Chxrry Doubles Down With ‘U, Me & My Ego (Deluxe)’

Chxrry is not done with U, Me & My Ego yet. The XO and Republic Records artist returned to the album on November 6 with a deluxe edition that turns a 10-track statement into a 14-track one, announcing the arrival herself on Instagram with a simple caption: “Deluxe out now 😼 14/14.” The original album arrived on May 29, and the deluxe does not rework it — it extends it, giving the record a second act while the first is still fresh.

The numbers tell the story plainly. The May album ran 10 songs and about 28 minutes; the deluxe runs 14 songs and about 40 minutes, according to Apple Music. Four new tracks close the expanded tracklist: “Big Shot” featuring Rema, “Like A Man,” “Phone” and “Friends Don’t Kiss.” The original ten — from opener “Blockstar” through “Main Character” — stay in place, so the new songs land as an ending rather than an interruption.

That sequencing matters, because the whole record is built around confidence and control. Its title track, “U, Me & My Ego,” “Blockstar” and “Main Character” are not shy songs, and the deluxe leans further into that posture instead of softening it. Chxrry even teased the expansion in the days before release with a clip captioned “My Ego gets bigger in 2 days” — and the deluxe makes good on the joke. The ego, in other words, is not a phase of the album. It is the point.

The guest list grows with it. Cash Cobain appears on “Badness” and Mariah the Scientist joins “Bottles & Lights” on the original album, and Rema is the deluxe’s headline addition, featuring on “Big Shot.” It is the kind of pairing that says something about where Chxrry sees herself now: not just a promising new voice, but an artist other stars want to stand next to. An official lyric video for “Big Shot” arrived with the release on her official YouTube channel, giving the new track a visual to match its billing.

For listeners who still want something to hold, the deluxe is also a physical release. A day after the deluxe announcement, Chxrry posted about the album’s vinyl, writing “Bully and u shall receive xx Vinyls available now,” a nod to fans who had been asking for it. The deluxe is streaming now, with vinyls available too — the album treated as a world to live in for a while longer, not a finished chapter.

Deluxe editions can feel like an afterthought, a few leftovers tacked onto a finished record. This one does not. By adding four songs that push the album’s themes further, and by putting Rema on the biggest of them, Chxrry has given U, Me & My Ego a proper second act — one that doubles down on the swagger of the original and dares listeners to keep up. The ego, it turns out, had more to say.