{"id":7602,"date":"2014-05-27T14:23:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T14:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.21.21.161\/epop\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2018-05-27T17:57:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T16:57:16","slug":"introducing-charrles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/05\/introducing-charrles\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing:  Charrles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/charrles_press_2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7604\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/05\/introducing-charrles\/charrles_press_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/charrles_press_2.jpg?fit=940%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,465\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"charrles_press_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/charrles_press_2.jpg?fit=640%2C317&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7604\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/charrles_press_2.jpg?resize=640%2C317&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"charrles_press_2\" width=\"640\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a><strong>Hailing from The Netherlands, singer Charrles (real name Charlot Henzen) has a lot of experience under her belt at the tender age of 22. Now gone solo, after leaving her band of seven years, &#8220;I Kissed Charles&#8221;, the singer has thrown herself into her music in a big way, and cites her influences as The Naked and Famous, Charli XCX, Icona Pop and Ellie Goulding.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The influence of 80s electro pop is immediately evident upon first listening to her music, with her song &#8220;Sounds of the City&#8221; reminding us of 80s girl groups like Bananarama, The GoGos and the Bangles.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out Charrles singing &#8220;You Took Off&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F122508292&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=false&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=false&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;color=ff5500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Charrles on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charrlesmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/charrlesmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charrlesmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/charrlesmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1ne5eXm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/spoti.fi\/1j73aYN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/charrlesmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vimeo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mWSbH3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from The Netherlands, singer Charrles (real name Charlot Henzen) has a lot of experience under her belt at the tender age of 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