'Yeah, I wanna dance to me me me me me me' internet drek, or 'warholian', and reflective of a braindead online culture? Charli says its both listening to me me as you to 'we' as me the me in the mirrors dancing with them selves 'when you're in the mirror you're just looking at me' first-, second-, third- person really imaginary inter-subjective you-me-they alive in headphone selfie space 'by way of hip-hop' circulating lip synced clips 'fucking is the other' enacted and activated reflecting, refracting, transforming, cannibalising, defamiliarising, fleeing, hyperembodying spasm and burnout, highs and lows, deafening noise and ambient drift the oddly ubiquitous audio-cultural work of selfing on the internet...


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