Cross You Out

[3] Reviewing for Pitchfork, Cat Zhang noted that the track "launches with thudding electronics and bright keys," but "simmers down as Charli begins singing, her voice Auto-Tuned and vulnerable".

Zhang further stated that "glitchy metallics [of the track] preserve the (un)conventional Charli sound".

[5] Rolling Stone critic Claire Shaffer called the track a "synth-heavy club banger of a breakup song" with "synths that soar as high as a Gothic cathedral", judging its lyrics to be about "finding closure and liberation in the end of a relationship".

[6] Stereogum's James Rettig described the track's chorus as "booming",[4] while Rania Aniftos of Billboard characterised the song as a "glittery pop tune".

[7] Helen Brown thought the track was driven by an "industrial drone of intergalactic hangar doors opening and closing, with the sweet, high vocals drifting weightless above.