Charli XCX: Female pop is in a good place

Charli XCX feels female pop music is in "such a good place". The 'Break The Rules' hitmaker thinks it is a great time for women in music and believes herself and fellow singer/songwriter Sia are "pushing the boundaries of pop". She told news.com.au: "I feel like we are very similar in the sense each of us write a lot of songs for other people. "I feel like we all are pushing the boundaries of pop in our own ways. I feel pop music, especially female pop music has been in such a good place for about the last five years. The most innovative artists and writers are women." Meanwhile, Charli previously revealed her new album is a "big pop party album to get f***ed up to". She said: "On my previous record, I was really annoyed at the music industry and felt like I had something to prove. After that, I didn't feel I had anything to prove anymore. "Also one of my favorite hobbies is partying, and I realized that I never actually made a party album. I never made an album that I would want to hear at a club. "It was very indulgent in that sense because I just wanted to make an album that I could get f***ed up to. It's the soundtrack to might nights." And fans of the 'Boom Clap' singer may have to wait until next year to hear Charli's follow-up to 2014's 'Sucker'. She recently said: "I finished my album in the middle of last year and I'm probably not even going to release it until next year now, because I want to release a lot of other music before, that isn't totally linked to the album. For me personally, I don't think albums are the end goal anymore for musicians. Continuously releasing music really suits the way that I work as a songwriter and as an artist."