Charli XCX can’t stop, won’t stop having the era of a lifetime — from Brat (the album) to brat (the movement) to Sweat (the tour) to Brat (the remix album), it’s all a sleazy train that no one wants to get off of. Below, a chronicle of everything that Charli is up to this fall. New Brat billboards teased everybody from Bon Iver to Ariana Grande, and now we can finally stream alllll the collabs on the remix album, out now. She’s a busy, busy girl.
Talk Talk-ing and Tour Tour-ing With Troye
September 12, 2024: You know what pairs really well with pumpkin-spice lattes and Christian-girl autumn? Being deliriously horny. Or at least that’s what Charli XCX’s new “Talk Talk†remix with Sweat Tour partner Troye Sivan seems to posit. The latest Brat remix is approximately three minutes of Sivan begging, pleading, and panting for some guy to get on a plane so they can get freaky. Sivan’s last album, Something to Give Each Other, and lead single “Rush†both emanated feral horndog energy, and we’re thrilled to see he’s pushing it even further. “K, here’s the plan, I wanna fly you out to Amsterdam,†Sivan sings, sounding like he’s in heat. “I gotta book the hotel to fuck you in, I wanna.†We support it!
The “Talk Talk†remix is Charli’s first step in the plan for fall domination. She also confirmed the Brat remix album, Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat. Previously released remixes include “360 featuring robyn and yung lean,†“Von dutch a.g. cook remix featuring addison rae,†“Girl, so confusing featuring lorde,†and “Guess featuring Billie Eilish.†Given the caliber of features thus far, the guest list for this remix album must be banging. Below, our dream blunt rotation best guesses for collaborators on the Brat remix album. Nothing would heat up a brisk autumn day like getting sweaty with Charli.
- “Club classics featuring yaejiâ€
- “Sympathy is a knife featuring fka twigsâ€
- “I might say something stupid featuring azealia banksâ€
- “Everything is romantic featuring lana del reyâ€
- “Rewind featuring grimes and sky ferreiraâ€
- “So I featuring vince staplesâ€
- “Apple featuring hikaru utadaâ€
- “B2b featuring arcaâ€
- “Mean girls the dare remix featuring lisaâ€
- “I think about it all the time featuring the 1975â€
- “365 featuring rosalÃaâ€
- “Hello goodbye featuring tinashe and tove loâ€
- “Spring breakers featuring selena gomezâ€
Thinkin’ ’bout Billboards
October 2, 2024: Team Brat is putting up billboards throughout the country seemingly revealing which artists are going to be included on the Brat remix album. The billboards are going up in the artists’ towns of residence — the first two, spotted on September 30, include a Tinashe billboard in Pasadena, California, and a Bon Iver billboard in Minneapolis.
There are also posters for artists who have already appeared on the remix, like Shygirl and Yung Lean. New artists with billboards spotted since include the 1975, who have a billboard up in Manchester, England; DJ Jon Hopkins in London’s Shoreditch; and Bladee in Stockholm. Of course, it’s also very easy to imitate the system — there’s a billboard with Fred Durst’s name on it out there, too, and it’s kind of hard to imagine a Limp Bizkit x Charli XCX song. Doesn’t mean it won’t happen! He was just in I Saw the TV Glow, after all.
Brat pack
October 4, 2024: Sorry, you thought the Brat-boards were done? Oh no, they’re just getting started. A new billboard reading “Ariana Grande†was spotted in her hometown of Boca Raton. In total, with the help of 18 Brat-boards, Charli XCX has confirmed the guest list for her Brat remix album, Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat, out October 11.
In case your brain is flipping out trying to flip the text, that’s: Ariana Grande, Addison Rae, A.G. Cook, Yung Lean, Bon Iver, Troye Sivan, Bb Trickz, The Japanese House, Tinashe, Julian Casablancas, The 1975, Billie Eilish, Bladee, Caroline Polachek, Robyn, Jon Hopkins, Lorde, and Shygirl.
The List
October 7, 2024: And now we know what goes where. The only real shock for fans after Charli released the final list of artists appearing on the album was that Caroline Polachek — who people thought was going to be on “Apple†— is actually on “Everything is romantic.†But as we say: In Charli we trust.
It’s here (br)at last
October 11, 2024: Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat has finally arrived. So many new collabs means so many new lyrics to digest, from Ariana Grande singing about fans who say “they like the old me and not the new me†to Charli reminiscing about how she and Tinashe made us “Boom Clap†and get “2 On.†“it’s completely different but also still brat kinda just like I said!!†Charli concluded on Instagram shortly after the remix album dropped. Judge for yourself below.