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Lil Xan and Charli XCX Make Motels Look Fun in "Moonlight"

The duo provides a nocturnal visual for their latest single, "Moonlight."
KC
Queens, US

In April, Lil Xan enlisted the help of pop machine Charli XCX for a softer single "Moonlight." It was slightly different than what we'd grown accustomed to hearing from the West Coast rapper. Instead of lyrics about his addiction, "Moonlight" was more introspective, with a hook that reevaluated what he valued in life. "Happiness is all that matters, this I hope you know," he raps. Today, the duo release the visual for "Moonlight," a highlight from his debut album TOTAL XANARCHY.

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Directed by Austin Peters, "Moonlight" explores the clarity nighttime brings, the kind you experience when the rest of the world is sleeping. Xan and Charli journey through a motel before joyriding through an empty road. Here, the two are wrapped up in references of moonshine and bourbon, and "Moonlight" certainly feels like a drunken voyage through familiar territory.

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