Tag: A. G. Cook
As If Truth or Dare, Spice World and Josie and the Pussycats Joined Forces to Spawn a Macabre Child: The Moment
In the still short amount of time (though not to no-attention-span Gen Z) since Brat was released on June 7, 2024, Charli XCX has systematically [Read More…]
The Video for A. G. Cook’s “Residue” Is Brat, David Lynch Edition
Because there’s no argument at this point that Charli XCX is a bona fide cinephile (further confirmed by her unofficial “Queen of Sundance” title), the [Read More…]
“I Love It” and It’s Completely Different Because It’s “Dread”
While one might have assumed Charli XCX would try to milk another single out of Brat for The Moment Soundtrack, what the always surprising “3-D [Read More…]
It’s a (Hurts so Good) Knife When the Old Fans Troll the New Fans: On Charli XCX’s “party 4 u” Going Viral
While Charli XCX might have sung, “It’s a knife when the mean fans hate the nice fans” on her remix of “Sympathy is a knife” [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #10: The Recording Academy Choosing to Nominate “Guess” Instead of “Girl, So Confusing”
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape.As the first year [Read More…]
Charli XCX Achieves the Ultimate in Establishment Acknowledgement Via the 2025 Grammy Nominations
The last time Charli XCX was nominated for a Grammy, it was not only ten years ago (at the end of 2014), but also as [Read More…]
Charli XCX Presents: Brat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not
Continuing to prove that she’s pop’s biggest deviant, Charli XCX has not only released a deluxe edition of Brat so soon after its standard edition [Read More…]
Charli XCX Makes BRAT Into Her Own Personal Acronym For: Being Really Attractive & Tumultuous
While the modern meaning of the word “brat” might be “a child, typically one that is badly behaved,” there was a time in its early [Read More…]
An Ode to It Girls and Sociopathy: Charli XCX’s “360”
In Madonna’s seminal 1990 hit, “Vogue,” she talks about how Rita Hayworth “gave good face.” That’s at least eighty percent of the “job” description of [Read More…]
Crash All Over Again With Charli XCX’s Deluxe Edition of the Album
Not one to lose control of her creamy smooth pop icon goddess (yes, that’s a Madonna reference) status, Charli XCX has followed the release of [Read More…]