Watch Charli XCX take over Times Square for “surprise” performance

Charli XCX has performed a “surprise” mini-show in the middle of New York’s Times Square – watch fan-shot footage of the gig below.

Yesterday (November 18), Charli teased on social media that she would be performing at Times Square at 6:30pm ET for a H&M event. Shortly after, a crowd amassed at Times Square to await the performance.

For the short set, Charli XCX performed five songs, – all taken from her seminal ‘Brat’ album – namely ‘365’, ‘360’, ‘Von Dutch’, ‘Apple’ and ‘Guess’. Notably, she performed the remixes of ‘365’ and ‘Guess’ from ‘Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat’.

Watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.

Charli xcx does surprise performance in Times Square. #charlixcx #madisonsquaregarden #ohitssje

♬ original sound – Jè

Charli XCX just performed a free concert in Times Square, New York City pic.twitter.com/0p3afZ1F8Q

— NewYorkCityKopp (@newyorkcitykopp) November 19, 2024

feeling so julia now #charlixcx #brat #360 #timessquare #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #hm

♬ original sound – brooke 🐇🍒🎧🌹🦷

wdym i just saw charli xcx perform in times square on a monday evening pic.twitter.com/OzcDYjQDkf

— risa (wriss-uh) (@hard222soft) November 19, 2024

GUESS LIVE FROM TIMES SQUARE THIS ISNT REALLLL @charli_xcx pic.twitter.com/kBmEdPwidf

— sav 🪄🐰 (@picturedofus) November 18, 2024

The Times Square gig comes just two days after she pulled double duty on SNL, hosting and performing. During the skit show, she debuted an impression of Adele that’s been hailed as “so accurate” by fans.

The SNL stint follows the release of her remix album ‘Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat’. In a five-star review of the LP, NME shared that the album “is a home run for its creator, letting her finish the game on her own terms. She has perfected the art of remixing, keeping the songs moving by giving them a brand new lease of life rather than letting them exist statically in their original form.”

In other news, XCX is set to embark on a short UK arena tour in support of ‘Brat’. Check out the full dates below and visit here for tickets.

Charli XCX’s 2024 UK arena tour dates are: 

NOVEMBER
27 – Manchester, Co-op Live Arena 
28 – London – The O2 Arena 
29 – Birmingham – bp pulse Live

DECEMBER 
2 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro

Outside of her touring schedule – which will see her headline Primavera Sound next year alongside Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter – she now has six screen projects on the way, including Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex and graphic novel adaptation 100 Nights Of Hero, and was recently cast in a film loosely inspired by Joan of Arc.