It might surprise you to know that being neither a girl nor a brat, I'm pretty unfamiliar with the concept of "brat girl summer", a craze that swept through our hotter months thanks to Charli XCX. I have since had a rapid education that's left me feeling like I've glimpsed into the Lovecraftian, lime-green abyss.
To summarise, Brat Girl Summer is one of those vibes with such virality that political figures adopt it in an attempt to be hip and cool—here's the mayor of London Sadiq Khan doing it, also democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris—thus rendering any political commentary it could have on millennial existential dread (something I am familiar with) in our money–driven capitalist nightmare invalid.
