Tag: Charli XCX
With “party 4 u” Video, the How I’m Feeling Now Era Gets Brat-ified
Perhaps out of all the things to happen in the (almost) year since Brat came out, the thing that Charli XCX least expected (apart from Kamala not [Read More…]
PinkPantheress Single-Handedly Improves U.K.-U.S. Relations, Gives JCPenney Free Advertising With “Stateside”
Already described as “her personal favourite track” from Fancy That, PinkPantheress is making “Tonight” look a bit like chopped liver with the release of “Stateside.” A [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…]
“Cuntissimo” As MARINA’s Brat…And How Charli XCX Became “Brat” With Some of MARINA’s Influence
Seeing as how, before the Lorde revelation was confirmed, there was brief speculation when Brat first came out that “Girl, so confusing” could very well be about [Read More…]
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Are Unabashed Fools for Love on I Said I Love You First
Perhaps not since Sonny and Cher has a musical duo been so unabashed about showcasing their love for the sake of musical fodder. And though [Read More…]
When the World Was at War, We Kept Dancing: Shygirl’s Club Shy Room 2
Shygirl’s latest EP, Club Shy Room 2, had something of an eerie release date in terms of being timed to coincide with one of the Orange [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…]
The Highs and Hypocrisies of the 2025 Grammys
It was no surprise that this year’s Grammy Awards was a very L.A.-centric one. Not in the sense of location—though, of course, the ceremony is [Read More…]
It’s Eusexua Winter Somewhere, But Not in the U.S.
In the months since Charli XCX unleashed Brat onto the world in June of 2024, it seems as though the masses have grown even fonder of adhering [Read More…]
Charli XCX Focusing on the High-Fashion Clothing Angle of the L.A. Wildfires Is More Cher (Horowitz) Than Brat (And Ignores the Larger Issue)
In 1995’s Clueless, one of the most seminal films “about” L.A. (and, more to the point, its priorities), Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone) famously drags a slew [Read More…]
