Charli XCX doesn’t simply play herself on Prime Video’s “Overcompensating,” because the present’s govt producer and music producer on the present, she was deeply concerned in working behind the scenes in serving to the music circulation all through the eight-part collection.

Talking at a guild FYC, music supervisors Jen Malone and Nicole Weisberg mentioned how the “Growth Clap” singer made their job simpler, but additionally how her involvement helped artists license their music.
Weisberg mentioned, “We went into embracing ourselves for challenges forward. However she was actually concerned. She was on recognizing periods, she was a part of the composing staff, and he or she was giving edit notes on the place the rating ought to are available in and the place it ought to come out.”

Created by Benito Skinner, “Overcompensating” Benny (Skinner), a closeted jock as he explores his freshman 12 months in school. Whereas the script packs hilarious punches, the music serves as a personality. Charli xcx lent 30 songs to the track, together with “Growth Clap” and “Ladies Evening Out.” Elsewhere, Girl Gaga’s “Fringe of Glory,” Britney Spears’ “Fortunate” and Nicki Minaj’s “Superbass” thread all through as Benny’s story reveals itself.

Weisberg defined that quite a lot of the music was constructed into the scripts, so coming into the present early helped tackle the “must-have” moments. Moreover, each episode was named after a track. “That was the 1st step on this present. It was an enormous pre-production step of getting Benny every little thing he needed.” She added, “These songs are emotionally tied to his expertise. In order that was very important, was getting him these moments first after which constructing off that.”

Episode 1 is titled “Fortunate,” after Spears’ hit track, and was particular to Skinner’s story. Stated Weisberg, “I went to school similtaneously him. So, I understood the significance of what that meant to a development expertise at the moment.”

It was one of many first songs Malone and Weisberg went after.

Malone defined, “We had the Charli card to play, which was like, Charli had already signed off on this venture, in order that helped push issues alongside, slightly than generally simply having the present in its first season, and no one is aware of what it’s.”

Securing the songs for the collection was a surprisingly clean course of, with artists desirous to be concerned. It helped that a couple of weeks after interviewing for the job, “Brat” was launched, and “Brat” summer time turned a cultural phenomenon.

Added Weisberg, “That most likely helped our trigger at that time.”

Episode 4, titled “Growth Clap,” follows Grace, who shares some thrilling information: she’s going to be working the Charli xcx live performance in school. It was all scripted that the Grammy-award-winning singer can be appearing and performing. “She was superb to work with,” Weisberg mentioned. “Her staff was superb to work with. That they had all of the belongings they wanted and have been able to execute it.” Weisberg added that the episode was shot in the course of the Sweat tour. “She was in Canada the place they have been capturing, and it was like, ‘Carry out the tour, be on set at 5 a.m., and I believe they did that every one in sooner or later in a 10-hour sequence of time.”

Whereas a lot of the songs have been a straightforward course of to safe, there was one which proved a problem.

The collection reveals that Benny has his sexual awakening watching Brendan Fraser clad in his loincloth swinging by means of the timber in “George of the Jungle.” Malone mentioned, “The explanation why it was tough was not due to the scene. The one who owned 50% of the grasp and 50% of the publishing was any individual I really needed to seek out for “Euphoria for season two.” Malone continued, “One of many rights holders is 80 years outdated, so I dealt quite a bit together with her daughter.”

Malone added, “Total, in comparison with exhibits the place we do get quite a lot of denials, I believe this one was fairly straightforward.”