Charli XCX Still Explores the Idea of Being a Selfish “Brat” on Music, Fashion, Film—For That’s Kind of What Being an Artist Is

There was a reason that Charli XCX called Brat an “albatross” during her 2024 interview with Zane Lowe. For she knew then that it would [Read More…]

With Some Help From Vincent Cassel, Charli XCX Expresses How the “Camera” Makes Her Feel

Almost immediately after Charli XCX found herself caught up in the immense success of 2024’s “Brat summer,” she seemed determined to pivot away from music [Read More…]

Charli XCX Roams the Streets of Paris in a Hangover Haze While Hoping to Write a Song Like the “Playboy Bunny” (a.k.a. Something That’s Just as Iconic and Recognizable)

On the heels of releasing the B-side to “Rock Music,” “I Keep Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night,” Charli XCX has not only [Read More…]

The Mainstream (Or at Least Mainstream Music) Is Getting Weirder: Charli XCX’s “House” and Lana Del Rey’s “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter”

Perhaps it was inevitable that the women behind two of the weirdest songs to be released in the past six months would be none other [Read More…]

The Jason Bateman/Charli XCX Exchange About Having a Child Speaks to a Continued Lack of Male Evolution in Terms of Expectations for Women

Very early on in the SmartLess episode with Charli XCX as the guest, it became clear that Jason Bateman didn’t seem to do much research [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…]