‘Rebellious and subversive’: the rise of the new visible panty line
Charli xcx and Billie Eilish are latest to wear waistband of knickers or boxers higher than their trousers and skirts
July 2024
I invented the Apple dance! The woman behind Brat summer’s viral choreography
Charli xcx: from slow burn pop star to ‘brat’ US election influencer
Kamala Harris memes are all over the internet. Will tweets and TikToks turn into votes?
Mercury prize 2024: Charli xcx, the Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons among nominees
‘Kamala IS brat’: Harris campaign goes lime-green to embrace the meme of the summer
Weekend
Is this the Brat girl summer? Marina Hyde predicts a sticky end for Trump-Vance, how to be a Norwegian parent, and Ask Philippa on sibling rivalry – podcast
Today in Focus
The ‘brat’ summer takeover – podcast
Brat summer: is the long era of clean living finally over?
Song of the summer 2024: writers pick their tracks of the season
Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again: the songs that sum up each year of Tory government
June 2024
Why are Swifties and Charli xcx fans at war? I blame Big Tech
Arwa Mahdawi
Charli XCX and Lorde’s conflict resolution is the year’s most powerful pop moment
Alim Kheraj
Barbie pink is out, lime green is in: Charli XCX’s album spawns ‘brat summer’ trend
Taylor Swift may have captured the charts, but Charli XCX captured the zeitgeist
Shaad D'Souza
Brash, insouciant, unfiltered: how Charli XCX made pop fun again
Charli XCX: Brat review – insecurity-obliterating anthems by pop’s most human superstar
Glastonbury announces full 2024 lineup, adding James, Tems, Squeeze and more
Charli XCX: ‘Labels are desperate for artists to be liked, otherwise you’re bad, evil and wrong’
April 2024
From Taylor to Ariana, pop’s overreliance on gossip is choking the life out of it
Laura Snapes
Today’s pop stars are cramming songs with so much biography they need footnotes – and they’re in danger of alienating all but their hardcore fans
