On Sunday night Charli XCX released an extended version of her brand new 15 track album Brat which features three previously unreleased songs. The news was unveiled in a TikTok live stream a few hours before the album hit streaming sites as a billboard was painted to reveal the words ‘Brat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not’ which also compensates as the album’s cover.
@charlixcxBrat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not – Out at midnight.♬ Spring breakers – Charli XCX
The highligly anticipated original album was released on the 7th of June and has already been extolled with it earning an impressive score on Metacritic of 93 making it the highest rated album of 2024 thus far. Though the ‘angles’, the name given to fans of the Boom Clap singer have been steaming the album non stop, unfortunately there have been no songs from Brat that have snatched that number 1 spot just yet and despite the impressive reviews from critics, Taylor Swift’s latest album The Tortured Poets Department remains undefeated securing the top spot for its seventh week on the Billboard 200 albums chart.Brat is Charli XCX’s sixth full-length album and the record sports tracks featuring A.G. Cook and a seemingly unlikely, yet seasonable contribution from TikTok star Addison Rae.
The deluxe edition of the album includes three new tracks called ‘Hello goodbye’ which was produced by A.G. Cook , ‘Guess’ which was co-written with 100gecs who are long time collaborators and friends of the singer and finally ‘Spring breakers’ which samples the 2003 song ‘Everytime’ from 2000s pop icon Britney Spears.Critics are saying that XCX’s Brat is her first album to fully lean into dance tracks. The singers first gig was at a rave and though she has performed in stadiums such as a supporting artists for Taylor Swift’s 2018 Reputation stadium tour, XCX feels that she belongs in the atmosphere of raves and clubs as she told The Guardian in 2018 noting that she’s ‘not a pristine pop performer. I’m born to play in club environments, rave environments.’ Brat has been described by critics as launching a ‘bold new chapter…it has the effervescent hooks of her best work and the shimmer of hyperpop, and lots more‘ and this energy is carried over through the songs on Brat and its the same but there’s three more songs so its not, which is the full title of the extended edition.
If the deluxe album is still leaving you wanting more then you should check out her 2024 tour dates for both North America and the UK which she announces in March along with the album Brat. She is currently due to play a New York show today, the 10th of June as well as a number of other shows across the US into the autumn of 2024 with her long time friend Troye Sivan. For UK fans XCX will be hitting the road with Brat at the end of November of this year playing shows in Manchester, Birmingham, London and Glasgow which you can buy tickets for by following the link here.
