Charli XCX – Brat

[Ryan]

[Juan Carlos]

These are the submissions for the GRAMMYs next year.

• BRAT: Album of the Year, Best Dance/Electronic Album, Best Recording Package, Best Immersive Audio Album, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• "360": Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Music Video
• "Apple": Best Pop Solo Performance
• "Von Dutch": Best Dance Pop Recording
• "Guess" (featuring Billie Eilish): Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
• "Von Dutch" (A.G. Cook Remix featuring Addison Rae): Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

[Taylor.]

I get the reasoning behind submitting Guess w/ Billie for Pop Duo but... GSC w/ Lorde deserved.

[Ivy Leegue™]

She should have Dance Album with ease.

[Choco]

Guess is likely her strongest choice at a nod.

[Juan Carlos]

This is the most clever GRAMMYs FYC campaign I've ever seen and I'm glad that they're going with all at this point to be honest.

www.charlixcx.com/fyc

[Ryan]

Ariana Grande, Addison Rae, a. g. cook, Yung Lean, Bon Iver, Troye Sivan, BB Trickz, The Japanese House, Tinashe, Julian Casablancas, Robyn, Caroline Polachek, Bladee, Billie Eilish, The 1975, Jon Hopkins, Lorde, Shygirl

[Juan Carlos]

I was wondering if the plus (and one of them with and black square) means that there are other collaborators who she hasn't been announced yet and she's waiting until the release of the remix album next week, but it seems that this was done to put all of them in the tweet / X post above, lol! I mean, the Instagram post doesn't have the last two pictures.

Looking forward to Bon Iver, Jon Hopkins, Julian Casablancas and Caroline Polachek's input. Sad to see that ROSALÍA isn't there though.

[Normi]

Really excited for the Ariana collab, my two favorite artists basically coming together
I bet that is also going to be the song she will push during release week and maybe has a chance to do something on the charts to? But it could be any song, it's hard for me to guess which one she'll be on

[Ryan]

The tracklist:

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[Ling-Ling]

"Hello Goodbye" is so underrated, wish it had made the tracklist. It would have been perfect with another pop girl like Tove or Carly. And "Springbreakers" was screaming for a nasty remix with someone like Brooke Candy or Slayyyter.

[wjr15]

I’m really looking forward to the ‘Sympathy Is A Knife” remix with Ariana.

[clsvltn]

Oct 4, 2024 9:25:25 GMT -5 Choco said:

Guess is likely her strongest choice at a nod.

Most publications and betting platforms have her as front runner for AOTY

[Juan Carlos]

The tracklist and the lengths have been updated on Spotify.

1. "360" (featuring Robyn and Yung Lean) 2:09
2. "Club Classics" (featuring BB Trickz) 2:54
3. "Sympathy is a Knife" (featuring Ariana Grande) 2:34
4. "I Might Say Something Stupid" (featuring The 1975 and Jon Hopkins) 4:10
5. "Talk Talk" (featuring Troye Sivan) 2:53
6. "Von Dutch" (featuring Addison Rae) [A. G. Cook Remix] 2:37
7. "Everything is Romantic" (featuring Caroline Polachek) 3:23
8. "Rewind" (featuring Bladee) 2:42
9. "So I" (featuring A. G. Cook) 4:39
10. "Girl, So Confusing" (featuring Lorde) 3:25
11. "Apple" (featuring The Japanese House) 2:37
12. "B2B" (featuring Tinashe) 2:33
13. "Mean Girls" (featuring Julian Casablancas) 3:46
14. "I Think About It All the Time" (featuring Bon Iver) 3:19
15. "365" (featuring Shygirl) 2:00
16. "Guess" (featuring Billie Eilish) 2:23

[munx 🐒🎯]

[Choco]

Glad to see her doing promo. I want her to get some big Grammy nods.

[Ryan]

She secretly shot a movie during the Brat Summer.

[Ryan]

It's finally here!

[Ling-Ling]

I don't think this is better than the OG album, but as a project it's so fascinating. The way every song is deconstructed, re-written and rebuilt into something new (outside of "Guess" and "G,SC" which I fear are gonna set false expectations of what this album is). All of that messy confessionalism, self-awareness and humor is still there thankfully. But all of the conversations have changed or shifted post brat summer and she's dragged her guests down the road with her. I don't think we've ever seen an artist dissect their own fame and success in real time like this. Just really cool.

[Ty]

I'll stick with the OG album. Most of these are doing less with more.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

of the remixes that we hadn't heard yet, I'm only feeling Sympathy is a Knife and Everything is Romantic. The rest are just kind of there for me.

[andrebra]

What a cool project. It’s really awesome seeing how a song can be so altered and changed while keeping the same hook or beat throughout. Some work better than others but she’s continuing to give us a bold, risky era that will be just simply iconic in retrospect.

[shakemaki]

Hmm, I can’t say the remix album is totally working for me initially BUT I give her major props for drastically changing a lot of the tracks. Some are unrecognizable from the OG and basically brand new songs. This is not a “tack on a popular artist verse and call it a day” remix album, so good for her.

[Choco]

Kudos for trying and not just adding a feature verse on each song but this completely fell flat for me. 95% of the time I was wishing I was playing the OG.

[wjr15]

Two listens and I definitely prefer the original over the remix album. The only remixes I could see myself returning to are 360, Sympathy is a knife, Talk talk, Girl so confusing, Apple, 365, and Guess.

Guess remains the superior remix. Time to go stream Brat (original).

[Normi]

I don't think it's fair to compare this too much with the original (although it's logical), the album is more a part 2 than a remix album, it's a whole new album that is even more Charli and adds even more to the whole context
I still need to fully digest this but I am already loving 'Club Classics ft. bb trickz', that is the best execution of the whole 365/bumpin that motive in my opinion, 'Sympathy is a knife ft ariana grande' isn't as groundbreaking as some have hoped but it's a great new song either way, the chorus is equally as catchy as the original's, the Rewind & B2b remixes are fun bops as well

On another note, this is not going to chart separately correct?

[Ling-Ling]

Oct 12, 2024 9:19:54 GMT -5 Normi said:

On another note, this is not going to chart separately correct?

From what I understand, since she tacked the original album onto the remix album, it won't chart separately.

[Ty]

I gave the remix album and the original some more back to back listens on my 3-hour drive today. I think I've made up my mind.

Remix over original:
"Girl, so confusing"
"Guess"
"I think about it all the time"

(Borderline) "Mean girls"

Remix is fine and will have some use:
"360"
"Sympathy is a knife"
"Von dutch"
"Apple"
"B2b"

[shakemaki]

Remix > original
Girl so confusing
Everything is Romantic (this slays so hard, and I already adored the OG)
Guess

Remix about on par with OG
360
I think about it all the time
Rewind


The rest I definitely prefer OG pretty easily

[motherheroic]

I really like this project as a companion piece to the album. You can tell that a lot of the lyrics were written post Brat success which gives a really interesting insight into how her new found success is affecting her.

I made a playlist where I put the Brat and Brat remixes one after the other (360, 360 remix, Club Classics, Club Classics remix etc.) and then ultimately narrowed it down to my favourite version from Brat and Brat remixes to create a new album.