Tag: Charli XCX Brat
“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…]
A Song That Will Haunt You, Chase You Into the Woods and Potentially Make You Want to Scratch Your Eyes Out: It’s Not Exactly a Party “House” That Charli XCX and John Cale Have Provided—and That’s a Good Thing
Gothic, haunting, disorienting and featuring the sort of sound that makes it feel like it could be right at home on David Bowie’s Blackstar, Charli [Read More…]
Lily Allen’s “Cheryl Tweedy” As Forerunner to Charli XCX’s “Sympathy Is a Knife”
In July 2006, there was no denying the chokehold that Lily Allen had over British radio airwaves. Or, perhaps more “modernly,” the chokehold she had [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Increasingly Loses Touch with “The Commoner” on The Life of a Showgirl
Although Taylor Swift has been famous for most of her life, one of the biggest keys to her success has always been “relatability.” Or at [Read More…]
Summer Isn’t Over Yet: Zara Larsson’s Midnight Sun
Considering that the conversation in the music industry for the past year-plus has been all about a trio (Charli, Chappell and Sabrina) whose long-standing slog [Read More…]
The Return of Smoking Aligns With the Return of Retro Practices in General
It’s a “trend” (read: way of life) many have been noticing for the past couple of years: smoking. Its steady rise back into mainstream culture [Read More…]
In Honor of Laufey’s “Snow White,” A List of Songs About Beauty
With the release of Laufey’s affecting single, “Snow White,” it’s worth looking back on some of the various other songs that women (the gender most [Read More…]
Miley Cyrus and Naomi Campbell Give Good Face in the “Every Girl You’ve Ever Loved” Video
With the premiere of Miley Cyrus’ “pop opera,” Something Beautiful for one night only in select theaters throughout the U.S. and Europe in June, it’s obvious she’s [Read More…]
Nostalgia-Wise, HAIM’s “Take Me Back” Shares Plenty in Common With Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s “1999”
In the spirit of nostalgia as only a millennial can convey it (e.g., reviving Goosebumps in its TV series form or releasing another Final Destination installment), HAIM’s fourth single [Read More…]
Charli XCX Excludes Two Key People From Her Suggestions of Who Can Take Up the Brat Summer Mantle This Year
As Charli XCX continues to insist that she’s bringing Brat Summer—now three seasons past the summer when it all began—to a close, her performance at [Read More…]
