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| Released | 7 June 2024 | |||
| Length | 41:23 [1] | |||
| Label | Atlantic [2] | |||
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Brat is the upcoming sixth studio album by English singer Charli XCX. It is set to be released on 7 June 2024. [3] [4] The album was preceded by the release of two singles, "Von Dutch", released on 29 February 2024, and "360", released on 10 May 2024.
The album is set to be a club record [5] [6] evoking and channeling the illegal London rave scene where Charli XCX started performing "when [she] was 14 or 15". [7] This is her sixth studio album and first after renewing her contract with Atlantic Records in early 2023. [8] [9] It was announced on 28 February 2024, a day before the release of the lead single "Von Dutch", which was released on 29 February. [10] [11]
According to Charli XCX, Brat is her "most aggressive and confrontational record", but also her most vulnerable. [12] On 22 February, during her Boiler Room warehouse set, she debuted snippets of tracks identified as "Spring Breakers" and "365". [13] She was joined on the stage by Addison Rae and Julia Fox; [14] a "Von Dutch" remix with Rae and A. G. Cook was released on 22 March. [15] On 6 March, she premiered "So I" at the Billboard Women in Music event. [16] "Club Classics" and "B2B" were released on 3 April as a two-pack promotional singles.
After teasing the song for a few days, on 29 April, Charli announced the release of the next single, "360". It was released on 10 May alongside its music video, which was teased earlier that day, and was described by her as "[her] best music video ever". The music video features multiple "it girls", including such as Chloë Sevigny, Julia Fox, Rachel Sennott, Alex Consani, Emma Chamberlain, Chloe Cherry, Richie Shazam, and more. The remix for "360" was released on May 31 and includes Robyn and Yung Lean. [17]
As Charli XCX told Billboard 's Katie Bain, Brat is produced from a tight collection of sounds to create "this unique minimalism that is very loud and bold". [7] The Face 's Shaad D'Souza compared the album's sound to '00s-era Ministry of Sound compilations The Annual and Rihanna's 2010 album Loud , describing the lyrics as "shady and bratty, but tender and heartbreaking". [12]
Charli XCX has confirmed that one track from the album, "Girl, So Confusing," explores her contentious relationship with a fellow female artist. "Sympathy is a Knife," also alludes to this.
Another track, partially inspired by socialist and Red Scare co-host Dasha Nekrasova and actress and singer Julia Fox, will focus on society's "fascination with mean girls". [12]
"So I" is "a knotty exploration of her grief about [the death of] Sophie". [18] [19] [20]
Brat's cover artwork, a low resolution lime green square with the title disproportionately imposed on it, was met with criticism. In a cover story interview for Vogue Singapore , she told Chandreyee Ray that the criticism led her to question why fans feel "ownership over female artists" so much so that they demand their photograph be on all of their work; she had previously dubbed it "mysoginistic [ sic ] and boring" on Twitter. She further explained the album cover and particularly the colour choice, deeming green heavily oversaturated in the media and fashion "as of late": "I wanted to go with an offensive, off-trend shade of green to trigger the idea of something being wrong. I'd like for us to question our expectations of pop culture—why are some things considered good and acceptable, and some things deemed bad? I'm interested in the narratives behind that and I want to provoke people. I'm not doing things to be nice." People 's Sadie Bell linked the album cover with the nature of the album, which Charli XCX dubbed "confrontational". [21] [22]
D'Souza wrote that Brat "makes the brazen pop of [Charli's] last record, 2022's Crash , seem like child's play." [12] Anna Gaca of Pitchfork exclaimed: "Pass the Jägerbombs because Brat sounds like a rager." [13]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "360" | Charlotte Aitchison | 2:13 | ||
| 2. | "Club Classics" | Aitchison | George Daniel |
| 2:33 |
| 3. | "Sympathy is a Knife" | 2:31 | |||
| 4. | "I Might Say Something Stupid" | 1:49 | |||
| 5. | "Talk Talk" | 2:41 | |||
| 6. | "Von Dutch" | Aitchison | Keane | Easyfun | 2:44 |
| 7. | "Everything is Romantic" | 3:23 | |||
| 8. | "Rewind" | 2:48 | |||
| 9. | "So I" | 3:31 | |||
| 10. | "Girl, So Confusing" | 2:54 | |||
| 11. | "Apple" | 2:31 | |||
| 12. | "B2B" | Aitchison |
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| 2:58 |
| 13. | "Mean Girls" | 3:09 | |||
| 14. | "I Think About It All the Time" | 2:15 | |||
| 15. | "365" | 3:23 | |||
| Total length: | 41:23 | ||||
Notes
Charlotte Emma Aitchison, known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, she began posting songs on Myspace in 2008, which led to her discovery by a promoter who invited her to perform at warehouse raves. In 2010, she signed a recording contract with Asylum Records, releasing a series of singles and mixtapes throughout 2011 and 2012.
English singer Charli XCX has released five studio albums, four mixtapes, three extended plays, one live album, one soundtrack album, two DJ mixes, 48 singles, and 13 promotional singles. In 2007, XCX began recording her debut album on a loan granted by her parents. Titled 14, after her age at the time, it received only a restricted public release. Two singles, "!Franchesckaar!" and double A-side "Emelline" / "Art Bitch", were released in late 2008 under Orgy Music. In June 2012, Charli XCX released her first mixtape, titled Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, a one-track file consisting of eight songs. A second mixtape, titled Super Ultra, was released in November of the same year. Charli XCX's major-label debut studio album, True Romance, was released in April 2013, and peaked at number 85 on the UK Albums Chart. While failing to appear on any main album charts internationally, the album reached number five on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States and number 11 on the ARIA Hitseekers chart in Australia. The album spawned five singles—"Stay Away", "Nuclear Seasons", "You're the One", "You " and "What I Like". In 2012, Charli XCX was featured on Icona Pop's song "I Love It", which peaked at number one in the UK and reached the top 10 in various countries including the US, Canada, Ireland and Germany.
"Fancy" is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring British singer Charli XCX, taken from the former's debut studio album, The New Classic (2014). It was released on 17 February 2014 by Def Jam Recordings as the fourth single from the album. "Fancy" was described as an electro-hop, electropop, and pop rap song. It was written by Azalea and XCX, composed and produced by production team the Invisible Men, alongside additional producers the Arcade. It was leaked under the title "Leave It" in December 2013.
"Boom Clap" is a song by English singer Charli XCX, released as the first single from the soundtrack album of The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and is also featured on her second studio album, Sucker. There are two existing mixes of this song: the first and original one is heard in the film, the film's soundtrack, and the music video shot in Amsterdam; the second mix is heard on the music video shot in Japan and in Sucker.
"Break the Rules" is a song by English singer Charli XCX from her second studio album, Sucker (2014). It was released on 19 August 2014 as the album's second single. In a 2020 interview with Red Bull, XCX stated that she regrets recording the track.
Sophie Xeon, known mononymously as SOPHIE, was a Scottish music producer, songwriter, and DJ. Sophie's work is known for its brash take on pop music and is distinguished by experimental sound design, "sugary" synthesized textures, and incorporation of influences from underground dance styles. It would help pioneer the 2010s hyperpop microgenre.
Alexander Guy Cook is an English music producer and the head of the UK record label PC Music. Cook released his first solo singles in 2014. He has also collaborated with PC Music artists such as Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, EASYFUN, Danny L Harle and felicita. He formed the one-off project QT with musician Sophie and performance artist Hayden Dunham, producing the 2014 single "Hey QT".
"Doing It" is a song by English singer Charli XCX from her second studio album, Sucker (2014). An alternative version of the song featuring English singer Rita Ora was released on 3 February 2015 as the album's third single. The single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. "Doing It" was named "Best New Track" the week of its release by Pitchfork.
Vroom Vroom is the second extended play by English singer Charli XCX, released on 26 February 2016 by Vroom Vroom Recordings. It features production work from Scottish producer Sophie.
"Boys" is a single by English singer Charli XCX, released on 26 July 2017 by Asylum Records and Atlantic Records UK. The song was originally intended to be the second single from her then-upcoming third studio album. However, the song became a stand-alone single when the projected third album was leaked on the internet and cancelled. The song makes use of a sample from the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros.
Pop 2 is the fourth mixtape by British singer Charli XCX, released on 15 December 2017 by Asylum Records. Executive produced by A. G. Cook of PC Music, sessions for the mixtape began just several months before its release and featured a wide variety of guest contributions. The mixtape was backed by its only single "Out of My Head" featuring Alma and Tove Lo, released exactly one week before its release.
"1999" is a song by English singer Charli XCX and Australian singer Troye Sivan, released as the lead single from the former's third studio album Charli on 5 October 2018. The single cover was inspired by the 1999 film The Matrix. It follows several singles released earlier in 2018 by Charli XCX and Sivan's 2018 album Bloom. The track reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart dated 22 November 2018, becoming Charli XCX's tenth top 40 single and first top 15 single since 2015, as well as Sivan's fourth top 40 single and his first top 20 single.
"Gone" is a song by British singer Charli XCX and French singer Christine and the Queens. It was released on 17 July 2019 as the third single from Charli XCX's third studio album Charli. The music video was released alongside the track.
Dawn of Chromatica is the third remix album by American singer Lady Gaga, released on September 3, 2021, by Streamline and Interscope Records. Consisting of remixes of songs from Gaga's sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020), the album embraces an underground, hyperpop production and features collaborations with numerous pop, electronic and Brazilian musicians.
Crash is the fifth studio album by British singer Charli XCX, released on 18 March 2022. It was her last album to be released under her record contract with Asylum Records. Charli announced the album title, release date, and artwork on 4 November 2021. Her website was also updated with information about the album's 2022 tour. The album was preceded by the four singles "Good Ones", "New Shapes" featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, "Beg for You" featuring Rina Sawayama, "Baby" and two promotional singles, "Every Rule" and "Used to Know Me", the latter released as the fifth single in April 2022.
"Beg for You" is a song by English singer Charli XCX featuring Japanese-British singer Rina Sawayama. It was released on 27 January 2022 as the third single from XCX's fifth studio album, Crash (2022). The song interpolates Swedish singer September's 2006 single "Cry for You", as well as the song "Don't Cry" by Belgian dance group Milk Inc. The song received universal acclaim from music critics. It peaked at number 3 in Malta and number 24 in the UK.
"Baby" is a song by English singer Charli XCX, released on 1 March 2022. It was released as the fourth single from her fifth studio album Crash (2022). The track is an '80s-inspired post-disco, dance-pop, and funk-pop track with new jack swing and electro-funk elements. It has received positive reviews for its catchiness and sultry production.
AR is the debut extended play by American singer Addison Rae. It was released on August 18, 2023, through Sandlot Records.
"Von Dutch" is a song by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 29 February 2024 through Atlantic Records. It serves as the lead single to her upcoming sixth studio album, Brat.
