Overview

• On the magazine's November cover, the 33-year-old says casual viewers probably see her as a party girl who does drugs and is a little bit “bitchy.”
• She rejects the idea that her image is a performance, saying what audiences see reflects her authentic self.
• Charli describes a correlation between onstage messiness and her offstage honesty, calling that mix what makes her feel whole.
• She says she reads coverage about herself and is fascinated by how audiences ingest and reinterpret her personality.
• Coverage notes fan speculation that Taylor Swift’s “Actually Romantic” takes aim at her, with no confirmation from Swift and no comment from Charli reported.