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Charli xcx: Music, Fashion, Film review – slippery search into selfhood that hits just as hard as Brat

How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about the instability of identity

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“We were running around the studio with as many things plugged in as possible just doing the worst sounds, trying to find the ugliest things”: How Charli XCX's producers ran a jam session through an AI sampling plugin to make No One Lasts Forever

AG Cook and Finn Keane appeared on the Tape Notes podcast with Charli to talk through the making of three tracks from new project Music, Fashion, Film

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“What happens when one of the key architects of contemporary pop rethinks the supersaw?”: AG Cook and Native Instruments team up for signature synth plugin Super*Saw

A supersaw on steroids, this new soft synth captures Cook’s signature sound, heard on records from Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Beyoncé

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From Nouvelle Vague to Mock the Week: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Richard Linklater pens a love letter to the greats of French cinema, and the satirical panel show finds a new home

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Charli XCX drops surreal new video with a Kylie Jenner twist

The reality TV star also has a cameo in the pop stars new film ‘The Moment’

The Independent UK

Charli XCX appears in new music video alongside major reality TV star

The singer appeared in the music video for Brat collaborator and co-producer AG Cook’s new song Residue from her film The Moment.

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Charli xcx Dropped ‘The Moment’ Release Date & Trailer Ft. Kylie Jenner’s Acting Debut

Fresh off the back of her award-winning brat era, Charli xcx has announced her next big project: an A24 movie called The Moment.

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Charli XCX says Kylie Jenner is among stars of her new A24 film

A24 film The Moment will arrive in 2026, according to the singer.

Evening Standard

Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts: ‘Lady Gaga told me she wanted to be the moon for a day. I’m like: where do I go next?’

Ahead of her debut in London’s West End with the musical Hadestown, Roberts answers your questions on navigating overnight fame as a teenager and why she would drop everything to work with Kate Bush

The Guardian - UK

Brat summer is forever at Charli xcx’s victory lap Lido Festival show

4/5 One year on from the birth of the cultural phenomenon, Charli and her fans at Victoria Park are holding on tight to the moment she created

The Independent UK

One to watch: Oklou

The French producer-performer crafts club bangers with classical flourishes, while channeling her rural upbringing

The Guardian - UK

“Distinctive, bold and relentlessly innovative... has taken her craft to new heights”: Charli XCX already confirmed for at least one Brit award

She’s scooped Songwriter of the Year

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Charli XCX crowned songwriter of the year ahead of Brit Awards

The English singer, who leads this year’s nominations with five nods, has been recognised for the global impact of her critically acclaimed album Brat

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Charli XCX's collaborators reveal early talks and ideas for post-Brat music

Charli XCX has been discussing new music with her frequent collaborators.

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"I drink and I smoke and I use Auto-Tune": But what's the music theory behind Charli XCX's Brat?

With multiple Grammy nominations turning Brat summer into Brat winter, we put Charli XCX's world-shakingly popular album under the musical microscope

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“Its sounds, and the producers responsible for them, have inspired many big developments in mainstream music”: Exploding the vibrant components of hyperpop

This particular genre has certainly surpassed its DIY beginnings to influence a surprising number of top artists.

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Grammys 2025 winners: Complete list as Beyoncé takes home Album of the Year

Taylor Swift left empty-handed as some of the biggest names in music were recognized for their achievements over the past year

The Guardian - UK

Charli xcx: Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat review – her lime-green imperial phase is unstoppable

(Atlantic)Big-name guests abound on a thrilling remix album that takes a glimpse into celebrity’s heart of darkness but makes it transcendently fun and cool

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Sophie: Sophie review – shiver-inducing posthumous album from the hyperpop trailblazer

Completed by her brother after her accidental death in 2021, the experimental pop producer’s second album is among the most inventive records of the year

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"She was the one to say if it was ‘Brat’ or not... She works really really fast, and if we’re bored by something, we’ll just move on": Charli XCX producers Finn Keane and AG Cook on her "relentless" creative process

"We did Speed Drive and Von Dutch in one day. It was quite a chill session too, probably about four hours"

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“I don’t use presets that much, but this one just felt like, ‘yeah, let’s just throw this one in just to offset everything’, you know?”: Hyperpop producer AG Cook on his favourite plugins and how he used them on recent track Lucifer

Arturia, NI and Sonic Charge software all gets a look in

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"I drink and I smoke and I use Auto-Tune": But what's the music theory behind Charli XCX's Brat?

With Brat summer in full swing, we put Charli XCX's world-shakingly popular album under the musical microscope

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"The harmony and production work together to suggest a person struggling to hold it together emotionally": A music professor breaks down Charli XCX's Brat

With Brat summer in full swing, we put Charli XCX's world-shakingly popular album under the musical microscope

The Guardian - US

Song of the summer 2024: writers pick their tracks of the season

From Sabrina Carpenter to Kendrick Lamar, Guardian writers pick out the songs that will be soundtracking their barbecues for the summer

The Guardian - UK

From Girls Aloud to Doctor Who: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

A decade on from their breakup, the UK girl band are back for a big arena tour, while Ncuti Gatwa’s Time Lord is here for his long-awaited appointment

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