Charlotte Plank Cuts Through The Noise With The Unfiltered 'Candy Stores'

‘Candy stores’ is unfiltered, messy, loud - and that’s the point. Charlotte Plank cuts through the noise with a track built on jungle-leaning production and a hook that doesn’t let go.

Produced by WhyTek, the duo behind some of UK pop and rap’s biggest hits, this one hits different. There's no clear centre. It's a rush of images, pressure, and confusion, and that’s what makes it land. Lyrically, she’s spinning the pressure of modern life into a fairytale gone off the rails. You get the surrealism of a dream, but it’s still grounded in the reality of stress, burnout, and a need to escape. She calls it “a reminder to zoom out” and it works that way: chaos with perspective.

“It’s written about the weird dystopia we’re living in. The rush and race of everyday life and how everything can all get too much if you take it all too seriously with added societal pressures and constraints. Hence why I wanted to make something with no blueprint, boundaries or overthinking just to see what came out.”

It’s the latest drop from her ClubLiminal EP, out 2nd May. Earlier tracks like nightshift, stargirl and rage have already built hype, but candy stores feels like the loosest and boldest move yet.

With her upcoming four-date ClubLiminal UK run (25 April – 1 May), where she’s backed by an all-female live band pulling her rave-drenched, indie-dance world into something physical and live, this is the perfect chance to catch Charlotte's unfiltered energy in person before she takes on bigger audiences.

The EP promises more of this no-boundaries energy. “Hedonistic, indie-tinged dance music” as Charlotte describes it, with storytelling that hits somewhere between a diary entry and a club confessional. It’s got intimacy and self-destruction in equal measure.

ClubLiminal is music for the in-between moments, those nights where you’re not sure if you’re escaping or processing.

Catch her at Reading & Leeds later this year. But right now? ‘Candy stores’ is the track to sit with. It’s a reminder not to tidy things up too much. Sometimes the mess tells the truth better.