At the start of her latest single, the aptly titled “Boys,” Charli XCX hilariously admits, “I was busy thinkin’ bout boys, boys, boys.” She rides over glitchy video game bleeps, soundtracking a time spent lounging on a bed of cushions, twirling her hair, and scrolling through an endless Google search for boy band pin-ups and Hollywood heartthrobs. She’s sorry she can’t pick up the phone, and she’s got no excuses left: “I can’t even lie/You got me,” Charli coos. “I want em all/I want em all.”

Shrugging off any responsibility to her girlfriends, Charli XCX sounds like she gives zero fucks. The thing is though, she gives a massive fuck, and amidst all this boy-craziness is a song much smarter than a first spin might suggest.The power is in that brilliant thesis: XCX is just a girl distracted by the most basic of instincts, but the procrastination leads her to this joy of an earworm. Deceptively simple-sounding and unfussy, it’s a reminder that she’s one of the best at knowing how to have fun; her convivial bop sounds as effortless as something dreamed up between lunch and dinner.

Like the girl bands she grew up on and the riot grrrls she’s cited as influence, XCX doesn’t yearn for things, she gets them. Similarly, for the self-directed video for “Boys,” Charli isn’t merely making a scrapbook of her favorite hotties—she’s directing them from behind a camera, actualizing her fantasies. And what are her wildest boy daydreams? Ezra Koenig brushing his teeth with Mark Ronson, Stormzy eating cereal, Joe Jonas drizzling pancakes in syrup, a shirtless Diplo playing with puppies, and actual Olympic athlete Tom Daley showering with his shirt on, among other celeb surprises. This is pure XCX ethos: It’s one thing to be too busy thinking about boys, it’s quite another to be putting them to work for you.