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

Stereogum — Ryn Weaver was on the roster of strong rising pop artists in the 2010s. She was a couch-surfing Artist To Watch that was signed to Benny Blanco’s Friends Keep Secrets. Her song “OctaHate” went viral in 2014, which seems like eons before the ... more info

Stereogum — Mechatok — aka Munich-born, Berlin-based Emir Timur Tokdemir — has built a reputation as a forward-thinking producer extraordinaire through his work with artists like Drain Gang and Charli XCX. He’ll release his debut album Wide Awake in Aug... more info

Stereogum — On Saturday night, Charli XCX headlined Paris’ We Love Green festival — her second time topping the bill at a major European fest this weekend. At We Love Green, Charli also put in a guest appearance on a song that has very little of the Brat ... more info

Stereogum — Turnstile are breaking boundaries. They’re making hardcore purists angry. They’re going where no hardcore band has ever dared to go. They’re reinvigorating a genre that’s hampered by rote traditionalism. They’re making hardcore purists h... more info

Stereogum — Pop stars loving acting at the moment. Charli XCX starred in the new season of Overcompensating and the Weeknd’s new film Hurry Up Tomorrow just hit theaters. Now, Bad Bunny is joining Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz for Darren Aronofsky’s ... more info