Although Taylor Swift has been famous for most of her life, one of the biggest keys to her success has always been “relatability.” Or at least the illusion…
Read more Taylor Swift Increasingly Loses Touch with “The Commoner” on The Life of a ShowgirlIt’s a “trend” (read: way of life) many have been noticing for the past couple of years: smoking. Its steady rise back into mainstream culture arguably reaching a…
Read more The Return of Smoking Aligns With the Return of Retro Practices in GeneralPerhaps saving the best for last in terms of who she wanted to unveil as a collaborator on her Brat remix album, Charli XCX has at last given…
Read more Dionysus Beware: Party Girl Gods Charli XCX and Kesha Finally Join ForcesBeing that the intention of Brat was always to get back to Charli XCX’s musical roots (especially after her intentionally hyper-commercial album, Crash), it seemed inevitable that what…
Read more Charli XCX’s Most Ambitious “Mixtape” Yet: Brat and it’s completely different but also still bratMove over, Billie Eilish, there’s a new environmentally-conscious Gen Z pop star in the mix, and it’s none other than Chappell Roan. Despite her classification as a “geriatric…
Read more Chappell Roan’s “Unwitting” Charli XCX ShadeJust in time to mark the beginning of the Sweat Tour, which kicks off on September 14th in Detroit, Charli XCX has released yet another remix of one…
Read more “Talk Talk” Gets A Sexier, Less Desperate Makeover With Troye Sivan and, More Importantly, Dua Lipa on the RemixDuring one of her many interviews about Brat, Charli XCX mentioned being committed to whatever “character”/“persona” she’s trying on for her album of the moment. (Though it bears…
Read more Charli XCX Doing A Skims Ad Campaign Is More Crash Than BratOn June 7, English pop artist Charli XCX released her sixth studio album, “Brat.” Immediately recognizable by its lime-green backdrop and simple sans-serif inscription, it’s since become a…
Read more The ultimate guide to the Brat summer in PhoenixThree million, not just the rolling hits of growing viewers that have phoned up Charli xcx at the familiar hunting ground of the ‘360’ music video, laced with…
Read more ‘Guess’ The Charli xcx And Billie Eilish Song Equivalents Of These Iconic Pop Culture BrasWhen Charli first, er, teased the album artwork for the “Guess” remix featuring Billie Eilish, she dared her fans to, that’s right, guess who it was joining her…
Read more A Panty-Dropping, Project X Affair: Charli XCX and Billie Eilish’s “Guess” VideoIn what is perhaps a “sign o’ the times” for the world of pop, the week in music has offered an overarching theme that centers on “laying to…
Read more The Week of Laying to Rest a Feud Remixes: “The Boy Is Mine” and “Girl, so confusing”While some may be convinced that a Lorde-featuring remix of “Girl, so confusing” is just a red herring to distract from the fact that it’s still ultimately referring…
Read more Girl, so confusing (To Some) That Charli XCX and Lorde Have Joined ForcesA collaboration between Charli XCX and Robyn and Charli XCX and Yung Lean, respectively, has seemed like a long time coming. That said, perhaps Charli XCX saw fit…
Read more “360” Featuring Robyn and Yung Lean Continues to Showcase Charli XCX’s Commitment to the Art of the RemixIn Madonna’s seminal 1990 hit, “Vogue,” she talks about how Rita Hayworth “gave good face.” That’s at least eighty percent of the “job” description of being an it…
Read more An Ode to It Girls and Sociopathy: Charli XCX’s “360”Although Charli XCX’s first album, True Romance, wasn’t released until 2013, she has always exuded the sonic and visual aura of being a daughter of the 00s. And…
Read more The “Toxic” Video for a New, Less Glamorous Era: Charli XCX’s “Von Dutch”
