It’s only days into the official start of summer, but this season is for the Brats. In honor of Charli XCX’s sixth studio album, green slime, clubbing and self-awareness are in.
The pop star’s June 7 release is also her highest charting yet, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Charli is not the most talked-about artist of the moment, nor the one breaking out above the others, but she’s cemented her reputation as the one everyone loves to watch. Brat is the highest-rated album of 2024 on review aggregator Metacritic.
From its minimalist green album cover to the singer’s winding career that preceded it, Brat is different. In a sea of pop girls having a moment, Charli manages to define a moment without defining it.
Charli has been making music since the MySpace days of 2008. She first made waveson the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013 with “I Love It,” a boisterous collaboration with Icona Pop …