arrival.


As soon as the single dropped last month, Charli told The Fader the story of how Nasty Cherry came with each other. "I've habitually wanted to work with a girl musical group — nevertheless not in a pop categorize kind of way — and I love networking with with females, so I just began talking to some of my companions about it," she wrote. "I'd be like 'Have you ever thought of being in a musical group? I think you’d be good at it.' And then we just kept talking about and it also made increasingly sense. All of the females (Gabbriette, Debbie, Georgia and Chloe) and I were feeling it. They got on and had interesting ideas plus it just group kind of happened. I feel like with each other they're especially unique. They are funny and bold and have something interesting to mention. It feels weird and special."


"Win" is now the only Nasty Cherry song out there, although that's likely to change soon. In the meantime, you could stream the song — which Charli herself helped co-write — over and over again and watch the video — which Charli directed — above. And check out what else she had to mention about the categorize in a IG post below.