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Released | 11 October 2024 | |||
Genre | Electropop [1] | |||
Length | 50:28 | |||
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Label | Atlantic | |||
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Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Bratis the first remix album by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 11 October 2024 by Atlantic Records. The album contains remixes of seventeen out of eighteen tracks from the deluxe version of her sixth studio album, Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not (2024), but also features the original tracks, thereby serving as a double album. [3]
The featured artists on the album are Robyn, Yung Lean, BB Trickz, Ariana Grande, the 1975, Jon Hopkins, Troye Sivan, Addison Rae, Caroline Polachek, Bladee, Lorde, the Japanese House, Tinashe, Julian Casablancas, Bon Iver, Shygirl, Billie Eilish, Kesha and A. G. Cook. Cook and Finn Keane primarily handled production, George Daniel, and featured guests Bon Iver, Casablancas, and the Japanese House, among others, contributing additional production work.
Upon release, the record received acclaim from music critics, who considered it an innovative companion piece to the original album.
Charli XCX released her sixth studio album Brat on 7 June 2024 to critical acclaim. A variety of remixes of its songs were released throughout its album cycle before the announcement of a remix album, starting with the release of the "Von Dutch" remix with A. G. Cook and Addison Rae, on 22 March 2024. [4] Subsequent remixes of album tracks, such as "Girl, So Confusing" with Lorde and "Guess" with Billie Eilish, fueled rumours of a "remix concept". [5] [6]
Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat was announced [7] along with the release of Troye Sivan's remix of "Talk Talk" on 12 September 2024. [8] [9] On the same day, Rolling Stone announced that the remix album is set to be released on 11 October 2024. [10] [11] The remixes featuring Billie Eilish and Lorde would be a part of the album's track list, along with the remixes featuring Addison Rae, Yung Lean, and Robyn, that were released as a part of the rollout of its original tracks. [12] Skream and Benga's remix of "Von Dutch", however, did not make the cut. [13] The timing of the album's release also coincided with Charli XCX and Sivan's Sweat concert tour. [14] [15]
The album cover was posted with the caption "Brat and it's completely different but also still brat - out oct 11" on several of Charli XCX's social media accounts. These postings also included a link to pre-order the album within various streaming sites. [16] The track list for the album was officially confirmed on 7 October when XCX gave a fan the track list during her performance on the Sweat Tour in Orlando, and encouraged them to share it online after the show. She later confirmed this on her social media. [17] [18] The album is being sold as a double cassette, double CD, and triple LP. [19] Kesha's remix of "Spring Breakers" was added to the tracklist on 14 October 2024, three days after the album's original release.
Prior to the album's release, billboards appeared around the US, Europe, and Japan teasing new collaborations, confirming BB Trickz, Bon Iver, Julian Casablancas, Tinashe, Shygirl, the 1975, Jon Hopkins, the Japanese House, Bladee, Caroline Polachek, and Ariana Grande for the album. [20] Writing for The Cut, Cat Zhang mostly negatively criticized the choice of featured artists, except for Grande, Matty Healy, Polachek, Tinashe and Shygirl. Instead, Zhang expressed her desire for features from Rosalía, the Black Eyed Peas, Vince Staples, Rina Sawayama and Lily Allen. [13]
To accompany the album's release, an installation at Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, New York was available for special viewing. Select fans were invited to the unveiling on 10 October 2024. [21]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 8.4/10 [22] |
Metacritic | 88/100 [23] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [24] |
Clash | 9/10 [25] |
The Daily Telegraph | [26] |
The Guardian | [27] |
Rolling Stone | [28] |
Slant Magazine | [29] |
The Times | [30] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [31] |
NME | [32] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 88 out of 100 from 12 critic scores. [23] The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled 8 reviews and gave the album an average of 8.4 out of 10. [22]
Concluding the review for AllMusic, Heather Phares declared, "Much more than a victory lap, brat and it's completely different but also still brat enriches the Brat listening experience and the understanding of Charli XCX's artistry. Fans know she's deserved this level of acclaim for years, but the creativity and generosity on display here is more proof that it's high time mainstream finally caught up to her." [24]
Caitlin Chatterton of Clash awarded the album a score of 9 out of 10, praising its innovative sound and artistic direction. [25] Rachel Aroesti from The Guardian described it as a testament to Charli XCX's "unstoppable" creative phase, giving the album a perfect score of 5 out of 5. [27]
Writing for Rolling Stone , Rob Sheffield expressed that "the Brat remix isn't just a piece of promo product—it's an ass-kicking party album in its own right", extending the phenomenon of "Brat Summer" into autumn. [28] Similarly, Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani felt XCX created a "self-reflexive reaction to her success with a companion piece that's just as relevant—and just as reflective of the zeitgeist—as its parent album. [29]
The Daily Telegraph gave a mostly positive review, highlighting the star power of the album's many collaborators, but questioned if the myriad features was a "cynical marketing ploy [...] designed to go viral". [26]
Publication/critic | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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The Atlantic | 10 Best Albums of 2024 | 2 | [33] |
Dazed | 20 Best Albums of 2024 | 2 | [34] |
The Guardian | 50 Best Albums of 2024 | 1 | [35] |
The New York Times : Jon Pareles | Jon Pareles' Best Albums of 2024 | 1 | [36] |
Stereogum | 50 Best Albums of 2024 | 1 | [37] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Remixer(s) | Length |
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1. | "360" (featuring Robyn & Yung Lean) | Cook | 2:09 | |
2. | "Club Classics" (featuring BB Trickz) |
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| 2:54 |
3. | "Sympathy Is a Knife" (featuring Ariana Grande) |
| Keane | 2:34 |
4. | "I Might Say Something Stupid" (featuring the 1975 & Jon Hopkins) |
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| 4:10 |
5. | "Talk Talk" (featuring Troye Sivan) |
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| 2:53 |
6. | "Von Dutch" (A. G. Cook remix; featuring Addison Rae) |
| Cook | 2:37 |
7. | "Everything Is Romantic" (featuring Caroline Polachek) |
| Keane | 3:23 |
8. | "Rewind" (featuring Bladee) |
| Cook | 2:42 |
9. | "So I" (featuring A. G. Cook) |
| Cook | 4:39 |
10. | "Girl, So Confusing" (featuring Lorde) |
| Cook | 3:25 |
11. | "Apple" (featuring the Japanese House) |
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| 2:37 |
12. | "B2B" (featuring Tinashe) |
| Keane | 2:33 |
13. | "Mean Girls" (featuring Julian Casablancas) |
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| 3:46 |
14. | "I Think About It All the Time" (featuring Bon Iver) |
| Bon Iver | 3:20 |
15. | "365" (featuring Shygirl) |
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| 2:01 |
16. | "Guess" (featuring Billie Eilish) | 2:23 | ||
Total length: | 48:06 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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17. | "Spring Breakers" (featuring Kesha) |
| Keane | 2:22 |
Total length: | 50:28 |
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Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Croatian International Albums (HDU) [38] | 6 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [39] | 10 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [40] | 28 |
Japanese Download Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [41] | 75 |
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [42] | 19 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [43] | 1 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [44] | 5 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [45] | 19 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [46] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [47] | Platinum | 15,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Charlotte Emma Aitchison, known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, Charli XCX began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene. She signed a recording contract with Asylum Records in 2010, releasing a series of singles and mixtapes throughout 2011 and 2012. She later featured on "I Love It" with Swedish duo Icona Pop, with the song becoming her first number-one in the UK and receiving global success. Her debut studio album, True Romance (2013), was released to positive reviews but failed to meet commercial expectations.
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"Talk Talk" is a song by English singer Charli XCX. It was first released on 7 June 2024 as the fifth track on her sixth studio album Brat and was written about her fiancé George Daniel. A revamped Balearic house inspired remix of the Eurodance song featuring Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan and uncredited spoken word from Dua Lipa was released on 12 September 2024 as a single from Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat and the third collaboration between Charli XCX and Sivan.
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