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Charli XCX Is Too Brat to Fail
She owned the summer with an album that is also a vibe. Should she be sweating the fall?
It has spawned countless memes, TikTok dances, and think pieces, and its lyrics have coined a flurry of catchphrases: “I’m so Julia,” “bumpin’ that,” “Let’s work it out on the remix.” If last year was colored Barbie pink, this one is the deliberately ugly shade of slime green(specifically Pantone 3507-C) she chose for the album cover. We don’t live in that world anymore, and I’m not that artist.’” She doesn’t care, she tells me several times, about what she considers the old rules of pop stardom: streaming (except her Spotify numbers are pretty solid), magazine profiles (like this one), talk-show appearances (she was on Seth Meyers with Sivan in April), or awards. The music videos — including the one for “360,” which contains a who’s who of “It”-girl cameos by Julia Fox, Hari Nef, Emma Chamberlain, Alex Consani, and Chloë Sevigny — could reasonably be described as “indie-sleazy.” Downtown New York’s favorite post-pandemic DJ, the Dare, produced “Guess,” and the two have since become close friends, constantly appearing in each other’s Instagram Stories.
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