This year has been the brattiest year on record, thanks to 365 party girl Charli XCX. The overwhelming influence of her sixth studio album has led to “Brat” being named dictionary publisher Collins’ Word of the Year. Collins announced the accolade on its official website, sharing a graphic of the …
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Charli XCX is really committing to proving the “360” lyric “I’m everywhere, I’m so Julia” to be the truest statement she’s ever made. She was everywhere on tour, including a sold-out stop at Madison Square Garden. She also played a DJ set in front of an art installation for her …
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One of the year’s least expected samples on a record started with an email. A few months ago, Bonnie Raitt received a note from Bon Iver auteur Justin Vernon. Raitt was already familiar with Vernon, especially after he covered her 1991 standard “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” with a …
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Addison Rae is on a pop hot streak, following up “Diet Pepsi” with the dreamy “Aquamarine.” Rae opens the entrancing song by stating, “The world is my oyster/Baby, come touch the pearl/The world is my oyster/And I’m the only girl.” Above a sparkling track, the star makes a series of …
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This year’s pop girl takeover isn’t easing up as we head into 2025. The Barcelona music festival Primavera Sound will return next June with headlining performances from the genre’s new wave of leaders: Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter. From June 5 through 7, Parc del Fòrum will host …
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On her remix of Charli XCX’s Brat hit “Club Classics,” the 24-year-old Barcelona-based rapper Bb Trickz arrives like she’s been there all along, rapping in a comfortable, laid-back Spanish with the cool swagger of a veteran—this despite only starting to release music in the past few years. Over Zoom, she …
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Jelly Roll‘s Beautifully Broken is the Number One album in the country, Billboard confirmed on Monday, marking the rapper-turned-country superstar’s first-ever chart-topping album. Beautifully Broken finished its debut week with 161,000 equivalent album units — the artist’s best week to date — and 58.86 million streams. The first week was …
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Party girls unite! Charli XCX enlisted Kesha to perform their pair’s recent remix of “Spring Breakers” during the Sweat tour stop at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles last night. Kesha also performed her own hit, “Tik Tok,” during he show with Charli and Troye Sivan. Charli first hit the …
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Rick Astley joined Manchester rock band Blossoms for a smooth rock version of Charli XCX‘s hit pop song “360.” The musicians recorded the cover in the BBC‘s Radio 1 Live Lounge, which augmented the scene with some lime green video screen in the background. In the clip, Blossoms singer Tom …
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Months before Charli XCX even released Brat, a video of a truck displaying the name “Kesha” on a chartreuse background went viral online. At the time, fans speculated that a collaboration with the “Tik Tok” pop star would come on the album. Brat arrived, and it wasn’t there. Brat and …
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