Charli XCX might go 'anti-Brat' on her next album
Charli XCX has considered going in a completely different direction again on her follow-up to 'Brat'.
Charli XCX might go "anti-Brat" on her next album.
The Grammy winning dance-pop star dominated 2024 with her acclaimed LP 'Brat', and now her top collaborators have spilled their conversations with the '360' singer about what's next, including potentially doing "the complete opposite thing again".
Charli’s lead producer A.G. Cook told Grammy.com when asked if they had talked about new material: “Not truly, it's just loose chatting about things. [For Charli] the genesis of things is really about having an idea but then being very impulsive. I think you need a certain amount of space to do that.”
Co-writer and producer Finn Keane (formerly known as Easyfun), said: “Chatting to Charli now, there is a desire in her to do the complete opposite thing again, which is very in keeping with her ethos. Some of the conversations we're having and music we've been playing around with the last couple of months have been completely the opposite. I love that spirit. It's the iconoclastic impulse to rebuild something completely different, to show that you actually could do this other thing, this whole other side of your artistry.”
He added: “It's been really funny, in the months after finishing the remix album, any other musical discussion that has taken place has been kind of anti-Brat. I doubt that'll stick, but that's been a really interesting thing to observe and makes me very optimistic and excited about [what's next].”
Charli won three Grammy Awards for 'Brat’ - Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Recording Package, while the track ‘Von Dutch’ took Best Dance Pop Recording.
The album's campaign included the star-studded 'Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat' remix album, featuring Lorde, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Bon Iver and Julian Casablancas.
Charli previously shared how she manifested 'Brat' going "global".
The ‘Apple’ hitmaker posted her manifesto for the LP online and explained how she set about dominating the charts and pop culture.
She wrote about the neon green album cover: “The artwork for Brat will be obnoxious, arrogant and bold. Some people will hate it.
“It will be heavily text-based, either font on a plain background or some kind of painted on a wall or disregarded object.”
Another screenshot declared: “There is no explanation for what I do.
“The answer is always ‘No comment’. We must cultivate desire, chaos, and destruction.
“The whole album campaign is high art. But it is also crucial to understand the benefit of low art and celebrity. The coupling of the two is vital.”
