FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - Caught on Camera

How Charli XCX and ‘Brat’ became the darling of the music world

She released Brat, her sixth studio album, last year.

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2025

From Brat to Brits: Charli XCX wins five awards including album of the year

The pop star had an impressive 12 months which saw the infectious electronic-pop tracks on her hit record Brat soar up the charts.

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2025

Brit Awards 2025: When is it, who is performing and who will win?

Charli XCX is the most nominated artist of the night, while Sabrina Carpenter and Jade are set to perform at the awards’ 45th ceremony

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025

“Any other musical discussion that has taken place has been kind of anti-Brat": Charli XCX producers reveal a possible about-face in the direction of the multi-Grammy winner

Post-Brat, anti-Brat, Brat-sat-on-the mat… Whatever Charli's new image and direction is, it ain't going to be Brat, ok?

MusicRadar · Feb 7, 2025

Olly Alexander: Polari review – Hi-NRG throwback for the Radio 2 crowd

The actor-singer’s solo debut proper looks to 1980s gay clubland for inspiration, but plays it too safe under all the retro synths and stammered-vocal effects

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025

Charli XCX brings Brat to the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

The awards saw a wide variety of artists take to the stage.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

"I drink and I smoke and I use Auto-Tune": But what's the music theory behind Charli XCX's Brat?

With multiple Grammy nominations turning Brat summer into Brat winter, we put Charli XCX's world-shakingly popular album under the musical microscope

MusicRadar · Feb 2, 2025

Teddy Swims: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) review – retro soul with a retro lyrical attitude

The soft-alpha streaming sensation behind Lose Control returns with more of the same Motown and Stax pastiches, with the odd diversion into soft rock

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025

Charli XCX: The British star who created a Brat cultural phenomenon

The singer has added five Brit Award nods to her list of accolades.

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025

"My first concert was The Black Crowes, but my second was ZZ Top. That would've been the cooler answer!" Brat's Liz Selfish: 10 Records That Changed My Life

From Eyehategod and A Day To Remember to 50 Cent and Dave Matthews Band, these songs have shaped Brat vocalist Liz Selfish

Metal Hammer · Jan 16, 2025