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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Charli XCX

26 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: Why does Charli XCX feel nervous about being Conan O’Brien's friend?

3.727 - 13.8 Charli XCX

Hi, my name is Charli XCX. And I feel nervous about being Conan O'Brien's friend.

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16.604 - 30.122 Unknown

Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the bell Brand new shoes, walkin' blues Climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we are gonna be friends

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31.402 - 43.146 Conan O'Brien

Hey there, welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, joined as always by Sona Movsesian. You didn't change your last name when you got married.

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43.166 - 46.392 Sona Movsesian

I didn't change it, no. It's a lot of paperwork.

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46.412 - 48.837 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, and a lot of consonants.

49.238 - 50.78 Sona Movsesian

What?

50.981 - 51.942 Conan O'Brien

What's Tak's last name?

Chapter 2: What was Charli XCX's experience in London's underground rave scene?

51.982 - 52.883 Conan O'Brien

Is it Takassian?

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53.224 - 55.447 Sona Movsesian

No, it's not Takassian.

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55.467 - 58.211 Conan O'Brien

I always think it's his first name plus Azizian.

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58.371 - 60.274 Sona Movsesian

I know, but that's not how Armenian names work.

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60.294 - 61.676 Conan O'Brien

Mofsesian has a lot of consonants in it.

61.696 - 66.603 Sona Movsesian

Yeah, it's a lot of letters that really shouldn't be next to each other. Like the V and the S. Oh, I know.

66.644 - 68.747 Conan O'Brien

It's an explosion at a Campbell's Soup factory.

68.827 - 72.412 Sona Movsesian

Okay, who has an apostrophe in his last name? How awful is that?

72.512 - 74.956 Conan O'Brien

I'm here in my glass house. I'm firing stones.

Chapter 3: How did Charli XCX navigate her rise to pop stardom?

91.662 - 99.394 Matt Gourley

You were Mac Gourley? No, I'm told the last name. Oh, you got rid of the Mac? Well, I didn't personally. I just heard long ago that it was Mac Gourley. Oh.

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99.654 - 100.376 Sona Movsesian

Matt Gourley.

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100.496 - 102.72 Matt Gourley

You guys are looking at me like I did this somehow.

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102.861 - 117.049 Conan O'Brien

Wait, so your name would be Matt Met Gourley? That's impossible to say. I wouldn't think I would be named Matt. Matt Met Gourley. You know what? They dropped it. I think it was Matt Gourley until you were born, and you were born Matt, so they knew that they had to lose the Mac.

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117.891 - 118.412 Sona Movsesian

Yeah.

118.645 - 134.282 Conan O'Brien

He was born with a hi, my name is Matt on his chest. I was. You know, it's interesting that we're talking about birth and related matters because you are gonna be taking a leave of absence for a while. And this is big news.

Chapter 4: What themes does Charli explore in her new mockumentary film, The Moment?

134.302 - 147.365 Conan O'Brien

What's going on? Well, I'm having a baby. Not my wife. I am. Yeah, you're doing it all yourself. So when, I won't say ask when specifically, but this is going to happen soonish.

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147.545 - 163.468 Matt Gourley

Soon, yeah. I mean, God only knows it may already have happened the way this seems to be going. Who knows? Amanda's just got this feeling that it's coming early. So yeah, this is a girl. We're having another little girl. That's amazing. Over the moon. I'm excited about this.

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163.448 - 172.484 Conan O'Brien

Well, you know, I think I'm the first one to make this analogy, but to me, it just feels like, you know, you're going from one-on-one defense to zone. Is that something I just thought of?

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172.504 - 174.828 Matt Gourley

Well, that implies that I understand sports in any way.

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174.948 - 178.635 Conan O'Brien

Also, it implies that I've never heard a thousand people say that.

178.715 - 184.545 Matt Gourley

Well, you've had two kids. You obviously have two kids, but they came at once. So you kind of won the lottery in getting it over with.

184.525 - 191.579 Sona Movsesian

I did. I know a lot of people think twins is hard, but I think having a little kid and a baby and doing that all over again, that's harder.

191.679 - 193.904 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, because Glenn is already anticipating it.

Chapter 5: How does Charli XCX describe the complexities of fame?

193.924 - 196.869 Conan O'Brien

I mean, two at the same time. I can't even imagine that.

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196.89 - 197.411 Sona Movsesian

I know.

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197.431 - 202.18 Conan O'Brien

And one punched the other out first. Is that what happened? There was a brawl inside the womb?

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202.16 - 203.262 Sona Movsesian

Oh, probably.

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203.282 - 208.312 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then Mikey punched Charlie and he went flying out like the way cowboys would fly out of a bar room.

208.532 - 210.556 Sona Movsesian

Yeah, yeah. There's a lot of brawl still happening.

210.576 - 236.319 Conan O'Brien

Did you have little windows, little doors down there that went... Saloon doors. Saloon doors. Yeah. And punch and then... Oh, God. This is highly problematic. Did you hear piano music? Punch. And he went flying out. Mikey punched Charlie. Charlie goes flying out. And then, wow, Mikey comes out himself to finish the job. And they just punched each other down the hallway of the hospital.

236.459 - 238.883 Sona Movsesian

That's how my birth happened. Well.

Chapter 6: What unique perspectives does Charli XCX bring to her music and artistry?

240.736 - 243.206 Conan O'Brien

Sorry, just can't get that image of the saloon doors.

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243.688 - 246.9 Sona Movsesian

John, because what I think, you're talking about my vagina.

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247.783 - 251.016 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, sure, yeah. Do you mean your saloon door?

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253.375 - 254.716 Matt Gourley

That's horrible.

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254.836 - 256.819 Conan O'Brien

Is your vagina spring loaded?

256.839 - 257.88 Unknown

Oh my God.

257.9 - 260.943 Sona Movsesian

Does it go?

260.963 - 265.167 Conan O'Brien

Anyway, I just like the idea of saloon music coming out. Listen.

265.227 - 266.228 Sona Movsesian

So I had a C-section.

Chapter 7: How does Charli XCX handle the pressures of the music industry?

290.775 - 290.976 Unknown

Oh my God.

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292.238 - 310.044 Conan O'Brien

Vaginas are saloon doors. C-sections are, of course, Kansas cellar doors. So, well, let's get back to the real story here, which is that you and Amanda are having a second child. This is very exciting.

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310.204 - 320.119 Matt Gourley

It's exciting. I'm old to be a dad, so it just— No, you're not. Yeah, I mean, I am. I mean, this is just not how it's typically done, but that's how it's going to happen, and that's just—

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320.099 - 329.03 Conan O'Brien

I'm not old to be a dad. Look at, I think, look at Michael Douglas, I think, had children when he was- Robert De Niro, Al Pacino.

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329.05 - 330.973 Matt Gourley

They're having children at 80. Yeah.

330.993 - 334.677 Sona Movsesian

Doesn't it seem wrong? You're young compared to them. Compared to them?

335.058 - 335.498 Matt Gourley

Yeah.

335.618 - 336.76 Conan O'Brien

They'll have the same bedtime.

338.162 - 340.705 Matt Gourley

I go to bed before my children already.

Chapter 8: What insights does Charli XCX share about being a role model?

361.418 - 367.588 Unknown

Give me my milk! Have you noticed that Mama has a big ass?

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368.851 - 372.134 Conan O'Brien

Well, anyway, it's a lot of people are doing it and they're much younger than you.

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372.175 - 373.256 Matt Gourley

Yeah, I know.

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374.056 - 376.759 Sona Movsesian

So it's going to be fun. Older than you, you mean.

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377 - 384.848 Conan O'Brien

You're right. You know what I just revealed? This is what I'm saying. I just revealed that I'm too old to be a dad. I can't think properly.

385.068 - 385.629 Sona Movsesian

Oh, no.

385.709 - 387.711 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, that thing that Sona said. That's what I meant.

387.811 - 388.432 Matt Gourley

Yeah.

388.452 - 389.773 Conan O'Brien

You're much younger than they are.

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