Brat kinda changed my life. Drop down below what your fave songs were! Also flashing lights/seizure warning 4:12 onwards!

the new commercial peaks Lana and Charli are experiencing making their BEST and most adventurous music yet just goes to show that having a loyal “cult” following is way more important than charting or having top 40 hits. Brat cements Charli as the legend and pioneer she already was when the vroom vroom EP came out

Brat permanently changed my brain chemistry. Mother slayed so hard that i found the will to live again

like finding the tastiest freshest coldest most delicious water you could take a gulp of, when everyone else around is trying to offer you a warm bottle of dasani. this album slaps hard thanks for a another great video!

Sympathy is a knife, rewind!!!!

365 might top Track 10 for me idek 💀 like it’s so good and the SHYGIRL remix

She said in a podcast that apple is about her relationship with her parents. Like the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…

Holy shit I am never going to get over SOPHIE’s death, even listening to you explain the context for So I had me choked up.

love how this album goes really hard with the high energetic tracks and yet goes very vulnerable and raw with the more personal ones. the melancholic melody, rawness and demo-ish/unfinished sound of i think about it all the time absolutely gets me.... cant wait for the remix album

ill just copy paste my review :P This album is the apex of everything Charli has been building up to in her career. From the incredible, glitchy, avant-garde productions from long time collaborator A. G. Cook to the deep, catchy, and rich pop hooks and lyrics, this album easily wins my AOTY. Charli manages to mix 90s house with glitch pop in a truly novel way, and every new song managed to surprise me in multiple ways. When I heard the house piano line in "Mean Girls," my jaw genuinely dropped. When I realized she was singing about the late hyperpop pioneer SOPHIE in "So I," I nearly teared up. In spite of all of the incredibly smart promo and publicity (thanks in part to the incredibly passionate queer community), Brat shows Charli at her artistic, emotional, vulnerable, confident best yet, and is absolutely worth a listen.

I saw someone on Twitter describe this album as a love child between XCX World and HIFN and I have to agree. She gave us hit after hit. This is gonna hit so hard when I go to Provincetown this month

"Von Dutch" and "Good ones" MV are masterpieces PERIOODT ✨️

Your sister’s comment about Shrek… made me think of I Need Some Sleep from Shrek 2 😭 why did she clock that tea

dudeee i love brat so much.I love the electronic essence of it and I love how vulnerable she can be on some tracks.

I've listened to this album now 9 times since yesterday and I'm still processing everything. And that's the best thing about Charli and her best work, and why I think Crash, even though a good album and has aged better than I thought it would, ultimately failed in comparison as a Charli album, cause it didn't challenged the listeners imo. I'll be honest, I was very put off the first listen of brat (the rave almost took me 😂) but the need to listen to again and again and again, was there. Now I think it's top 3 on her discography and the love only grows! She gave me the chaos that I needed Holy trinity of tracks atm Sympathy is a knife, Rewind and 365. Honestly though, every song slaps, the only one that I haven't vibed with yet is Apple. I do have one slight critic though. I wish she retired the trend of short songs by now, but oh well, streaming era two and a half minute songs are here to stay I guess! Happy Pride king, I hope u dance and cry to this album this month at the clubs, sure hope I will.

you forgot to mention that she heavily draws influence from early 2000s Myspace DIY music on this album. She grew up around that era so it is nice to see her bring that aesthetic back

brat changed my life

that family guy edit… oh the angels are INSANE

This era has just been something else, like it’s crazy. Brat 4 life

Easily my fav pop album of the year and a very strong AOTY contender in general. It's such an exhilarating record and feels like the culmination of everything she's been doing for the past few years. I'm so happy seeing Charli finally getting her flowers.

I remember everyone clowning on her on Twitter for the "minimalist music/lyrics" tweet and though the same but she was right the lyrics are very direct but the production is the furthest thing from minimal. This album is easily top 3 in her discography

tbh the boiler room set had stunning hard hitting remixes and she could have easily gone for the ministry of soundish rebrand but I like that she's giving something a bit fresher, lighter and oxygenated here. I think the snot green theme riled everyone up but now that the album is out it gives this slightly off garnier freshness which I love. I also like how the straightforward lyricism allows for the high concept commercialism to leak out into simple, mundane existential feelings. For me it's like a soundtrack to waiting at a bus stop next to a soggy prada ad.

I love it, it reminded me of HIFN a lot, the house influences were cool, and a couple of the songs' lyrics really hit me where I live lately, especially with aging and wondering "should I become a parent or will I regret doing so?" for "I think about it all the time" and dealing with losing someone close to you for "So I". This album really has it all for me.

Okay, so in my personal opinion, I do think BRAT is amazing. Just think the singles sounded a little bit different compared to the rest of the record, but I can’t explain it. Great review !!

Your reviews genuinely make me enjoy the music more

If Spring Breakers isn’t on the deluxe and becomes this era’s Taxi it will cause my life to spiral! Also your review is spot on- Brat is some of her best work imo and somehow manages to be both full of club and car bangers while still being emotionally vulnerable and intensely personal. It feels like such a love letter to her fans too

I think it’s a good album and people are going to pretend it’s one of the best albums ever made, but like, did y’all not hear How I’m Feeling Now? That is the project that should be getting praised.

"The kind of song they'd play in a Shrek movie when he's sad about something in the 2nd act" that's crazy 😭😭😭 Leading up to brat, I kept thinking back to what you said in a previous video about how Crash served as a palette cleanser for what Charli does next. As someone who's followed her since 2013, this era feels noticeably different to the others and I think Crash really helped separate her from being known as the "bleep bloop hyperpop girl" and get recognised as an artist in her own lane. And it's not only just in the music and marketing, but Charli herself seems way more confident and in her element compared to past eras and I'm happy for her! 💚👼

You're so right about 360 having all its lines being Instagram caption perfect, it's so catchy and gets stuck in your head and also soooooo clever, my favorite from her, it's so casually elegant 😩, "I'm everywhere I'm so julia" has got to be the "I'm working late cuz I'm a singerrr" for Charli

The beats are so good, and the album makes you feel cool. It will be on constant repeat!

I love this album. It's definitely in my top three album of the year, besides Billie Eilish and Deeper Well. My favorite tracks are Sympathy with a Knife, Von Dutch and Girls So Confusing. It's also definitely a groover. The more I listen to it the more I like it.

I think 360 is about being perfect, and 365 is about being consistent and enduring

everything is romantic, 365, sympathy is a knife ❤

i love this album it’s very fun it might not be my favorite charli album my favorite is self-titled but it’s been so rewarding to be a charli stan during this era. i think talk talk could be the next single it gives off the same energy as 360 and i think if there were any song to go viral from this record it’s talk talk. this album isn’t just a record you can put on in the background to set the mood it has some really deep lyrics you have to digest and this is probably my second favorite charli record yet but i think she can top it

It's a satire album on "pop star" image, I think ppl especially the fans expected that the album will be a "I'm a pop star so I don't care" type of concept. But what we get instead is a whole take on existence and image while a spotlight is directly pointed at you. The ups and downs, especially how to navigate vulnerability when people expect you to be this solid wall that comes from being a "brat". Definitely one of the best charli albums.

You are the first I've heard anyone talk about hot girls. So underrated. I really love brat too.

Circling back on this because I saw brat live last night in LA - hoping you were there too. AOTY, I fear.

Brat is my second album of the year behind Cowboy Carter, she really did something here. As someone personally felt bored by Crash, this album is a breath of fresh air, though it hits your lungs intensely

I swear she uses vocals that were in round n round on 365 like the little ooos sound like they were from that unreleased bop like!!!🤯

Thank you for uploading.

an utterly perfect review, AS ALWAYS. the ONLY reviewer I watch 💚

I personally never listened to charli xcx before ( i heard her popular hits im an 08) but once i heard von dutch i was obsessed and when brat dropped idk it literally made me feel like i was living in the album i love the production and everything ag is a monster with his beats and i love the story telling of the album that its basically the stages of the club where in 360 having fun and stuff but by the end of 365 shes basically stuck in the party girl world where she doesnt eat sleep and partys on repeat as said. I really want to listen to this album when im older for club experiences 😂❤

maaaaaaaan i loved this album so much it's insane

I can feel how everything Charli’s experienced and worked with coalesces into this album, it’s fantastic, and honestly I think a good start for someone who’s new to her music.

I hate that I got into her so late, I’ve always been stuck in my ways with listening to music primarily in other languages n coming back to English to only hear the pop divas from my childhood (Katy, Gaga , Beyoncé , etc etc) but I’m here now and yeah , she’s great. I’m loving the slow shift into happier beats in the pop realm , when music became more “sad” it’s a reason why I started getting into hearing music in other languages cause I gravitate more towards fast paced dance stuff . But yeah , I loved this album and I was surprised how much I LOVED the deeper more emotional string focused cuts like “I think about all the time, everything so romantic , SO I” . This album was pure fun, even in its “saddest” moments. Deserves the critical praise FOR SURE

I'm so glad someone else thought of Farrah Abrahams with I Think About It All The Time

My first thought upon especially hearing I might say something stupid was Farrah Abraham as well!

I think about it all the time is her best in my feels song. Which she has some good contenders like thoughts, i dont wanna know, and enemy. The vocal performance is so sweet and vulnerable

The fact that she released this Album for Me. It’s literally the height of its core . Brat Summer 💚

Talk talk, rewind, and everything is romantic were stand out songs for me. They’re all so fun!! I moved to Italy last year and everything is romantic reminds me of why I moved to Rome in the first place. Plus it’s really fun listening to it on a walk in the city, matches the vibe lol

i think u should totally review shygirl!! shes got some cool stuff!

Thank you for this, you captured the essence of BRAT perfectly

Von Dutch is about Twigs. They had a falling out bc Charli said someone (Twigs) was calling her a flop and a sellout in closed circles in London. It was right before Charli was writing the album.

I am onboarded as a new fan after brat 💚

I like Charli and her music in general yet not to the same height as my best friend does who's a full-time devoted stan of hers (like imagine that my favorite song of hers is Doing It - solo version - from 2014 ijboliana) but when I tell you that Brat feels REFRESHING AND REINVIGORATING. Because Charli has made it clear that (1) she WILL she SHALL do whatever the hell she wants and whatever comes out of her cooch (2) she gives two flying fuxks about being "relatable" in her music; however, by giving us songs as "Girl, so confusing" or "So I" or "Sympathy....." she accomplishes that with heightened success because she portrays herself in the most humane way possible. Also she accomplished with heightened success something that bazillion of singers have tried (and many failed) for years: "this album is like crying on the dancefloor".

i got super into charli during probably the best period of my whole life (early quarantine in 2020) so self titled became my fave album of all time and HIFN and Pop2 will forever be so insanely nostalgic to me. I love this album so much but I really hope I can love it as much as those other ones now that i'm kinda going through a rough spot. its so goood. sympathy is a knife and weirdly enough Apple are so addictive.

Great review! This album is EVERYTHING! i'm so julia!

I honestly didn’t like this album and I couldn’t understand the hype, but this video was so helpful in me understanding this better. I think like with TTPD for me, being a long term fan of Charli absolutely helps in loving this album. While her music isn’t for me, your video definitely gives me a better perspective on what she’s saying here.

Rewind reminds me of Uffie, the influence is there

Probably my second favorite release of her after Pop2

great vid love this albummmmmm and charli

i really wish i could've gone to the brat parties in london

I don't know why, but 2024 has been a year of disagreement. I shouldn't say by a terrible margin, but some pop records haven't been connecting with me. While it's more true of Billie Eilish's latest (for now), I think Charli XCX fits into that box as well. While I still happily give it an 8/10, there is something about my personal expectations that is probably holding it back. For whatever reason, I got really into hyperpop around the time of "How I'm Feeling Now" and that record has been one of my most played in the years since. I love the creativity and messiness in the sound production. Given that A.G. Cook is on both, I don't think it's too out of line to compare the two in that way. I get that Cook is moving away from hyperpop aesthetics a little (his new album "Britpop" explores how) and it's not shocking to hear that on "Brat." However, I think because I was in love with "How I'm Feeling Now" (and even what she did on Bottoms with Leo Birenberg) that I find "Brat" a bit too mannered and direct stylistically. I want to be more wowed by the poppiness of the sound, but I am not there. Charli XCX does A LOT of fantastic work on this album, but after two listens there's little sonically that is resonating with me, even in the Cook-iness. With that said, I think it goes without saying that I do love the record because of how personal the lyrics are. Obviously stuff like the ode to Sophie hit hard and I enjoy talk of self-image and mental health mixed in there as well. It's nice to hear her maturing and taking those risks. Again, I don't know that I buy them on an innovative sound level, but then again I'm not someone who has a club mentality, which I feel she emphasized a lot on the record. She's innovative and there's a lot to like, but somehow immediate thoughts put this more in the "lesser" category of her work (I'll probably revisit "Crash" soon, which I remember liking more). Mind you, it's still 8/10 for me, but something hasn't quite clicked yet. I'm sure it will eventually.

I'm fairly new to Charli xcx. The lead-up singles really drew me into Brat... amazing album! A few comments here mention this as being a top 3 contender, as far as her discography goes. What are generally seen as her are other more adventurous/'best' albums?

YOURE BACK

brat is amazing I hope she makes a remix album it’s that good! ❤❤❤

B2b is a Bipity-bop

OMG Charlie, Bey, Taylor, Billie and Ari all in one year. The girls are truly girling

Great review!

"Play taxi!" and "play spring breakers!" (the two genders)

I'm literally obsessed with this album and I have only listened to it once (Meghan Trainor also dropped her album so I've had a busy day today 😂) I need a little more time to listen but I'll definitely come back and give some proper thoughts on it later but I'm anticipating the Remix album. I hope we get a Dua Lipa or a Kim Petras collab on it tbh.

its my favorite of this year. everything is romantic.

Talk reminded me of He needs me by carly rae jepsen!!!!

mean girls was my favorite track so far until the piano started 😭😭 it was an awesome breakdown at first but the fact that it stayed until the song ended made me hate it

personal aoty

AG Cook cooked 🧑‍🍳

I am definitely not a Charli fan. None of her previous work really connected with me. But this album was phenomenal. Its been on repeat.

Your top 3 of 2024 so far: 1. brat & HIT ME HARD N SOFT (tie): 10/10, 3. COWBOY CARTER: 9.4/10 … other highlights: Eternal Sunshine, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, Radical Optimism, Deeper Well. Can’t wait to see your end of the year ranking in December! We’ll see if Short n’sweet, SZA’s LANA, or Lasso will make the top 10!

Watching this on the refrigerator later

this album is amazing. easily album of the year and it is everything i could have hoped for. the only thing that could have made it better is spring breakers. edit: i can’t believe she actually released spring breakers 😂

I don't think "Girl, So Confusing" is about Marina because they have made music together in 2013. They made a song called "Just Desserts" and I think everyone forgets about that

Sympathy Is a Knife is about FKA Twigs. Girl, So Confusing is about Marina.

i feel like she shouldve used the full satisfaction sample at the end of 365

I don't know if I'm actually overanalyzing but I feel like Charli's decided to drop songs that are really "bratty", really "bitchy", capturing this feeling of pettiness and petulance before the album came out just so when people actually listen to it, they'll realize how emotional and raw and cruel the b-sides are. How much of a contrast these songs have with one another, you know? The whole concept of the album, as I interpreted based on Charli's explanation, is something along the lines of "Fake it 'til you make it", hide your fears and keep your insecurities beside, so you will not get hurt by being vulnerable. Also Charli said that she tends to be brat with herself, shoving everything down and never letting her mind a room to breathe because of fear, never really taking the proper care that her mental health needed and being so harsh with herself. So I think it's very interesting that the most vulnerable tracks are the ones right by the middle of the album, like we're doing a deep dive into Charli's mindset because she's finally taking a step back, taking care of her traumas and letting herself be with no barriers

I think it is!!

she deserves commercial success!!!!

amazing video

Everything so romantic, sympathy is a knife, apple

It’s definitely her most hyped but not her best

I LOVE it Honestly first listen, i haven't payed too much attention to the lyrics because the sound and production gagged me. Apple is one i payed attention to and Mean Girls and both were great for songwriting I love how experimental tbis album is and how vulnerable it is! It's like a club hyperpop version of DYKTTATUOB Strong AOTY contender once I delve into the lyrics more

i can't wait to see Carly Rae Jepsen do a cover of Talk Talk because when i heard it at first i thought it WAS Carly, the vibe was nearly identical

in the podcast "la culturistas" she say Apple it's about her parents lol

Definitely a 10/10

brat is my whole personaltiy

I'm gonna go as far as to say that BRAT is like a little sister Britney's Blackout due to topics surrounding fame. This is 2020s Blackout for the internet. It's such a well crafted album.

I don’t agree that it could’ve been self titled, some of the songs are personal but it’s really more of a collection of specific thoughts/moments she wants to embody. It feels like it’s the sister record to how I’m feeling now, but just not stuck at home

First album that I bought in rl in years

brat is aoty. hands down

She ate.

Controversial Opinion but the album does look like a sore eye, in a sense that you just blacked out while staring into a green light in the best way.