Charli XCX anyway.The artist’s seventh album ‘Brat’ has been at the centre of its own cultural phenomenon since it was released last month.
Its simple lime green artwork became a meme, while fans on social media have embraced the record’s hedonistic aesthetic and attitude.
The autobiographical lyrics have also been subject to widespread fascination, particularly related to ‘Sympathy is a Knife’ and ‘Girl, So Confusing’, where Charli acknowledges her anxieties and difficult feelings towards other women in pop.However, some outlets – including Pitchfork, Dazed, and ANTIART – declared that ‘Brat summer’ was dead after it took a political turn.
Charli XCX tweeted “Kamala IS brat”, following Joe Biden endorsing Kamala Harris as his successor in the 2024 US presidential race, leading to political pundits embarrassingly trying and failing to explain the ‘Brat’ phenomenon.Pitchfork suggested that ‘Brat’ summer died on July 21, the day of Charli’s aforementioned tweet, “at 80 days old”, adding: “While we mourn its loss, Brat Summer’s legacy will live on in white powders on dirty toilet seats, weekend hangovers that last until the following Friday, and of course, being So Julia, a sibling of Brat Summer that survived the worst of its online devastation.”Now, Charli has had her say, while also teasing more new music to come next week.Sharing screenshots of posts by the outlets that suggested Brat summer was a dead trend, she wrote on Instagram: “oh?
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