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Los Angeles Times
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Post-'Brat' summer, Charli XCX reminds Coachella who she really is
To many, the world of Charli XCX consists of lime green, high-profile collaborations and hard drugs. But the British pop star's Coachella performance reminds us, she's much more. Before she took the stage, murmurs took over the green-clad crowd. Could Billie Eilish make an appearance? What about Troye Sivan? No, it has to be Addison Rae. In her all black attire, the singer appears on the Coachella main stage, causing the crowd to roar. Behind her blacked-out glasses, she sets the tone, exclaiming, 'What the f—?' Luckily, the whispers were correct—XCX peppered her performance with predictable experiences. Sweat tour co-headliner and 'Rush' singer Troye Sivan kicked off the star-studded lineup to perform their 'Talk Talk' remix, then came alternative empress Lorde for 'Girl, So Confusing' and Billie Eilish completed the holy trinity by performing 'Guess.' But beyond her A-list associations, XCX delivered a mostly 'brat' setlist. She patrolled the stage with an undeniable sense of confidence—making her way down to the barricade and strutting up and down the lengthy catwalk, red solo cup in hand. Next to me, people sniff small piles of cocaine from their acrylic nails. Others flail around and scream every lyric. Charli XCX has been a member of the pop scene for over a decade. As the vocalist on Icona Pop's 'I Love it' and Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy,' the singer spent her early career edging a mainstream breakthrough and building a fiercely loyal fanbase. It wasn't until 'brat,' her fifth studio album, that her poignant lyricism and experimental sonics began to click with the general population. The June release became more than a charting record, but rather a cultural movement — creating what has been coined as 'brat summer.' Encouraging people to embrace a party lifestyle and let loose, XCX has spent the past year at the helm of a party girl revival. Her last offering was the 2012 Icona Pop collaboration, 'I Love it.' The memorable, throwback synths filled the Coachella air. It was a full circle moment – as an old video of XCX comes to mind. It's one where she was performing the same track, in 2014 at a German music festival. The young XCX gets frustrated with the silent crowd and yells, 'Do you know the f—ing words?' Now, they do. In the middle of the dense crowd, you can barely hear XCX's vocals over the crowd's thunderous vocals, singing 'I don't care / I love it' over and over again. The usually stone-faced singer lets a smile shine through. Oh, how things have changed. She's gone in a flash but leaves the audience with a message. Written on the large screens, she acknowledges the end of brat summer and questions, 'Idk who I am when it's over.' It only takes a few seconds for her to leave us with the reminder—'I'm Charli.' But she shouldn't sweat it —we won't be forgetting that anytime soon.
See - Sada Elbalad
14-03-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Alexander Skarsgard Boards Charli XCX-Led Movie "The Moment"
Yara Sameh Alexander Skarsgård (The Northman, Big Little Lies), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction, Desperately Seeking Susan), and Trew Mullen (Blink Twice) have joined the cast of the Charli XCX-led and produced the movie "The Moment" from A24. The mockumentary pic follows the life of a pop star in the lead-up to her first headline arena tour. The Moment gives an inside look at the inner workings of the music industry and explores how subculture is mutated by commercial success. Skarsgård is said to be playing a fashionable European creative, Arquette as a record label boss, and Mullen as XCX's personal assistant. Aidan Zamirim, who co-wrote the script with Bertie Brandes, will make his directorial debut. A.G. Cook will serve as the dark comedy's composer. David Hinojosa is producing through his production company 2AM for A24. Brandon Creed, Mikey Schwartz-Wright, and Zach Nutman are executive producing. Emmy Award-winner Skarsgard will next appear in the Apple TV+ series "Murderbot", premiering on May 16. He will portray the titular sentient security android. In December, he surprised fans of his popular HBO series "True Blood" by bringing back his character Eric Northman in the final season of FX's comedy series "What We Do in the Shadows". Other notable credits include "The Northman", "Lee", "Godzilla vs. Kong", "Zoolander", and "The Legend of Tarzan" on the big screen and TV, HBO's "Big Little Lies", for which he received an Emmy award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Prime Video's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and HBO's "Succession". Arquette is best known for starring in multiple fan-favorite projects on the big and small screen including Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction", "Desperately Seeking Susan", opposite Madonna, and the Griffin Dunne-led "After Hours", to name a few. Her recent credits include Apple's "Presumed Innocent", Netflix's "Florida Man", and ABC's "Big Sky". Mullen broke out with her role as Heather in Zoë Kravitz's cult hit directorial debut "Blink Twice" for Amazon/MGM, opposite Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Simon Rex, Haley Joel Osmont, Christian Slater, and Alia Shawkat.
