Who Is Charli XCX’s Husband, George Daniel? All About the Musician

Charli XCX fell in love again and again with her husband, George Daniel.

The “Apple” singer has spent more than a decade turning her stories into pop anthems, but has remained relatively quiet on details of her personal life.

Fans have become increasingly curious about the musician’s long-term partner and now husband, George Daniel — the drummer, producer and creative force behind one of the U.K.’s biggest bands, the 1975.

The pair are also frequent collaborators in the studio. From his role in the 1975 to his influence on Charli’s music, here’s what we know about the couple’s life, and their work together.

He’s a Drummer for the Band The 1975

Daniel is a drummer for the English pop rock band The 1975. The band also consists of three other members: Matty Healy, Ross MacDonald and Adam Hann.

The 35-year-old and his bandmates became friends as teenagers when they were attending school together.

Per the New Yorker, they formed an “emo band that cycled through a series of emo names: Me and You Versus Them, Forever Drawing Six, the Slowdown, Drive Like I Do.”

While chatting with the publication, Daniel said of his relationship with Healy, “You love them more than anyone else in the world, and you cut them less slack than anyone else in the world.”

He Inspired One of Her Songs

While Charli XCX doesn’t share much about their relationship, she said, in a TikTok video, he inspired her song “Talk talk.”

The song dated back to a “specific moment” from their relationship when they “were not together” but were “very into each other.”

“We were at the NME Awards. We were both (sitting at) different tables, and we were, like, texting each other, but we weren’t hanging out,” she said. “But we were both looking over at each other — it was very like, one of us would look, and the other one would look away, and then vice versa.”

In her song “Talk talk,” the musician sings about following someone to the restroom. She said she actually did that in real life.

“I saw that he went to the bathroom, so I was like, ‘Oh, I’ll go to the bathroom, and maybe we’ll bump into each other, and then we won’t be, like, texting all the time,” she said. “But then I got halfway there, and I was like, this is insane and then I went and sat down again.”

Daniel and Charli XCX Have Collaborated on Songs

The British musicians have collaborated on several occasions over the years.

Per Rolling Stone UK, the pair first teamed up professionally in 2021 while working on the single “Spinning,” which featured Charli XCX, No Rome and The 1975. Since then, the couple has collaborated on several occasions.

While chatting with Rolling Stone UK, Charli XCX spoke about the unique dynamic they have while working in the studio as a couple.

“We want to impress each other, and we think we’re both really good, but I’m actually such a b—- in the studio with George,” she said. “Because we’re obviously so close, you lose everything in terms of the normal studio boundaries.”

All kidding aside, the musicians have found a way to make music together professionally and personally.

“We flow really well, and he leaves a lot of space for people to breathe and be them and do their process,” she said.

Charli XCX applauded her beau’s producing skills in a 2023 post on X.

“My boyfriend is really hot AND he’s a great producer! who says men can’t multitask???” she wrote.

His Career as a Musician and Drummer Dates Back to High School

In a 2016 interview with Coup de Main, Daniel said he started playing the drums in high school.

“I don’t really know why I wanted to start playing drums, I just did at school,” he said.

He started studying production also on a whim. “I took music tech, and then I still wasn’t really sure whether I had any kind of talent in it, and I did this film score arrangement for my GCSE exam and got full marks. I was just like, ‘What?’ I thought it was a mistake,” he said.

He continued to study production at college while the band was working on their own music.

Charli XCX applauded her beau’s producing skills in a 2023 post on X.

“My boyfriend is really hot AND he’s a great producer! who says men can’t multitask???” she wrote.

The Couple Confirmed Their Engagement in 2023

Daniel and Charli XCX announced their engagement in 2023 via a since-deleted Instagram post.

The Pair Had Two Wedding Ceremonies in the Summer of 2025

On July 19, 2025, Charli XCX and George Daniel first exchanged vows in a private, civil ceremony at Hackney Town Hall in London, Vogue reported at the time. The pair later shared pictures from the celebration to Charli XCX’s Instagram page.

Nearly two months later, the couple had a more elaborate wedding in Sicily, Italy on Sept. 13, 2025, with several famous guests in attendance, according to Vogue. Charli XCX posted a carousel of pictures from the wedding festivities to her Instagram.

She captioned the post, “i wanna dance with george foreverrrr <3”.