“Now I wanna think about all the good times,” muses Charli XCX on the remix to So I, one of the most heartfelt tracks off her Brat album and an ode to her late friend, the DJ and producer Sophie. “Best night ever in Arcosanti,” she purrs. “Got birthday cake on the way.” My bovine brain assumed Arcosanti was a restaurant in West Hollywood, but a quick Google reveals something else entirely. It turns out Arcosanti is an experimental city in the high desert of Arizona, designed by the architect Paolo Soleri. If there’s one Brat collab no one saw coming, it’s this.
