Charli XCX's latest album, 'BRAT,' is a messy, revelatory insight into what life exists at the precipice of fame.
The English icon’s latest album is a messy, revelatory insight into what life exists at the precipice of fame.For years, discussions of Charli XCX have noted the bifurcated nature of her fame: fiercely beloved by her fans but unable to break out into mainstream success—and she’s not alone in this distinction. Pop’s, was billed as her most serious attempt to play the music industry game she’d long bristled against.
In a move that feels equal parts brave and chaotic, Charli XCX doesn’t shy away from acknowledging her discomfort with the way the current pop landscape pits women against each other. Even an artist as siloed as she is can’t seem to escape the constant comparisons, an insecurity among her peers that gets a closer reckoning on several of’s songs.
We’re also treated to two of the most traditionally beautiful songs she’s ever recorded. Recalling Farrah Abraham’s mechanized stream of consciousness, “I think about it all the time” is an honest exploration of Charli’s feelings on motherhood. She reckons with fears that she’ll miss out on an experience that friends of hers are enjoying. These friends “know these things that I don’t” because they’ve become parents.
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