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UNCOVERED: Brat person - The Untold Story

Charli XCX declares ‘the dancefloor is dead’ as she announces rock album

‘Brat’ star is set to release her eighth album

The Independent UK

Charli xcx’s Brat movie marks the moment the mockumentary died

Spoof documentaries once skewered subjects by dialling comic ingenuity up to 11, but the genre has stagnated – replaced by showbiz puff pieces and right-wing provocations. Has their time passed?

The Guardian - UK

Harry Styles review, Co-op Live Manchester: Controlled disco-pop of Kiss All the Time takes on new dimensions

4/5 The pop star’s filmed show ‘Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester’ takes the screaming audience – and soon Netflix viewers – inside the club to celebrate his sultry new album

The Independent UK

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How Did 'Psychotic Details Demon' Emerald Fennell Land Charli XCX For Wuthering Heights, Anyway?

Bumpin' that soundtrack.

Cinemablend

The Moment: Charli XCX is the ultimate chronicler of contemporary pop stardom

“Want to go again?” a choreographer asks Charli XCX at the start of the mockumentary The Moment. It’s the latest entry in the pop star’s rapidly expanding cinematic empire, propelled by the stratospheric cultural impact of her 2024 album, Brat.

The Conversation

Charli XCX’s The Moment described as ‘glum Spice World’ as it is released in UK

The film has received mixed reviews from critics.

Evening Standard

Charli xcx on the mind-bender of playing herself in The Moment

The singer was in London for the premiere of her brat summer mockumentary

Evening Standard

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Charli XCX says Brat success changed her audience

Guess hitmaker Charli XCX has reflected on how Brat changed her from a "niche artist" to someone with a "huge new audience".

BANG Premier

Why Timothée Chalamet Wasn't At Kylie Jenner's Big, Splashy The Moment Premiere

Where was he?

Cinemablend

Charli xcx is done touring Brat

Charli xcx doesn't want to do anything more for her Brat era if it requries her leaving home.

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New Charli XCX film 'could be' the end of Brat, singer says in interview

The singer shared she wanted to pass the Brat cultural movement onto her fans

Evening Standard

Margot Robbie wears Elizabeth Taylor’s necklace to Wuthering Heights premiere

Robbie wore the piece with a striking Schiaparelli gown.

Evening Standard

Charli XCX appears in new music video alongside major reality TV star

The singer appeared in the music video for Brat collaborator and co-producer AG Cook’s new song Residue from her film The Moment.

Evening Standard

Charli xcx is ready for her Brat era to 'stop'

Charli xcx has lived and breathed Brat and is challenging herself with a new creative path.

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The Independent UK

What critics are saying about Charli XCX’s film The Moment

Pop star has received praise for her performance but critics are branding the film ‘unconvincing’ and ‘a hit and miss affair’

The Guardian - US

The Moment review – Charli xcx struggles through defanged Brat summer satire

There’s a smart idea at play here, with the star playing a hellish version of herself fighting against corporate forces, but there’s not a lot else

Evening Standard

Charli XCX’s mockumentary The Moment receives mixed reviews

The film is a fictionalised account of the cultural phenomenon that followed the release of her Brat album in 2024.

Evening Standard

Charli XCX film The Moment gets UK and Ireland release date

The musician stars alongside the likes of Kylie Jenner, Alexander Skarsgard and Rosanna Arquette.

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Evening Standard

Taylor Swift The End of an Era: everything to know about the Disney+ docuseries

The first episodes of a six-part series are dropping alongside a film of the ‘final show’ of the Eras Tour

The Independent UK

Kaya Scodelario: ‘I felt more like an adult when I was 14 than I do now’

INTERVIEW: The British-Brazilian star of 'The Gentleman' and 'Skins' has to grow up the hard way in her new film ‘Adulthood’. She speaks with Annabel Nugent about playing perennial cool girl Effy Stonem, protecting young women on set, and why watching ‘Euphoria’ gives her anxiety

MusicRadar

“By the end of the process I sort of felt like I was squeezing blood from a stone, trying to get every last drop of liquid life out of an idea I had already been sat with for years prior”: Charli XCX reveals the extent of her post-Brat creative comedown

“I had this feeling that I wouldn’t be able to make music anymore," she says

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Charli xcx feared Brat would get her dropped by her record label

Charli xcx didn't think her record label would vibe with Brat.

The Independent UK

Charli XCX feared being dropped by record label over critically acclaimed Brat album

Singer says she approached the album thinking ‘OK, I’m just going to do this one for me’

Evening Standard

Charli XCX says she feared being dropped from her label over hit Brat album

The record peaked at number one in the UK and reached the top 10 in 14 other countries.

Evening Standard

Charli XCX says her tracks for Wuthering Heights sound very different to Brat

The Brat singer is providing music for the soundtrack of Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of the classic Emily Bronte novel.

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