Charli XCX says Hilary Duff passed on her hit song 'Boom Clap' for not being 'cool enough'

Charli XCX admits her career might not have exploded the way it did if Hilary Duff hadn’t passed on a song she eventually recorded and turned into a hit.

The “Boom Clap” singer revealed to V Magazine that she actually wrote the song and offered it to Hilary Duff, whose team shot it down.

"We sent the song to her people and I don't think she ever heard it. But they were like, ‘This song isn't cool enough for Hilary.' And we were really sad about that! So I was like, 'F--k it. I'm going to sing it,'" she explained.

That might’ve been one of the best decisions of her career, as it went on to become a massive hit.

She said after it came out, she heard from Duff. She said the former Lizzie McGuire star “tweeted me, ‘Hey, I really like your song! I wish I'd known that I could've had it.' And I was like, ‘Too late, Hilary. Too late.'"

Charli XCX, who also wrote Icona Pop’s “I Love It,” described her album Sucker as a middle finger to her doubters.

“It’s a big f--- you to all of the people who doubted me as an artist, who doubted me as a songwriter, or who questioned my validity and why I was in the position that I was in,” she explained. “That’s me being angry and being a b---- on the record, and I really enjoy playing that song, because it gives me a sense of satisfaction every time.”

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