Charli
Her seventh album was at the center of its own cultural phenomenon after its release in 2024.
Fans embraced the record’s hedonistic style, its simple lime green artwork became a meme and it confounded political pundits after it was featured in social media campaigns ahead of the US presidential race.
On Friday, Charli released The Moment, a fictionalized mockumentary that drew on the hysteria of “Brat Summer” at its peak and followed the singer in the lead-up to her world tour.
Serving as a satirical commentary on the mainstream music industry, the A24 film was created using real footage from the Brat tour alongside fictional backstage scenes.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, Charli acknowledged finding a bigger audience after Brat and how this influenced the creation of The Moment.
“I was just coming out of a huge life change where I made the album Brat, which allowed me to reach a whole new audience,” she said, adding: “I had never before experienced so much interest in what I had to say and it was tough, confusing and a very vulnerable change.”
“My response was to make art, so when I was asked to make a real documentary – a concert film – I wanted to make fun of myself and that world. The music industry is ripe for satire, and I had a lot of fun doing it,” concludes Charli XCX.
