Charli xcx & Rachel Sennott Take a Friendship Quiz

You shaved him.

I shaved his leg [Rachel laughs]

right near his balls. Balls.

And yeah, he-

And the rest is history.

Hey, I'm Charli xcx.

And I'm Rachel Sennott.

[Both] And this is The GQ Friendship Quiz.

Okay, should we see how well

you know me? Yes, I'm ready.

What is my birth name?

Okay, actually embarrassing for me.

Ready?

After we first met and we got each other's numbers,

I put your number in my phone as Charli xcx,

and then I went, You can't do that.

You gotta be cool.

So then I looked up your full name, Charli.

I was literally like, I'll put Charli,

her last name, Aitchison.

Aitchison?

You're like, yes, it's pronounced wrong, but I know

what you're going for. You know what I mean.

And I even know your middle name, Emma,

'cause it's one of my best friend's name's Emma.

Wow. Birth name, boom.

Wow.

It's pronounced Aitchison-

Aitchison. But I'll give you a point.

And then I took it out of my phone, too,

'cause that felt weird.

You put it- So it's just Charli.

[Charli laughs]

What was my college major before I dropped out?

Was it something in music?

No.

What is that big major

that everybody does? It's not that.

It's not that one. [laughs]

I don't know what that is, but it's not that.

Do you know what I mean?

It's like MCC or CC. No.

Or communications.

No. Fuck, I don't know.

It was fine art.

Okay.

That's closer than...

I went too far.

Yeah. I went too far

from music. You went off the-

I went off the, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

yeah, yeah. Fine art.

So no point there.

Shit.

Where did we meet?

We met doing your podcast.

That wasn't an in-person meeting,

but I felt that was like our first like-

Yeah. Chat.

I suppose we did meet at the podcast.

I was actually thinking that we met,

as many people do think with their friends nowadays,

on the internet.

Yes, we met, yeah.

Because you were kinda like tweeting

about crying in an Uber-

Yes. To one of my songs.

I was doing exactly that.

Yeah.

Then I think we DM'd- DM'd.

A little bit.

We DM'd. On X.

Whatever they call it. We X'd.

We X'd each other.

And- We were X'ing all

over the place.

Yeah, and then we kinda kept

going back and forth. We kept it going.

I feel like it was like DMing into the podcast into,

and then to like real-life hangs in LA.

You get a point for that.

Ooh.

Can you name my top four Letterboxd films?

Are you still on Letterboxd?

You are. I follow you.

I am.

I got like soft canceled for a day

for a review that I did of May December, so I was like,

Okay, I'm done. Oh, no.

Everyone, you know. Oh, no.

So you can't be, you know.

I think it's cool to get canceled on Letterboxd.

On Letterboxd.

And have like a fun hot take and just be real.

You gave your opinion on a film.

So what? On a film.

Is the Audition one of yours?

No, but I do love that film, but it's not in my top four,

but it could be in another life.

Okay.

I feel like you're not gonna get this, with love.

With love. Even though you are

a cinephile through and through.

There are so many movies

in the world. There's a lot of movies.

There's so many. There's a lot of movies.

[Producer] Charli, what are your four?

They are Abel Ferrara's The Addiction,

Jacques Rivette's Celine and Julie Go Boating,

Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars.

[gasps] I love Maps to the Stars.

Isn't it so good?

With Julianne Moore. Ah.

The pool scene.

Fabulous.

Underrated film.

Yeah.

I can't remember what the fourth one is.

What's my favorite song to perform from BRAT?

Von dutch?

I do love performing that

'cause I get to hit the camera.

Love. It's really fun.

That's a fun one to watch.

You get a point for that.

What show do I love to binge-watch?

Is it like my show?

[laughs] Yes. Yes.

I love to binge-watch it.

What is my go-to cocktail?

Tequila soda?

No, I- Vodka?

Fucking hate tequila soda. Okay.

That's fucked up.

Sorry.

I just think- Vodka-

It's disgusting.

Vodka, vodka-

What are you talking about?

I'm not like 17.

Okay, what's- Like, come on.

Like a nice cocktail. Wait, wait.

A nice cocktail?

Martini.

Yeah. Oh, okay.

With what, gin or vodka?

Gin.

No. Vodka.

[chuckles] Yeah. Sorry.

Lemon or...

Like with a twist or dirty?

Dirty. Yes.

Yes, okay, half a point?

Yeah, sure, fuck it. Okay, thanks.

How close would you say my character

in The Moment is to me in real life?

It's like a heightened, almost projection version

of what maybe some people think.

Yes. But not the real you.

Very true.

Yeah. Very, very true.

Perfect description, actually.

Do you feel like when you meet people, they're expecting you

to be like your sort of famous memes and stuff?

Your like I'm out- I think

yes, yes. In LA world.

Yeah, like- Like you do all

of this kind of...

Do you think people- I feel like-

Expect that from you? On carpets-

Yeah. Or like certain spaces.

But I feel like in general, like day to day-

Yeah. No.

Cool. Hopefully.

That's cool.

Okay, what city do I like to party in the most?

I wanna say like London because...

Am I wrong?

Yeah, I think you're wrong.

Is it like Berlin?

[buzzer buzzes]

[chuckles] No.

It's not LA. I can't believe

you just said that. Okay, sorry.

New York?

Yeah. Okay.

I have no control in New York.

Yeah. Turns out.

There's something.

It unlocks something.

It's like feral. It unlocks something feral.

And it's like I can't stop.

Yeah, every night. And it's like every night.

Every day is like a catch-up of the last day.

Yeah. Where it's like

you're sort of like, Well, I'm waking up late.

It's over.

Especially I feel like I'm always

in New York for like you do

a couple press things. Yes.

You're like,

I'm already in glam. In glam.

Fuck it, dinner. I'm in the glam.

You roll right in. No, it's exactly that.

Yeah, yup. It's all about the

I'm in the glam.

I don't wanna waste it. I'm in the glam.

Okay, if I wasn't a performer, what would I be doing?

Actor or I think writer, like screenwriter.

Yes. Yeah.

So right.

Love that. Boom.

Are you able to recite the [chuckles]

party 4 u rap verse?

I don't know if it's gonna be word perfect.

That's all right. But they're like,

♪ You can watch me pull up on your body ♪

♪ Like it's summer na ♪

♪ And na na na in a suit ♪

Wait a second.

♪ You could watch me pull up on your body ♪

♪ Like it's summer ♪ ♪ It's summer ♪

♪ Take my clothes off ♪ ♪ Clothes off ♪

♪ In the water ♪ ♪ In the water ♪

♪ Splash around ♪ ♪ Round ♪

♪ Get holy ♪ ♪ And get you wet ♪

♪ Like holy water ♪ ♪ Holy water ♪

Boom.

Amazing.

That was pretty good.

Okay.

And I barely know the words, so.

Do you know when the words

sort of blend in- Yeah.

And then you choose your words there?

It's what I do

when I sing it. Yeah.

I don't enunciate.

Okay, what movie was a heavy inspiration for The Moment?

Spinal Tap?

100%, big time, big time.

What's an item I can't live without?

I wanna say you're a big sunglasses girl.

Yes.

Sunglasses, boom. Yes, yes, yes.

And also, mine are never clean ever.

It's so hard

to keep them clean. Grubby.

Grubby as fuck. Same with my phone.

Dirty, dirty, dirty.

So often, when I'm wearing them, I really can't see

a damn thing. Can't see a thing.

I'm sort of stumbling around a bit like this.

You know? Yeah.

But it's fine.

I hope I style it out.

Who was my childhood hero?

I can give you clues.

Give me a clue.

Pop star.

Okay.

Like Madonna- Like the, no.

Vibes? I love Madonna.

Okay.

Like another pop star.

Also blonde. British?

Blonde. Blondie?

Courtney Love? [Charli laughs]

Britney Spears? Yes!

Oh, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. [laughs]

I was thinking British for some...

I was like- Love all

the people mentioned, though- Oh, yes.

For the record.

I'm trying to get the like deep cuts.

It's like Britney.

Okay. Yeah, Britney.

Okay, Britney.

What is a pet peeve of mine?

I have to think about this.

Okay. Oh, I've got it.

People crowding your space?

Or like standing. [Charli laughs]

Like on the shoots we've been on,

sometimes we'll look at monitor,

and then everyone comes and then we're all...

Too many people making a decision.

Well, I guess it kind of- Not like a like,

Get away from me,

but like not being able to- [Charli laughs]

You think I'm a diva.

Yeah. [laughs] Okay, okay.

I actually came to confront you.

Yeah, great.

I suppose it could be kind of related to that,

but it's like when someone can't just say-

Their opinion. The thing

that they wanna say. Ooh, yes.

When someone is kind of- Passive-aggressive.

Trying to kinda like mollycoddle you

and be like, Oh, well, I just...

Yes. I'm like,

Just spit it out. Just say the truth.

Say the thing.

Don't baby me.

[Rachel] Cut to the chase.

Yes. When people baby me,

I lose my patience.

[Rachel] That's a good one.

Just give it to me real.

Give it to me straight.

Yeah, so that. Tell us the truth.

Yeah. We can handle it.

Exactly.

I haven't been keeping score.

I haven't been keeping score either.

Should I ask you?

Okay. Okay.

Where did I grow up?

I think you grew up on the East Coast somewhere.

Yes, and you're right. Near New York.

Okay, so this is...

You're so right because born in Massachusetts,

grew up in Connecticut

with my dad. I was gonna say Connecticut.

It's sort of tri-state area general.

Right, right.

Because my dad worked in New York,

so then sometimes I would go to New York.

Got it.

So I was correct. So you're right.

Amazing. You're right.

I'll say a point for that.

Amazing.

For loosely East Coast.

Great.

What's one of my favorite spots to go to in LA?

[laughs] I have no idea.

Well, you had your birthday at lolo.

Yeah. But that doesn't

mean anything.

[laughs] That means nothing.

That doesn't mean anything.

That means nothing. That means you

went there once.

Yeah, I do like it there.

I don't know anywhere in LA.

Think of like the spot that everyone says.

It's the shh.

All Time. All Time.

Oh. I feel I go

to All Time a lot. That's actually one place

I know.

It's All Time. Yeah, All Time,

Found Oyster.

Got it. I feel like those

are my spots.

Damn.

I'm not gonna give you the point-

No. 'Cause I wanna give myself.

I realize that I do wanna win.

Yeah, fair.

So I'm gonna say no point

on that. Okay, that's fair.

What's my late-night snack?

When I wanna...

When I have the munchies, what do I want?

Okay.

You, I feel like you're like a chip girl.

[blows raspberries] I don't know.

I wanna say, it's disgusting, but it's like-

Pickles.

It's like, yeah, pickles- Oh.

Or like anchovy.

What?

Anchovies with like a little cracker.

I like a salty, weird-

Anchovies on a cracker at like in the middle of the night.

Yeah.

Or Tru Fru.

What's Tru Fru, who?

Oh, my God.

You're gonna die. Tru Fru?

What's Tru Fru? Tru Fru,

it's like frozen raspberries covered in like dark chocolate.

That sounds good.

It's like late night, you come home,

you get cut out of the corset,

and you have some Tru Fru. Tru Fru.

You pop in- Or some anchovies.

Anchovy, or together, fuck it.

Wow. I'll do sweet and salty.

Do you do sweet and salty? No,

I think that's fucked up.

What is my zodiac sign?

Okay, I think that your birthday is in September

because it was like around the time of my wedding.

Yes.

And I don't know anything about zodiac signs, really,

but I think that that is Virgo.

Correct. Am I right?

Correct.

Yes.

Boom.

Okay, what color are my eyes?

Green.

Yes.

Straight away.

Boom. No hesitation.

Yeah.

I'm paying attention.

Can you [indistinct]? We're locked in.

What am I usually doing on a Tuesday night?

The question that I don't even know the answer to.

I'm like, Fuck, what am I doing on a Tuesday night?

I think you're watching your show.

Yeah. I Love LA.

But it's-

Does it come out on Tuesday?

It's Sundays.

Oh. [chuckles]

So no, not even.

I thought it was new episodes on Tuesdays.

No, but here's the thing.

It comes out Sunday late.

People usually watch it Monday or Tuesday.

No. You better believe

I'm playing it on mute on Tuesdays for the views.

So why would I think it was new episode...

Babe, it's new episodes on Tuesday.

No, Sunday.

So Tuesdays, I'm playing it on silent.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah. So a point to me.

Yeah, I'll give a half point.

Okay, fine.

Half point.

What's our favorite thing to do together?

[laughs] I think we love drinking.

Yeah. [laughs] [Charli laughs]

We love a shoot.

I feel like we love to dance in the right setting.

Yeah. [laughs] [Rachel chuckles]

Yeah.

We love making work together.

Fun. But we like partying.

We like to, yes. And we like dancing

like this.

[upbeat dance music]

You know? Yeah.

That's kind of our vibe.

Yes. Is what I would say.

Yeah. Yeah.

What is my weirdest phobia?

What's that thing where you're like scared

of like lots of little holes?

I was just...

Literally, in my head, I was like, what is a good one?

And I'm like, I don't like little holes.

Amazing.

I don't like looking at like a weird-

That's a thing. Sort of like-

What's the name of that?

It's a thing.

Tryphobia.

Yeah, right? Whatever she said.

Tru- Trip.

[Producer] Trypophobia.

[Both] Trypophobia.

Trypophobia is my final answer.

Trypophobia.

Okay, what's the most essential item

in my bag when I'm attending an event?

Phone.

Yeah. Right?

Yeah. Obviously.

Yeah. Phone.

Phone.

[Producer] Are there beta-blockers?

Are there beta-blockers?

Well, I know you like to pop one of them.

I can rock it without a beta-blocker.

Ultimately, they haven't sent me a check yet.

Everyone's like, She's always on those pills.

I'm like, Guys, they don't really do anything

except for make you- I've never taken one.

It makes you a little less sweaty.

Which, by the way, before that,

I was getting shit for being sweaty.

So pick one that you guys want, sweaty or on pills.

[all laughing]

What did I think was my big break?

Shiva Baby?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

That was the first like thing-

That was the big-

Yeah. The big first thing.

That was the big

first thing. And it was amazing.

I love that film.

Charli, one of the first supporters of the film.

What can I say? Reviewing it on Letterboxd,

early days. What can I say?

What can I say?

What was my favorite scene to film in I Love LA?

If I was you-

Yeah.

It would've been the Elijah-

[Rachel] Ooh.

Scene just because I thought

that was a really fabulous, great scene.

And he's...

I adore him.

But I also...

Oh, my God, I love the scene where you're really drunk

and your boyfriend has all his coworkers round

and you're being insane.

That was my favorite

to film. That is a fuckin' fun scene.

It's also so fun to play drunk.

Yeah, right. Like it's just like

to be like sloppy-

Right. Is the best.

That's a great scene.

It was really, really fun. That was really, really fun.

That was my fave.

Okay, point for that.

What was my line in the 360 music video?

Charli.

And then you go like,

you're like, [Rachel chuckles]

Oh, my God, Charli, thank goodness you're here.

Charli.

Oh, my God, thank goodness you're here.

Yeah, it's so fucked up- Oh, my God.

Right? Charli,

thank goodness you're here, something like that.

Yes. And you're wearing

a headband.

Yes.

And you really like pop to the side

and your hair does a little wiggle.

It's very cute. Yeah.

And you're like, Oh, my God, Charli,

and it goes ta ta ta ta.

You know? Yeah, yup.

Yeah. It's exactly that.

What tattoo did I recently get?

You got an...

Okay, you might have got another one since,

but I don't think you have.

You got a tattoo at the after-party

of the premiere of your show.

Yes.

I guess it says, I Love LA.

Okay. No, it said something else.

There was

a miscommunication. But it was a tiny-

It was tiny. Tattoo.

I don't know where you got it.

Tiny tattoo on my ankles.

There was a miscommunication with the cast

because we were drunk.

Everyone else got I Love LA.

I got two little hearts.

[chuckles] Okay, amazing.

So then afterwards, the next day,

everyone was like, Our matching tattoos.

Oh, no.

And then we all pulled out our tattoos

and I was the only person with hearts.

Wow. Everyone else had

I Love LA.

Is that your only tattoo?

Only tattoo.

Fuck, marry, kill, Instagram, TikTok, X.

You would fuck Instagram, marry TikTok, kill X.

I would say-

Other way around with TikTok

and Instagram. And Instagram, but kill X.

Are you still on there?

I recently reactivated my alt, but then I deleted it.

But I went back on to sort of check in.

Yeah, just check. I had to check in

and I said, It's not going well.

No.

But I would say marry Instagram

'cause I'm like, we've been together the longest.

Yeah, yeah. You know?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

And they're steady.

Steady, yes. Steady, kind of stable.

Yeah. Yeah.

I wanna give her a half point.

What is my biggest ick?

I feel like you don't like actory actors.

Or like overly annoyingly earnest kind of people

that you sometimes meet in the industry

who are just like really like,

Oh, shut up. Wow.

Yeah, those people.

Hi, yeah.

But I don't know if that's like your number one ick

of all time, but I can imagine

that that grosses you out a bit

because you're so not like that.

I think too serious-

[Charli] Yeah.

Is not good.

[Charli] Mm-hmm.

That's a good ick. What is your biggest ick,

though, actually?

I don't like when someone is rude

to their girlfriend or boyfriend.

Mm. Kind of like digs at them

in front of other people as like their...

Do you know what I mean?

As like a way to be like, ha ha ha.

Well, also, I feel like you like

to keep the vibes pretty like chill, up,

and happy. Yes.

And I can see that, in that situation,

you would be like really

kind of overcompensating- So stressed.

And stressed and trying to lighten the mood.

Yes. But also wanting

to like die inside.

Die, yeah.

You have this many points.

[lighthearted music]

You got this many points.

I'd say we learned more than we knew. [chuckles]

We learned more than we knew.

But I wanna say I felt we learned things about ourselves.

I was like, what am I doing on a Tuesday?

And now we know.

You're not watching your show as it drops.

As it drops. No.