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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Focus" / "No Angel
| cover         = CharliXCXFocusNoAngel.jpg
| alt           =
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Charli XCX]]
| album         =
| released      = {{start date|2018|6|29|df=yes}}
| recorded      =
| studio        =
| venue         =
| genre         = * [[Synth-pop]]
* [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
| length        = 6:28
| label         = {{hlist|[[Asylum Records|Asylum]]|[[Atlantic Records UK|Atlantic UK]]}}
| writer        = {{hlist|[[Charli XCX|Charlotte Aitchison]]|[[A.G. Cook|Alexander Guy Cook]]|[[Jack & Coke (songwriters)|Jack & Coke]]}}
| producer      = {{hlist|[[A. G. Cook]]|[[Jack & Coke (songwriters)|Jack & Coke]]|Saltwives|[[The Invisible Men]]|[[Sophie (musician)|SOPHIE]]}}
| chronology    = [[Charli XCX]]
| prev_title    = [[Bitches (song)|Bitches]]
| prev_year     = 2018
| title         = [[Focus / No Angel|Focus]]
| title2        = [[Focus / No Angel|No Angel]]
| next_title    = [[Girls Night Out (Charli XCX song)|Girls Night Out]]
| next_year     = 2018
}}
"'''Focus'''" and "'''No Angel'''" are songs recorded by English singer [[Charli XCX]]. They were released as a double single on 28 June 2018 by [[Asylum Records]] and [[Atlantic Records UK]] as the second installment from a series of monthly single releases.<ref name="iTunes">{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/focus-no-angel-single/1402196753|title="Focus / No Angel" – Single by Charli XCX|date=29 June 2018|publisher=[[Asylum Records]]|via=[[iTunes]]|access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref> Both of the songs were performed live prior to their release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://diymag.com/2018/06/29/charli-xcx-new-tracks-focus-no-angel-listen|title=Charli XCX shares 'Focus' and 'No Angel'|website=DIY|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref>
== Composition ==
"Focus" is a "[[Synthesizer|synth]]-driven, half-[[Rapping|rapped]]"<ref name=":0" /> "[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]"<ref name="RS article">{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Ryan |title=Hear Charli XCX's Synth-Driven New Songs, 'Focus,' 'No Angel |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-charli-xcxs-synth-driven-new-songs-focus-no-angel-667053/ |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=12 January 2020 |date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> track which features the singer giving a demand for attention.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7682171/charli-xcx-focus-no-angel-listen?safari=1|title=» Charli XCX Hits The Dance Floor On Loved-Up Bops "Focus" & "No Angel"|website=www.idolator.com|access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref> Lake Schatz of ''[[Consequence Of Sound|Consequence of Sound]]'' compared the song to XCX's 2016 [[extended play]] ''[[Vroom Vroom (EP)|Vroom Vroom]].''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/06/charli-xcx-focus-no-angel-single/|title=Charli XCX drops two new songs, "Focus" and "No Angel": Stream|date=2018-06-29|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en-US}}</ref> "No Angel" is a bouncy [[synth-pop]]<ref name = "Pitchfork">{{Cite news|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/no-angel/|title="No Angel" by Charli XCX Review|last=Farrell|first=Margaret|date=2 July 2018|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="RS article"/> anthem.<ref name=":0" /> It sees the singer admitting to having a wild side and wanting to prove herself worthy of love.<ref name=":1" />
==Critical reception==
Julia Gray of ''[[Stereogum]]'' named "Focus" a "synth-driven, half-rapped track" and named "No Angel" a "bouncy, shimmering anthem".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2004050/charli-xcx-focus-no-angel/music/|title=Charli XCX – "Focus" & "No Angel"|last=Gray|first=Julia|date=29 June 2018|work=[[Stereogum]]|access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref> "No Angel" was named "Best New Track" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', describing the song as "effervescent [[1980s in music|80s]] synth pop".<ref name = "Pitchfork"/> Brittany Spanos of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called "Focus" an "unrepentant [[earworm]], with that trademark XCX style of delivering an almost cruelly addictive, simple [[Refrain|chorus]]." She wrote that "No Angel" "has the effortless cool that makes so many of her songs sound fresh and unmistakably her own."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/charli-xcx-is-a-pop-princess-par-excellence-with-focus-no-angel-667088/|title=Charli XCX Is a Pop Princess Par Excellence With 'Focus,' 'No Angel'|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|date=2018-06-29|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en-US}}</ref> Mike Nied of ''[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]'' wrote that "it is easy to imagine 'Focus' filling dance floors across the globe with its irresistible production." Nied praised "No Angel" for moving "her [[Pop music|pop]] aesthetic into a more [[Experimental pop|experimental]] realm and features some of her most earnest lyrics to date."<ref name=":1" />
==Track listing==
Credits adapted from [[Qobuz]].
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 6:28
| headline     = '''Focus / No Angel'''<ref name="iTunes"/>
| title1       = Focus
| writer1      = {{hlist|[[Charli XCX|Charlotte Aitchison]]|[[A.G. Cook|Alexander Guy Cook]]|[[Jack & Coke (songwriters)|Jack & Coke]]}}
| extra1       = {{hlist|[[A. G. Cook]]|[[Jack & Coke (songwriters)|Jack & Coke]]}}
| length1      = 3:22
| title2       = No Angel
| writer2      = {{hlist|[[Charli XCX|Charlotte Aitchison]]|George Astasio|Jason Pebworth|Jon Shave|Alexander Oriet|David Phelan}}
| extra2       = {{hlist|Saltwives|[[The Invisible Men]]|[[Sophie (musician)|SOPHIE]]{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length2      = 3:06
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 3:17
| headline     = '''Focus (Yaeji Remix)'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/94897079|title=Focus (Yaeji Remix) by Charli XCX on Tidal|website=Tidal|access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref>
| title1       = Focus
| note1        = [[Yaeji]] Remix
| writer1      = {{hlist|Aitchison|Cook|Jack & Coke}}
| extra1       = {{hlist|Cook|Jack & Coke}}
| length1      = 3:17
}}
'''Notes'''
* {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for "Focus"
! scope="col" |Chart (2018)
! scope="col" |Peak<br>position
|-
! scope="row" |New Zealand Hot Singles ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2018-07-06|title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart|website=THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref>
| align="center"|32
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Charli XCX singles}}
{{A. G. Cook}}
{{Sophie}}
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[[Category:2018 singles]]
[[Category:Asylum Records singles]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]
[[Category:Warner Music Group singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Sophie (musician)]]