Pop star Charli XCX has candidly addressed why she chooses not to foreground her Indian heritage, explaining that it doesn't "come naturally" to her as a mixed-race individual.
The 33-year-old, born Charlotte Emma Aitchison, discussed her upbringing in Essex with a Scottish father and Indian mother, revealing a lifelong struggle with belonging. She told Nicky Reardon’s Nicky at Night podcast that she "didn’t really feel like I belonged in either side of my family" when she was younger.
