Boiler Room, “I’m so Julia”, the Lorde remix, the ‘Apple’ dance...
here’s how we ended up in a ‘Brat’ summer Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know we’re having a ‘Brat’ summer. Although it’s far from over, it’s already been an iconic season – one where it feels like both Charli XCX and the very colour lime green have taken over the world (and, weirdly, the US presidential election). READ MORE: Charli XCX – ‘Brat’ review: pop pioneer fully embraces the dancefloor And, excitingly, there’s still plenty of ‘Brat’ action left to come, with Charli in the running for the 2024 Mercury Prize and soon to embark on her Sweat tour with Troye Sivan and, later, the arena dates in the UK .
As ‘Brat’ summer shows no signs of letting up, NME charts how we got here in the first place – and judges how ‘brat’ these milestones and moments have actually been. Words: Rhian Daly, Karen Gwee The ‘Brat’ era got off to a massive start in February when Charli XCX shared a snippet of ‘Von Dutch’ on TikTok. Understandably, the reaction to it was huge, proving that the star wasn’t misguided in her insistence that she was “ your number one ” and “ cult classic, but I still pop ”.
An Addison Rae remix built on that fervour before, in May, Charli added to her catchphrase-coining catalogue with ‘360’ and its lines “ I’m so Julia ” and “ bumpin’ that ”. As if the song wasn’t enough, then came the video – a .
