Charli XCX Is Too Brat to Fail

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( fall preview 2024 [Creature From the Brat Lagoon]( Charli XCX owned the summer with an album that is also a vibe. Should she be sweating the fall? “I’m always like, More, more, more, more, more, more. Doing it overload,” says [Charli XCX](. “But this week has been … a lot.” It’s a Wednesday morning in late July, less than 72 hours after she offhandedly tweeted “kamala IS brat,” accidentally redefining an entire presidential campaign, and Charli has invited me to a Le Labo–scented spa in West Hollywood to decompress. Her assistant booked us a private room for an hour under “Charlotte,” the 32-year-old British artist’s real name, which pretty much no one remembers anymore. She’s dealing with a performance-related neck injury — “It flares up a lot when I’m stressed” — and things have been a bit stressful lately. Charli arrived in her black Porsche 911, wearing knee-high leather boots and big bitchy Khaite sunglasses; she was giving Balenciaga walk of shame, though she insists she didn’t go out last night. [read more]( Get a [free print copy of the Charli XCX Fall Preview cover]( and a New York tote with any annual plan. Offer ends soon. The Latest TV Recaps • Snowpiercer: [Let the Games Begin]( • Industry: [Most Companies Fail]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [The 360-Degree Charli XCX Extended Universe Who’s in her brat pack and who’s on the bubble.]( By Zoë Haylock [The Steed of Slow Horses Jack Lowden is a breakout in the spy procedural by way of Office Space, and he’s making a run for Emmys glory.]( By Nicholas Quah [Somebody Somewhere Will Nurse Your HBO Hangover for the Last Time The show returns for its third and, it turns out, final season this October.]( By Jason P. Frank [Eric Goode’s Monkey Business How a former nightclub impresario and reptile enthusiast became one of the most successful documentary filmmakers of our time.]( By Lane Brown [BTS’s Suga Is Sorry About His Apology for Drunk Scootering Because, apparently, his first one wasn’t enough.]( By Justin Curto [It’s Nicki Minaj vs. Barbz Out Here Well, one single Barb suing Mrs. Petty.]( By Justin Curto [Try to Be Curious, Not Judgmental, About Ted Lasso Returning Apple TV+ picked up three cast members, leaving room for a potential revival.]( By Jason P. Frank [Love Island USA Season 6 Power Ranking Who’s destined for their own spinoff, and who will languish on Reels?]( By Kate Lindsay [No Movie Captures the Essence of Neil Young’s Best Songs Like Inherent Vice Just as Neil sings of an elusive past, Inherent Vice dangles a rush of emotions in front of you only to slip away the second you try to grasp them.]( By Chris Stanton [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 6-Down, Eight Letters: Greek god who fathered YA hero Percy Jackson Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images, Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name a Viola Davis movie with a one-word title? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: From Top Clockwise: JB Lacroix/FilmMagic/Getty, Taylor Hill/Getty, Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved