What's your personal favorite track on your forthcoming record, and why?

I can't pick but the top two are “Carli Club” and “Brujeria.” “Carli Club” because the production is so insane, I love that I name-drop myself/the project—it feels so Drake corny and I <3 Drake LOL. It’s also the manifesto of my artistry, sonically and lyrically. “Brujeria” because it's an incredible fucking song. When I listen to it I can’t believe I was the one to make it and when I made it it felt like I landed on something that felt extremely mine sonically—feels essential to the Carlian DNA.

Are there any lyrical throughlines that connect the songs on CARLI CLUB?

LESBIAN SEX, GOD, LOVE, INTROSPECTION … Fun <3.

What do you feel like you learned from going to school at Clive Davis? Did you pick up any bad habits that you had to unlearn?

At Clive I honestly just learned to cope with healthy competition, like damn I love my friends but also damn I have to be as good or better than everyone around me … Survival of the fittest type shit, I walked into Clive not knowing how to write a full song and I left Clive having my own sound and signing a publishing deal. Good pressure. I don’t think I picked up any bad habits necessarily, Clive was like mad Camp Rock coded, just a bunch of people doing their own music thing. It was like music summer camp but everyone is hot and addicted to something…

Do you go out a lot in New York? Any favorite clubs or parties?

Not really, I don’t understand NY… My Apartment is the best Club.

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