Lorde Is “So Grateful” for Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ and “Girl, So Confusing” Remix: “It Gave Me a Kick” of Inspiration for New Album 

Lorde Is “So Grateful” for Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ and “Girl, So Confusing” Remix: “It Gave Me a Kick” of Inspiration for New Album 

Lorde wasn’t kidding when she said she rides for Charli xcx.  The “What Was That” singer revealed the release of Brat last year  — which resulted in their viral collaboration on the “Girl, so confusing” remix — gave her a “kick” when it came to her upcoming album Virgin.  “I’d been kind of cooking this…

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Everything to know about Lorde’s new album Virgin

Everything to know about Lorde’s new album Virgin

The New Zealander’s fourth album is coming this summer. Lorde. Photo by Thistle Brown.   Last week, New Zealand pop songwriter Lorde shared her highly anticipated new single “What Was That,” a chrome-slick and shrewd interrogation of nostalgia through concurrently retro-minded pop trends. After being thrust back into the spotlight by Charli XCX’s “girl, so…

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#The 50 best songs of 2024

#The 50 best songs of 2024

The 50 best songs of 2024 From “Not Like Us” to “Nasty” and “Slut Me Out 2” to “You a Stepper,” these are the songs we had on repeat this year. By Alex Robert Ross, Cady Siregar, Jordan Darville, Raphael Helfand, Steffanee Wang, Wale Oloworekende, Shaad D’Souza, Lucas Villa, Colin Joyce, Emma Madden, Vivian Medithi,…

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#Charli XCX and Lorde don’t have to be besties

#Charli XCX and Lorde don’t have to be besties

Their candid remix of brat’s “girl, so confusing” proves they don’t have to choose between being friends or rivals. Photo by MTV/MTV1415 via Getty Images If Barbie associated being a “girl” with an omnipresent hot pink last summer, it’s now been taken over by brat green. While Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster playfully explored the plight of…

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