Bartender

So good I need the album now I feel like i've been cheated on, same emotional performance as Troubled Paradise imo

I'll revisit all the albums sometime this week

In terms of what it set out to do, yes

I tried looking for it as well, if I manage to find it i'll pm it to you

Just finished watching the talk with Gregg Araki and the visual film just wow. Maybe the music isn't for everyone but you can tell that there was an urgency to make this record. She said that the fast pace-ness was intentional and I could see why, this was kinda the only way she could stomp on Brat and not let it swallow her as an artist or make it caricature her further and the execution from the album's title to the visuals not only help realize her vision but make her intentions very clear. It doesn't matter if you stan her or not her effort and work ethic cannot be denied when it's this genius, many of the album's themes derive from criticisms of her character and career from the cheating in-joke in the fandom to getting out of the "khia asylum", and the need for her to make this record is such a huge parallel to HIFN especially with both projects having different interpretations of what "forever" means. I might be blabbing right now but i'm really in awe of her she's one of our most important artists and there's a reason why she's so revered and why she's gotten so many of those co-signs. I cannot wait to witness more of her greatness

New single out now. She's gonna be big, recently opened for Pinkpantheress.

Loved it it's a smart pivot from Brat and the lyrics are among her best, can't wait to listen more

It is

2023 was long ago and let's not associate his transgressions with Charli he served his purpose in the music video

You're gonna have to keep wishing since nothing about this era or her future is flopping it's only gonna get better from here

2024's Brat unequivocally left a footnote on Charli's career. She'd always been an underdog and had cemented her place as a critical darling and underground pop auteur, her influence now has made waves now compared to the ripples in the preceding years. Before Brat she released 2022's CRASH - a deliberate sellout record to experiment what being a traditional popstar meant and how much she realized she truly hated it. Then came her contribution to the Barbie Movie Soundtrack with Speed Drive which garnered some chart success that even confused Charli. Brat's success in general has been slightly confusing even to most of her die-hard's: Brat's rollout was as normal as any Charli rollout until the reveal of the album cover, it's now an iconic moment in pop culture. The era started gaining more attention once the album released due to the overwhelmingly positive critical reception and the confessional nature of the songs (which led to everyone sleuthing songs like Sympathy as a knife and Girl, so confusing.) Brat's popularity has led it to be dismissed as a "club record" by the GP when it's so much more than that and has led to Charli being caricatured as a "cokehead party girl" by so many. Rather than playing into the success of Brat, Charli took it as an opportunity to further her artistry, starting with the critically acclaimed Girl, so confusing remix with Lorde which marked yet another iconic moment in pop. It eventually kickstarted the feature heavy Brat remix album that breathed new life into the album tracks and served as a thematic sequel of sorts as Charli comments on her newfound fame and personal life on some of the remixes. She took up an interest in acting and filmmaking, starring in various films including her own mockumentary in 2026's The Moment which explored an alternate reality where she pandered to Brat's success and showed some inner workings of the music industry. The era even earned Charli some Grammy's and basically increased her visibility and established her into the main pop canon. Charli's 2026 has already been prolific: with the release of The Moment, Charli contributed a whole soundtrack album with original songs to Emerald Fennel's adaptation of Wuthering Heights which was touted as a pivot from Brat's sound. Little did we know that just a few months later that Charli would announce the true follow up to Brat: Music, Fashion, Film - which serves as a response to the state of her career in various ways from the album cover to the lyrical content thus far. Charli basically pivoted from Brat twice in the same year. Any fading popstar would've chased success but Charli didn't - she instead doubled down and yet the risks have paid off. She has gained respect from the likes of Beyoncé, John Cale, and other music legends and her fanbase continues to grow and every single move she makes starts a million conversations. Which begs the question: what went right with Charli?

MAMDANI

Pitchfork's score is so annoying this deserved more

Pitchfork edging this album review to give her BNM I know that's right

Thank you so much