Charli XCX has spoken about her follow-up to ‘Brat’, revealing that she’s ready for it to “be a flop” – see what she needed to say under.
The three-time Grammy Award-winning artist launched her sixth album ‘Brat‘ final yr to essential acclaim. Upon the discharge of ‘Brat’, Charli noticed an unprecedented surge in recognition, ensuing within the months-long Brat Summer time, full together with her groundbreaking remix album, sold-out area excursions and extra.
Earlier this week, Charli spoke with Culted at Cannes about what’s subsequent for the ‘Von Dutch’ musician, and whether or not she’s feeling any stress with crafting ‘Brat”s follow-up.
“I don’t actually really feel the stress to create one other report like ‘Brat’ as a result of after I was making it, despite the fact that I actually believed in it and completely knew what I needed to do with it, I had no concept how it could be acquired. I used to be actually doing it for myself and advertising it in the way in which I needed to for myself however I had no clue that folks would form of hook up with it in the way in which that they did,” she stated.
Charli went on to trace that she’s anticipating her subsequent album to go in a totally completely different course, which might lead to a “flop”: “You possibly can by no means actually do the identical factor twice and my subsequent report will in all probability be a flop which I’m down for to be sincere.”
This isn’t the primary time we’ve been informed about what her subsequent album might appear like. In February, her producers A.G. Prepare dinner, Finn Keane and George Daniel – who can also be Charli’s fiancée – teased that the follow-up is shaping as much as be “anti-Brat”: “Chatting to Charli now, there’s a need in her to do the exact opposite factor once more, which may be very consistent with her ethos. Among the conversations we’re having and music we’ve been taking part in round with the final couple of months have been utterly the other.”
A few days later, Charli herself make clear her subsequent report: “I’m positively enthusiastic about it… I’m simply so deep on this, I can’t see outdoors of ‘brat’, but it surely’s humorous. I form of wish to make a Lou Reed report, to be sincere. That may positively be a fairly large swing.”
‘Brat’ scored a four-star evaluate from Hannah Mylrea, who wrote for NME: “Rising pains, grief and aching doubts come alongside self-confidence, celebration and the data of the place XCX holds within the musical panorama – certainly, she kicks off ‘360’ with the figuring out: “I went my very own approach and I made it / I’m your favorite reference child”. With ‘Brat’, XCX demonstrates that going her personal approach will all the time sound fairly good.”
The album went on to be named NME‘s greatest album of 2024, with Karen Gwee writing: “‘Brat’ as cultural sensation was a sight to behold, to make certain. However ‘Brat’ as an album – the report on the core of the rollout, the music beneath the advertising – is kind of merely distinctive… This album will not be solely peak Charli, however a brand new bar set for contemporary pop.”
Most lately, Charli celebrated the fifth anniversary of her pandemic album ‘How I’m Feeling Now’ by releasing a video for ‘Occasion 4 U’ – test it out right here.
