Charli xcx on BRAT and her life in club culture

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As part of RA’s summer cover with Charli xcx, the pop icon sat down for a live Exchange with RA contributor Chal Ravens.
Ahead of BRAT's release in June 2024, Charli (born Charlotte Emma Aitchison) and Chal spoke about the making of the album, her extensive roots in club music, working with the late SOPHIE and more. This RA Exchange was recorded in front of an audience at AVA London.
Read our cover story, "Charli xcx Forever" on Resident Advisor: ra.co/features...
Host: Chal Ravens
Production: AVA London
Motion Graphics: Dan Derham
Track: Charli xcx - Club classics
00:00 - 04:55 'BRAT' and its themes of dance, minimalism, and confrontation.
04:56 - 09:45 Early life experiences with rave culture and pop music.
09:46 - 15:43 Music career and creative processes.
15:44 - 28:15 Songwriting and collaboration.
20:41 - 32:50 Integrity and commercial success.
32:51 - 41:50 Creative dry spells, influence and creative control.
41:52 - 46:12 Music industry's treatment of women
46:13 - 49:06 Audience questions

Пікірлер: 187

@connormacgregor1531 Ай бұрын

“I’ll be quick” then proceeds to ramble on🤣 I worship this long winded queen

@HanaRosePrevious 14 күн бұрын

Typical Leo lol

@earlkhentpermites8506 Ай бұрын

This could've gone on for 3 more hours. I wanna listen to her talk about her catalog more

@bexiexz Ай бұрын

please!

@dylankai21 Ай бұрын

fr!!!

@KYLETISZAI Ай бұрын

I can't believe this actually happened.

@ImDaIsh101 Ай бұрын

Her personality is so refreshing! Ugh love herr

@KYLETISZAI Ай бұрын

💯💯💯

@riggamorrischan Ай бұрын

Charli speaking about her mostly positive experiences in the music industry dealing with men is sorta refreshing and that’s not to negate any female artist that has had bad experiences, because it’s important to highlight that as well. It’s just nice to know there are some respectful people who are passionate about making music and aren’t out to screw women over.

@bebel0ck Ай бұрын

I agree, those stories are important but what’s the point of trying to make it better for women if we’re not celebrating when the hard work pays off and people are able to do their thing!

@chayo4537 Ай бұрын

Ok.....

@riggamorrischan Ай бұрын

@@bebel0ck Yeah, that should 100% be acknowledged and celebrated. It was just obvious that Charli didn’t know how to answer that question because like she said, she was lucky to not have had any traumatic experiences in the industry

@bebel0ck Ай бұрын

@@riggamorrischan yes exactly! I’m affirming what you’re saying lol you’re exactly on point with your original comment!

@johngoldsworthy7135 Ай бұрын

Yeah wow there’s respectful men in the world. Stop the presses everyone

@reese8453 Ай бұрын

“I’m addicted to the pendulum” might be one of my favorite sentences ever and so real

@KYLETISZAI Ай бұрын

My newest single, streaming soon

@iMissMyHomies 26 күн бұрын

i feel like she was describing her own Hegelian dialectic.

@rickm8720 Ай бұрын

she is the one. i love hearing her ramble about her art and literally anything

@indiesongwriter5474 14 күн бұрын

She has this tendency to get embarrassed and then half-anguish over the vulnerability out loud but she just kind of presses on. She can also be very plainly confident. I very much see the vibe of "Brat" in her personality here, which is to say she comes across as genuine and authentic in interviews and in music. I think that a lot of people will sand off their edges - their embarrassment and their confidence - but it's very real of her to just be this transparent motormouth and i love it.

@aeongslvrr Ай бұрын

the aphex twin hello kitty shirt omg

@whoisdukeasher Ай бұрын

So much respect for her artistry

@sxmpxp Ай бұрын

This interview its so good because the questions are interesting and her answers so raw talking about her experience on her career and artistry... love listening to her talking shes amazing

@anthonyruiz-im7qp Ай бұрын

Its crazy how it seems the general public even charli didnt have faith and still dont dont see True Romance as a genuine cool album it was my first intro to charli and its still my favorite album of all time!

@andie599 Ай бұрын

It’s def not my go to charli album but I never skip a true romance song when it comes on 🥺

@mirkovukoslavovic2636 Ай бұрын

True Romance is wonderful from start til end.

@Carlangus Ай бұрын

it’s an album ahead of its time, the more time passes, the better it gets ✨

@nveshecco Ай бұрын

I’m so glad the summer is hers, she deserves it 🫶

@ginginplehn17 Ай бұрын

I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS .. neeeed a like 5 hour long interview

@KYLETISZAI Ай бұрын

One hour is enough 😂

@kingdodongo4126 21 күн бұрын

@@KYLETISZAIshut up

@FluentlyFletch Ай бұрын

Great interviewer. She's very effortless in her questioning, doesn't make it about herself, has done her research and asked interesting follow up questions. Stellar job and great to hear more from Charli about the music itself. Love.

@naomm8832 Ай бұрын

„ what is art without conviction ? it‘s crap“ - i love this woman

@mattdearest Ай бұрын

this was such a fun interview 🤍😫🙏 i need charli to do more of those more lengthy interviews bc she's such an interesting person and i love the way she's answering the questions and telling stories

@nicholasofficial4141 Ай бұрын

great interviewer. she really asked good well researched q's.

@LucDevine Ай бұрын

The transparency makes her feel so proximal. I've pretty much iced every celebrity I've ever met but you couldn't walk past this one without saying 'hey'.

@FluentlyFletch Ай бұрын

Never read proximal in a sentence and I love it. I'm assuming it means, or is similar to, being 'close'- feeling like you're close to someone?

@LucDevine 28 күн бұрын

@@FluentlyFletch your assumption is correct Fletch.

@NikkoTanGoogle Ай бұрын

To the artists in this comments section: you know this is goated. The layers to her artistry is so inspiring creatively.

@hey_perez30 Ай бұрын

She’s so real, christ ❤

@goldjoinery Ай бұрын

is she? celebrityhood is full of farcicality. read comments on the society of the spectacle

@jorb1903 Ай бұрын

@@goldjoineryI mean you don’t have to quote Debord to know that. Of course there’s always a meta layer of inauthenticity, but her project is one of the first in pop to center around the artists relationship with stardom and the industry itself, which is something charli can actually talk about truthfully. Have you listened to the album?

@samranda Ай бұрын

@@goldjoinery telling people to read debord is SO funny

@nh7568 19 күн бұрын

Christ? As in Jesus?

@lilxibibi Ай бұрын

BRAT ALBUM OF THE YEAR

@alexacosta3655 Ай бұрын

I feel like a girl watching Elvis interviews in the 50s, she's so iconic damn 😍 so happy she finally getting some flowers, cause imo she still deserves better

@d8w923 Ай бұрын

new comfort vid just dropped

@NikkoTanGoogle Ай бұрын

real

@kaseyines Ай бұрын

Never watched a Charlie intvw until now after Brat. That part about using music as a tool to world build through her persona is very interesting. Also Billie does have a very cool aura and it seems natural. To have it figured out that young it's a gift.

@JmrDavies Ай бұрын

Pop music icon. The album 'Brat' is amazing.

@CerealKiller_theOtherOne Ай бұрын

14 is such an adorable mixtape. I love Charli's reaction when it's brought up 😁.

@andresoropeza90 Ай бұрын

Charli has genuine nice person vibes, she seems so cool and down to earth

@Peterrdee Ай бұрын

Who remembers the candy shop, I remember charli totally just being obsessed with pc music

@andruevalles275 Ай бұрын

HER CALLING HUCK A LOSER LMFAOOO

@shortesthandle Ай бұрын

Timestamp please???🥹

@_gerb0t Ай бұрын

i don't think it was him, isn't Huck based in NYC? I think it might be Ryan Andrews, her ex who also directed her True Romance era music videos.

@_gerb0t Ай бұрын

oops she did kinda called Huck a loser too :(

@IsaacDeLacus Ай бұрын

TO ME HE IS A HERO, IMAGINE HIM NOT PLAYING SOPHIE TO CHARLI

@shortesthandle Ай бұрын

@@IsaacDeLacus IKR? I think about it all the time!

@henryshomento1252 Ай бұрын

I love her so much, everything she said was so intentional, im glad her answers were as long as they were🥹 “culture cannibalizing itself” was very eloquent

@elisazouza Ай бұрын

i love herrrr

@Horroranime-K6 11 күн бұрын

The tension between the two can only be seen while high

@TAUMAMUSIC Ай бұрын

Lloré cuando hablo de Sophie, lo hace con tanto amor y es maravilloso que conserve esos recuerdos ❤

@suqadiqniwa Ай бұрын

De la manera q habla es como si siguiera juntándose a hacer música con ella 😢 mi cora

@Beauty_bydeborah 27 күн бұрын

She is so naturally beautiful, stunning. I'm loving the album!

@jmouay Ай бұрын

she’s so darling *♡｡*:˚☆

@psundere9948 Ай бұрын

Charli: LOVE bands

@M_dubb428 Ай бұрын

When she said she’s so much more interested in building the persona, that is SUCH a Leo vibe 😅 ( I’m a Leo rising so I get it, but also am a Taurus sun so I can stand at the side lines also and make fun of Leo’s )

@Ihavemadeit999 Ай бұрын

6:42 this is how I learned english growing up in Finland and going to a Finnish school. I just said english slangs to look cooler and then ended up learning the whole language yrs later😭

@gabrielesperanza Ай бұрын

True romance was one of the first actual records that stuck to me in 6th grade once I started developing my taste in music. Bummer everyone shat all over it

@annacansdale226 8 күн бұрын

Who else went away and listened to Neon Fashion and glowstix after this. It’s actually so cxnty, she’s had the vision since day 1 💚

@bayar_ 29 күн бұрын

great interview especially the lil bits about sophie and cook. been listening since the true romance witch house days. brat is her best by far. i'm so happy she has become even better than the hifn album and her pcm mixtape era.

@CoryLiner 19 күн бұрын

this interview is incredible

@ShiniestMew 23 күн бұрын

Really always reaching for more and sounding amazing. Love her

@SheyselSanchez Ай бұрын

the way the interviewee seemed slightly irritated when she’d ramble 😭 like sis let her COOK

@notrub225 21 күн бұрын

I wasn't getting that vibe at all. She clearly loves Charlie.

@MoWilson-ym9kr Ай бұрын

ok I need to find le couteau jaune where can we stream kneepads!?!?

@Alicegab300 Ай бұрын

I couldn't find it either and I'm so curious to hear it

@sporghell Ай бұрын

@@Alicegab300samee

@asnzkskos Ай бұрын

Army luuuvvvvs Charlie. The whole fandom adores the work she done with them. Hope they can collab together again

@melsyoutube Ай бұрын

the way this was recorded months ago but only got published 5 days ago is so strange 😩 but better late than never!

@bexiexz Ай бұрын

shes so real for this one omg

@a2ad9c36 Ай бұрын

MOMMY XCX

@sergiometc7246 Ай бұрын

shes so perfeeeectttt , stay away always fav since the beginnnin

@8jazz8 Ай бұрын

I wish we got to hear about how successful brat has been in context about the pendulum between pop and experimental (I didn’t realise until quite far into the video how old it is lol)

@jeancarloboteon5349 Ай бұрын

Finally!!!!!

@rhih6864 15 күн бұрын

I am beyond happy she caters to her own needs, taste, and wants when it comes to making music. Fuck what we think as fans make what you want bb!! Xx

@micha.mxaaaa 16 күн бұрын

She’s so real I love her

@deanowhitee7745 Ай бұрын

love you charlie xcx new album is amazing

@elisazouza Ай бұрын

CHARLIIIIII XCX

@calliemonroewatts3297 27 күн бұрын

I can’t believe interviewers like Alex Cooper get hype when genuinely talented interviewers exist. This was so interesting

@Hausofarcadia Ай бұрын

Im in love with her omg 😭😭😭😍

@taylaswift4980 Ай бұрын

Love love her

@socito3928 2 күн бұрын

i NEED chal ravens shirt asap

@mikeywomack739 Ай бұрын

She’s just like us fr

@franciscovalente5789 Ай бұрын

god I love her so much

@Maisara_br Ай бұрын

she is so funny

@electricslights4101 Ай бұрын

Love

@MMMMLIBAD 25 күн бұрын

BRAT SUMMER ON REPEAT

@KellyVLucio Ай бұрын

She said my space lol😂 same

@toughsell Ай бұрын

love her x10000000

@SquierMarr 18 күн бұрын

Amazing interview to really see into her head and her journey. I had been speculating about so much of it. I also find her incredibly relateable as cringe as that is to say theses days. Especially with the uncontrolled rambling haha. Incredibly valuable rambling. That guy who asked a totally generic question who clearly hadn't listened to the album tho hahahaha. I have so much second hand embarrassment for him.

@X_X666X Ай бұрын

“Happy von Dutch day?!” How old is the this interview held back and old?

@futnik20 Ай бұрын

I JUST LOVE HER SO FUCKING MUCH

@CamilaSteele Ай бұрын

Does anyone know who made her dress?

@CaffeineKilledTheCow Ай бұрын

vivienne westwood

@lauracraig8110 Ай бұрын

I think I see a tiny Vivienne Westwood logo near her boob, so possibly Vivienne Westwood?

@lauracraig8110 Ай бұрын

FOUND IT lmao - Vivienne Westwood Kate dress, but I have only found the black version

@hoetaru Ай бұрын

holy shit 14 mention

@Ruth1e55ne55 Ай бұрын

ADHD iconic kween

@TheSkinnyZ Ай бұрын

About to release? This is a laaaate upload then. 😂

@KYLETISZAI Ай бұрын

Covered in poppers

@mohdshow Ай бұрын

I’m your number 1 yeah

@TomYeeha Ай бұрын

Boring question but how do all these people get visas to reside in LA

@jaguarvssnake Ай бұрын

Artist visas? You have to provide proof of your work having a certain degree profile, letters of reference from other artists, etc. Probably not hard for her!

@thomasfm Ай бұрын

que hermosa mi Charlotte

@Productofthetime Ай бұрын

Does anyone know where to find the bands she mentions in 8:10?

@sneekz07 Ай бұрын

Literally use Google.

@Peterrdee Ай бұрын

She could not take the 14 album LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@Ludwiiika Ай бұрын

charli was on something

@mimimicamica Ай бұрын

46:37 omg lol

@drummerAVA Ай бұрын

35:55… Charli x Fred again.. collab?? 👀👀

@visualarts3304 13 күн бұрын

Charlie is so fucking cool cute

@k·k.oldslaw Ай бұрын

🥨

@spike8683 Ай бұрын

find this interviewer quite dismissive at times

@visualarts3304 13 күн бұрын

have mixed feelings about the moderator

@Horroranime-K6 11 күн бұрын

She was sooo nervous

@annacansdale226 8 күн бұрын

Also charli doesn’t think she was cool.. but was also 14 and performing at illegal raves. God save the rest of us 🤣😭

@MoMAPS5 Ай бұрын

MoMA PS5

@MyBeautifulHealth Ай бұрын

Looks like Mila Kunis in the thumbnail..!

@heograpiyaph4238 26 күн бұрын

Nauuuuurrr 😂

@bens3767 25 күн бұрын

Keep drinking and smoking and feeding the machine.

@tooltechrecords Ай бұрын

Poor island

@topofthemornintoya 13 күн бұрын

Listening to the record, it’s evident that the ‘world’ is more thought about than the music. This album likely won’t age well but that’s not to say it isn’t relevant now.