As nostalgia-fuelled reunions lure dads back to Wembley in weathered bucket hats, a new kind of crowd is taking over the summer circuit. Forget guitars and glory days, Hot Pop Summer is here, and it exploded into life at Primavera Sound 2025.
This year’s Barcelona edition was headlined by three of pop’s biggest forces: Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan. Fans quickly crowned them the ‘Primavera Powerpuff Girls’ — and from surprise cameos to screaming crowds, they more than lived up to the name.
