Hitmakers: Jon Shave on the making of Charli XCX's Sympathy Is A Knife

Miranda Bardsley

Last year, Charli XCX turned the world neon green with her chart-topping record Brat, which pioneered a new wave of pop with its bold, club-fuelled intensity. Amongst its stand-out moments was Sympathy Is A Knife, a UK Top 10 hit courtesy of a remix featuring Ariana Grande. Here, Jon Shave, one of the album’s key architects, reveals how the song evolved from unfiltered conversations to a cultural phenomenon... 

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