Over the past few years, Charli XCX has emerged as one of the music industry’s most high-profile letterbox power users. (This will come as no surprise to anyone with an interest in online film culture who’s taken even a cursory glance at the genre-bending pop titan’s social media.) Still, a lot of eyebrows were raised
After a decade in the pop world, Charli XCX’s 2024 album Brat propelled her to global stardom: an acid-green ‘Brat Summer’, a Glastonbury headline slot and Brat as Collins’ word of the year. But how do you follow up the album that made you a star? Charlie’s latest album Music, Fashion, Film is out now
“Well, it’s the first song on the album,” she continued, “and I think there’s no better place to hear it. I’m very proud of this work, and I made all the videos and footage with my friends to accompany the song, and it’s like a big theme throughout the record: me and my friends –