Fans hoot as Charli XCX’s “Party 4 U” debuts on Hot 100 nearly five years after release (#95)

Charli XCX is proving she's a timeless legend.

The songstress' 2020 track, Party 4 U, debuted at No. 95 on the Hot 100 this week, marking five years since it came out. The British singer has been making strides with her Brat album, though Party 4 U, which came out as part of her album How I'm Feeling Now, has been doing just as well on social media.

Scores have been attributing this newfound feat to TikTok and other platforms, such as this one user who penned:

"TikTok saving her career what else is new"

However, droves also flocked to X to appreciate Charli XCX for the track:

"SLEEPER HIT," one fan exclaimed.

"GREATEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME," someone else penned.

"not released as a single with no music video and no radio mind you. organic hit," another pointed out.

"She's a main pop girl now time to accept it," a fourth user quipped.

The comment didn't end there:

"the people yearn for another charli summer," one fan penned.

"Ngl if she releases and m/v and more playlisting it might go top 10," another posited.

"OH MY GOD KEEP STREAMINY," yet another exclaimed.

"I WAS HERE FOR THE RELEASE OMGGGG," someone else chimed in.

Users were visibly excited to learn of the news, though a handful of them did claim Charli XCX was only thriving because of social media.

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Charli XCX explains the meaning behind her smash hit song Party 4 U: Read more

In her track Party 4 U, Charli XCX can be heard singing:

"You could watch me pull up on your body/Like it's summer, take my clothes off in the water/Splash around and get you blessed like holy water/I don't know what you were waiting for/You know that I've been waiting for you."

The song was initially penned in 2017 as part of her mixtape Pop 2, and while it didn't end up on the tracklist, it became a fan favorite as the songstress would sing it during her live performances.

Amid speculations about what the track and its lyrics meant, the singer herself took to TikTok to elucidate the same:

“this is actually the moment you realize that that one person isn’t ever coming to your party so you stand in the middle of the room, tears briefly fill your eyes but then you wipe them away, pretend you’re ok and proceed to get unbelievably fckd up and then spend the next week feeling completely ashamed of yourself xx.”