Stereogum — It’s happening. A highlight of Charli XCX’s new album Brat is the conflicted banger “Girl, so confusing,” which seems to be about Lorde. Now, she’s unveiling a remix featuring the New Zealand pop star herself. more info

Stereogum — Over the past couple of years, TikTok personality Addison Rae has steadily been making a promising pivot to pop star, thanks in part to a co-sign from Charli XCX. In 2023, Rae shared a song called “2 die 4” that featured Charli; then, Rae went... more info

Stereogum — The excitement surrounding Charli XCX’s amazing new LP Brat is real, but it’s apparently not enough to give Charli a #1 album, either in the US or the UK. In the US, where Charli has always been more of a cult figure than a proper mainstream... more info

Stereogum — On Friday, Charli XCX cannonballed into the album-of-the-year conversation with the release of her glitchy, adventurous, extremely fun, messily emotional new album Brat . Today, Charli has expanded on Brat with a new deluxe edition, which has the... more info

Stereogum — Charli XCX’s feverishly anticipated new album Brat doesn’t even come out until tomorrow, at least in the US, but certain narratives are already emerging. On a couple of Brat tracks, Charli makes oblique references to some of her peers, and p... more info

Stereogum — In 2010, when she was “Charli XCX” only on flyers for underground London raves, Charlotte Aitchison sang Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” as a performance art piece while studying at UCL’s Slade School of Fine Art. It’s hard n... more info

Stereogum — Charli XCX’s Boiler Room set back in March featured an A. G. Cook edit of “Everything Is Romantic,” a new song from the suddenly imminent new album Brat . Saturday at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Charli gave the standard version of the tra... more info

Stereogum — Charli XCX’s new album Brat is out in a week. The pop provocateur has unveiled “Von Dutch,” “Club Classics,” “B2B,” and “360,” and she drew in a massive crowd to a surprise Brooklyn event where she teased the LP earlier this mont... more info

Stereogum — Charli XCX loves to party. We know this. She’s not shy about it. Plenty of her best songs are about partying, or about the heartache that can come with the partied-out lifestyle. Charli’s famous Boiler Room set? A party! Thousands of people sw... more info

Stereogum — Shygirl is everywhere. The British musician just DJed with Björk in Brooklyn and she’s set to open up for Charli XCX and Troye Sivan on their Sweat tour this fall. She’s popped up as a guest on some tracks and she’s put out plenty of her ow... more info