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| Released | 7 June 2024 | |||
| Length | 41:23 [1] | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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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. [2] [3]
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| Released | 7 June 2024 | |||
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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. [2] [3]
The album is set to be a club record [4] [5] evoking the illegal London rave scene where Charli started performing "when [she] was 14 or 15". [6] This is her sixth studio album and first after renewing her contract with Atlantic Records in early 2023. [7] [8] It was announced on 28 February 2024, a day before the release of the lead single "Von Dutch", which was released on 29 February. [9] [10]
According to Charli, Brat is her "most aggressive and confrontational record", but also her most vulnerable. [11] On 22 February, during her Boiler Room warehouse set, she debuted snippets of tracks identified as "Get Into It (Spring Breakers)" and "365 Party Girl". [12] She was joined on the stage by Addison Rae and Julia Fox; [13] a "Von Dutch" remix with Rae and A. G. Cook was released on 22 March. [14] On 6 March, she premiered "So I" at the Billboard Women in Music event. [15]
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". [6] 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". [11]
Charli XCX has confirmed that one track from the album will tackle her contentious relationship with a fellow female artist. Another track, partially inspired by Internet personality Dasha Nekrasova, will focus on society's "fascination with mean girls". [11]
"So I" is "a knotty exploration of her grief about Sophie". [16] [17] [18]
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 dubbed "confrontational". [19] [20]
D'Souza wrote that Brat "makes the brazen pop of [Charli's] last record, 2022's Crash , seem like child's play." [11] Anna Gaca of Pitchfork exclaimed: "Pass the Jägerbombs because Brat sounds like a rager." [12]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "360" | 2:13 | ||
| 2. | "Club Classics" |
| 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 | 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" |
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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 | |||
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.
True Romance is the debut studio album by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 12 April 2013 by Asylum and Atlantic Records. Originally scheduled for release in April 2012, the album's release was delayed for a full year and had been in the making since early 2010 when Charli met with producer Ariel Rechtshaid in Los Angeles. To promote the album's release, Charli embarked on a three-date UK promotional tour in April 2013.
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.
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.
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.
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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 project received acclaim from music critics for its production and songwriting, and was backed by the single "Out of My Head" featuring Alma and Tove Lo.
"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.
"2099" is a song by British singer Charli XCX featuring Australian singer Troye Sivan. It was released on 10 September 2019 as the fourth and final promotional single from Charli XCX's third studio album Charli (2019). The song was produced by A. G. Cook and Ö.
"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.
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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.
"Hot In It" is a song by Dutch DJ Tiësto and English singer Charli XCX, released on 30 June 2022 through Musical Freedom and Atlantic Records as the fourth single from Tiësto's seventh studio album Drive. It marks the pair's first direct collaboration, with Tiësto having previously remixed Charli's 2012 collaboration with Icona Pop, "I Love It", and her 2014 single "Break the Rules".
AR is the debut extended play by American singer-songwriter 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.
