Tag: A. G. Cook
Charli XCX’s “SS26” Bears the No Holds Barred Nihilism of MARINA’s “Pink Convertible”
Perhaps of all the industries that have blood on their hands for being a bane to the environment, fashion remains at the top of the [Read More…]
Charli XCX Does “Rock Music,” Her Way (That Is to Say, Not Seriously)
As someone who has continually talked about the ways that The Velvet Underground has influenced her, it seemed inevitable that Charli XCX would, sooner or [Read More…]
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…]
