Stereogum — The culty, genre-blurring R&B artist has been on a crazy trajectory over the past few years. As a military brat, Dijon Duenas grew up all over the world, and I just found out that he and I went to the same high school in Ellicott City, Maryland. N... more info

Stereogum — Gothenburg, Sweden’s Way Out West festival is one of the best I’ve ever been to, and this year’s edition went down this past weekend, with headlining sets from Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, and the Swedish band Kite. The UK’s Wet Leg, one of ... more info

Stereogum — When he’s not doing impressions of icons like Charli XCX and Moo Deng on SNL, Bowen Yang co-hosts Las Culturistas, his pop culture/comedy podcast with Matt Rogers. Last week they hosted the Las Culturistas Culture Awards, a Bravo-broadcast show ... more info

New York Post — The lovebirds posed for pictures together on their special day. more info

Stereogum — In 2023, Charli XCX and George Daniel got engaged. The following year, the pop star took over the world with Brat . Recently Charli has been taking a step back from music to partake in various acting projects, and today she and the 1975 drummer g... more info

Stereogum — With Glastonbury in the books, Charli XCX has completed yet another massive Brat festival set. You’d think audiences in her home country would be most receptive to her over-the-top presentation, but apparently, some UK boomers were not pleased w... more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to tell if it’s still fun deciding what 2025’s summer superlative is, or if it’s gotten boring. As Charli XCX declared during her Coachella set, this will be plenty of people’s summers. But where’s the creativity in Turnstile... more info

Stereogum — If you think Stereogum talks about pop music too much, you are going to hate this post. We fuck with pop music over here, guys! Sorry! A couple of weeks ago, the TikTok influencer Addison Rae released her debut album Addison , and it’s really g... more info

Stereogum — Should we do a little key? Should we have a little line? Maybe with the new Brat Chuck Taylors? That’s right. Apparently there’s a new Brat collaboration with Converse, for whom Charli XCX has been a brand ambassador over the past year. more info

Stereogum — This past April, the quasi K-pop group KATSEYE (a project between US-based Geffen Records and South Korea-based Hybe) released the confounding “Gnarly,” their first single of the year. It’s an abrasive, campy hyperpop track that was original... more info