Watch Video: Charli XCX Reflects On Brat Era In New Interview
Underground artist or pop star? That's among the questions Charli XCX tackles in a new interview on Apple Music 1, following the success of 'Brat'.
Just when you thought we were done with Brat Summer, Charli XCX is reigniting the Brat fever with a new release on Apple Music 1's Zane Lowe, packed with revealing insights from their fireside chat. This nearly hour-long special streams ahead of her remix album, Brat and it's completely different but also still brat, offering a fresh yet super Brat-ish vibe.
CHARLI XCX ADDRESSES HER REUNION WITH LORDE
During their conversation, Charli discussed how her journey has prepared her for superstardom, including the awkward moment when Lorde heard the track girl, so confusing. Charli joked: “I was ready for her to never speak to me again. That could have been an outcome.” For the uninitiated, she has openly expressed feeling "super jealous" of Lorde's early success, which adds depth to their connection.
CHARLI XCX'S TAKE ON THE BUZZ SURROUNDING BRAT
Charli reflected on her decade-long rise to fame, starting as a Tumblr indie pop star with her debut album True Romance in 2013, and evolving into a rave and club legend. She noted: “When many new people began kind of reacting to not only the music but the sort of culture around me as an artist, I was like, 'Oh wow, this is so awesome because I've not really sacrificed any part of myself to appeal to more people,' which is something that I always kind of felt like I had to do because I never felt traditionally, I don't know, pretty enough or that I was doing or saying the right things in the sphere of pop music to be accepted enough on a larger scale.”
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In the nearly hour-long interview with Zane Lowe (left), Charli XCX (right) discusses everything from feeling rewarded by the growth of niche music to becoming the artist she aspires to be.
She added:, “And so, I suppose it's been very rewarding that I've really truly just been myself, as cheesy as that sounds, and more people are listening to my music, because that's really the kind of ultimate goal for me, to be able to make what I want to make, but kind of lots of people to hear it. And then on the flip side, it's just quite overwhelming, I guess."