Vroom Vroom (song)
2016 song by Charli XCX
"Vroom Vroom" is a song by British singer Charli XCX from her 2016 EP of the same name. It was released as a promotional single on 25 October 2015 through a preview on Beats 1. Charli XCX wrote the track alongside Noonie Bao, MNDR, and Sophie, with the latter also producing it.
Release
On 20 October 2015, Charli XCX hosted a radio show on Beats 1 where she previewed "Vroom Vroom" for the first time. The music video for "Vroom Vroom" was released on 22 April 2016 and included cameos by Sophie, A.G. Cook, and Hannah Diamond.
Critical reception
"Vroom Vroom" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Reviewing the song's preview on Beats 1, James Rettig of Stereogum called it "perfect", writing that he had been listening to a bootleg live recording of the song prior to its official debut. He additionally praised Sophie's production on the track, calling it "top-notch" and rivaling her then-short career. PopCrush's Christopher Tirri called the song's beat drop "strange (in the best way possible)", lauding how its sound effects are "all strung together with a club-ready, elastic bass line that makes the onomatopoeias actually sound appealing instead of just silly." Writing for Tiny Mix Tapes, S. David lauded it as "a near-masterpiece", calling the track "a post-'Material Girl' hymn to independence, financial or otherwise: a desire for personal freedom".
Calling it one of Sophie's most essential tracks, Jared Richards of Junkee wrote: "Frenzied, aggressive, and utterly hedonistic, title track 'Vroom Vroom' takes you along for a ride, shifting gears repeatedly but never stalling.
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