Charli XCX, Guess (Ft. Billie Eilish) | Song Review 🎵

Charli XCX taps Academy and Grammy award winner Billie Eilish for a marvelous remix of “Guess,” which originally appeared in the expanded version of Brat.

“You wanna guess what me and Billie have been textin’ about?” Charli XCX (Charlotte Aitchison) has experienced a sweet 2024. She dropped one of the best albums of the year with Brat.  She also reissued Brat after its release as Brat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not.  Colorful title.  Among the three additional songs on Brat was “Guess”, which appears as the 17^th track.  Now, post-Brat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not, she dropped the remix of “Guess” featuring Academy and Grammy-award-winning superstar, Billie Eilish. “Guess” in its remixed form was penned by Charli XCX, Eilish, and Dylan Brady, and producers FINNEAS and The Dare (Patrick Smith).  

This sub-two-and-a-half-minute cut is a surefire banger. The instrumental accompaniment is lit.  The synths and the groove make you want to dance.  Furthermore, they fuel the fire of these two talented ladies. Charli XCX takes first blood, dropping attitude-filled chanted vocals during the first verse. “You wanna guess the color of my underwear? / You wanna know what I got goin’ on down there?” she asks boldly, continuing, “Is it pretty in pink or all see-through? / Is it showin’ brand-new lower-back tattoo?” Bold.  She continues the infectious, naughty lyrics in the chorus:

“Try it, bite it, lick it, spit it

Put it to the side and get all up in it

Wear ‘em, post ‘em, might remix it

Send ‘em to The Dare, yeah, I think he’s with it.”

It’s sexual, but the lyrics are deeper.  Fittingly, XCX references Billie: “Eat it up for lunch, yeah, it’s so delicious.” Eilish indeed eats in the second verse, playing off XCX’s sassy first verse: “Don’t have to guess the color of your underwear / Already know what you’ve got goin’ on down there.” Oh, snap! Eilish also performs the second chorus, dropping the best line of “Guess”: “Charli likes boys, but she knows I’d hit it.”  Ooh-wee! The bridge is repetitive, featuring, you guessed it, the word guess! “Guess” marks the first collaboration between Charli XCX and Billie Eilish.  Let’s hope it’s not the last.  This is a BOP, BOP, BOP!

Charli XCX // “Guess” // Atlantic // 8.1.24

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