"After the Afterparty"
Single byCharli XCX featuringLil Yachty
Released	28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
Genre	Electropop[1]
Length	3:39
Label	Asylum Atlantic UK
Songwriters	Charlotte Aitchison Miles McCollum Rachel Keen Fred Gibson Sophie Xeon M.S. Eriksen T.E. Hermansen Eyelar Mirzazadeh
Producers	Stargate Fred Sophie
Charli XCX singles chronology
"Famous" (2015) "After the Afterparty" (2016) "Crazy Crazy" (2017)
Lil Yachty singles chronology
"Talk Too Much" (2016) "After the Afterparty" (2016) "iSpy" (2016)
Music video
"After the Afterparty" onYouTube

"After the Afterparty" is a single by British singerCharli XCX featuring American rapperLil Yachty. It was released on 28 October 2016 byAsylum Records andAtlantic Records UK intended as the lead single from XCX's scrapped third studio album, commonly referred to by fans asXCX World. However, the song became a stand-alone single when tracks from the project were leaked online and the album was ultimately cancelled.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Ailbhe Malone ofThe Irish Times called the song "a turned-up banger, similar to 'We Can't Stop' byMiley Cyrus", but also claiming that it had a "layer ofmodernistgloss" due to the input ofSophie.^[9] Laura Snapes ofPitchfork described the song's "neonnihilism and aggressive self-possession are the drivers of Charli's career rather than its destructors" and commented on Charli's vocals at the end of track beginning to "slip and stutter".^[10]NME named it the tenth best song of 2016 on their year-end list.^[11]

The music video for "After the Afterparty" was released on 30 October 2016. The video was directed byDiane Martel, and features XCX and Yachty partying with people dressed aszombies and other creatures forHalloween.^[12]A. G. Cook and Sophie both appear in the video as zombies.

In November 2016, XCX sang "After the Afterparty" during thefinale ofThe X Factor Australia.^[13] On 8 February 2017, XCX also performed it onJimmy Kimmel Live!.^[14]

• 2016 songs
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