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This review was published on October 11, 2024.
At the2025 Grammy Awards, Charli XCXsBrathas won two awards.
2014 was a roller coaster for the U.K. pop sensation born Charlotte Aitchison.
Mixtapes like 2017sPop 2argued that Charli is just as formidable of a curator as a writer.
The discourse aroundBrathas been weird.
It was bizarrewatching Charli initiates equateBratwith a 20-something party mentality when it is instead definitively caring-less-what-others-think-after-30 music.
The corniest claims toBratstatus heed the same urge as the people doingbackflips at Clairo shows.
Everyone wants to be noticed.
(This makes for a tamer track than the deliciously crunchy original.)
Julian Casablancassclassic rockandnew wave nostalgiapush theSucker-esque Mean girls to even more rewarding tonal shifts than the original.
