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Jun 6, 2012 4:20 PM EDT
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Musical Muse: Charli XCX Primo-Punk Style
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Who are some of your icons, both style and music-wise?
"I don't have a specific icon I don't think, style-wise. I like mixing different characters and people together I guess, like Wednesday Adams meets Baby Spice meets Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice meets Courtney Love. I reckon if they could all mesh into one then that new person would become my style icon. I love strong females. I think Yolandi Visser from Die Antwoord has got seriously cool style. I totally fancy her. She's so cool!

Music wise, I'm kind of all over the place. I am completely inspired by people like Bjork and Kate Bush — they are amazing. But when I was 14 and first started making music I was totally influenced by all the Ed Banger artists like Justice and Uffie – I think I still am now, too. I love the way Uffie raps. It's awesome. My music sometimes comes from a darker place though, so I guess that's why I really like lots of witch house stuff like Crim3s, Salem, and Gvcci Hvcci. I really like blending that crazy cemetery imagery shit with more pop heavenly sort of things, if that makes sense."

Photographed by Kate Cox