Charli XCX, pop music’s reigning chaos queen, is here to remind us that she’s always doing the most. Fresh off dominating 2024 with her album Brat, she decided to shake things up again by remixing it. Because why settle for one round of bops when you can flip the whole thing upside down and sprinkle in some superstar chaos from Ariana Grande, Lorde, and Billie Eilish?
The result? Brat: Remixed. Or as Charli probably calls it, Brat, But Make It Fashion.
Ariana, Billie, and Lorde Join the Brat Pack
Charli got real about the collaborations in a new interview, spilling the kind of behind-the-scenes tea we live for. First up, Ariana. The Wicked star jumped on a remix of “Sympathy is a Knife” and apparently, things got… stabby. “We were both like, ‘Knives! Industry betrayal! Metaphors!’” Charli shared. It’s giving Shakespeare in a nightclub.
Then there’s Lorde, who turned up for the remix of “Girl, So Confusing.” Charli knew from day one that Lorde was the one. “The second I wrote it, I thought, ‘Ella needs to hop on this,’” she said. But asking Lorde for a collab felt like texting your crush. Nerve-wracking! Thankfully, Lorde slid back into Charli’s DMs with, “What if I add a verse?” Twenty-four hours later, Lorde dropped a lyrical nuke that made Charli cry into her glitter eyeliner.
And Billie? Oh, Billie didn’t just feature. She brought her big stunt energy to the “Guess” remix video shoot. According to Charli, “Billie literally drove a bulldozer through a wall and was like, ‘I’m doing my own stunts!’” We love a DIY queen.
About That One Album She Can’t Stand
While Charli’s Brat era is all glitter, remixes, and bulldozers, there’s one album in her past she’d rather leave buried. It’s called 14, and Charli is not a fan. “God, I hate that album so much,” she said, probably with a dramatic hair flip. “It’s like my awkward teenage diary set to music. Some of those songs are straight-up bad, but a few people caught onto the vibe. Bless their hearts.”
Translation? It’s the musical equivalent of finding your old MySpace profile and wishing you hadn’t.
A Legacy of Glitter, Guts, and Grit
Whether she’s rewriting the rules of pop music or cringing at her early work, Charli XCX stays one step ahead. With Brat and its remix sibling, she’s proving that pop can be whatever she wants it to be—a chaotic, sparkly, bulldozer-fueled masterpiece.
So, if you’re not vibing with Brat: Remixed, Charli has one message for you: “Guess!”
