{"id":353862,"date":"2024-10-04T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=353862"},"modified":"2024-09-26T09:54:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:54:25","slug":"everything-about-brat-summer-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2024\/10\/04\/everything-about-brat-summer-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything about BRAT summer explained."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cAre you bumpin’ that?\u201d \u201cWhy are you so julia?\u201d \u201cKamala is so brat.\u201d These are all phrases that have been all around social media this past summer. The average viewer would be confused by this phenomenon that somehow relates to politics in the news. Here is your full in depth guide to BRAT summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2008, Charli XCX released her first debut single, and a star was born. She didn\u2019t have major success until her hit song \u201cBoom Clap\u201d was released and has now racked up more than 400 million streams on spotify. Five studio albums later, some mixtapes included, all have built up Charli XCX\u2019s name. On February 28, 2024, she announced her upcoming album, BRAT. Later, her first single Von Dutch was released. A mix of electronic dance music and pop created this \u201chyper-pop\u201d aesthetic for this song. The track opens with the lyrics \u201cIt’s okay to just admit that you’re jealous of me\u201d adding to this self-confidence BRAT really promotes. Personally, this is one of my favorite tracks off the album as it is yet so simple, but very complex. One thing to mention about Charli XCX is that she uses autotune and she’s proud of it. She uses autotune to her advantage to get the sound she desires for the song. On March 21, 2024, Charli XCX released \u201cThe von dutch remix with addison rae and a.g. Cook\u201d which had widely major success. To start, clips of Addison Rae, formally a TikTok star, screaming into a microphone were circulating. If anything tells you something about a song, \u201cscreaming into a microphone\u201d perfectly describes the \u201chyper-pop\u201d aesthetic Charli was going for. Finally, on May 10, 2024, Charli released her final single \u201c360.\u201d Without growth from tiktok, \u201c360\u201d peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 7, 2024, Charli XCX released her studio album BRAT with wide success. Gabi Swartz, a huge Charli XCX fan, stated \u201cit matches her identity and how she relates to her music.\u201d On June 10, Charli released her deluxe version of BRAT titled \u201cbrat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not.\u201d This album included three bonus tracks, all produced by A.G. Cook. The format of the album cover is not really like anything done before. The lime green color with a grainy and distorted font adds to the uniqueness of the record. For promotion, Charli changed all of her old album covers to match with the theme of BRAT. Personally, her marketing for this record was genius as she created her own template that others could use to make jokes about to further promote the album. My personal favorite tracks are \u201cClub classics\u201d, \u201cB2b\u201d, \u201c365\u201d, and, off of her deluxe album, \u201cSpring Breakers.\u201d Another honorable mention released is \u201cSo I\u201d which served as a heartfelt and emotional track as she mourns the death of pop-star SOPHIE. I saw her perform this live at the Billboard Women in Music award show back in March, when BRAT was just forming. On June 21st, Charli announced that she is collaborating with Lorde on the new remix of \u201cGirl, so confusing.\u201d When Charli released this track off of BRAT, fans speculated that the song was about the singer, Lorde. Charli wrote about her struggles about if the two are friends anymore in the lyrics of the song. When the two singers collaborated, it was momentous as they resolved their internet feud over a song. A famous line from the song is \u201cLets work it out on the remix\u201d as it shows each singer’s humor built into the lyrics. One significant way #bratsummer blew up, with Charli\u2019s collaboration with Billie Eilish with the song \u201cGuess.\u201d The song was produced by upcoming star \u201cThe Dare\u201d who is now getting his solo career started. The track contained Charlis and Billies verses followed with a monumental beat drop with the two artists singing together in the end. Guess peaked at #12 on the Billboard hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 22, Charli XCX tweeted \u201cKamala IS brat.\u201d This event shaped half of Kamala’s campaign as fans were making \u201cVon Dutch\u201d edits of Kamala Harris. This post received over nine million views in less than four hours. Charli XCX explains BRAT as \u201cYou\u2019re just like that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes.\u201d One of the most popular songs off of the album, that inspired a dance, was the song \u201cApple.\u201d Surprisingly \u201cApple\u201d almost did not make the final tracklist in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Charli XCX poses in front of her new album BRAT. Credit: Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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