chappell roan, charlie xcx, sabrina carpenter, billie eilish - malevolent or benign

[shakahislop]

 

[version]

Charli has a good marketing team. The 'Brat' stuff's all over the internet atm. I read something the other week where the writer was stressing that what sells pop these days is lore and that both Charli and Taylor Swift get this whereas Dua Lipa doesn't, which is why her album came and went whilst the other two's are still being talked about.

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[Murphy]

 

[kid charlemagne]

all of these women are very hot, but look like they'd be mean to me

 

[version]

 

[shakahislop]

boasting for a while was something you only really heard in rap. it's seeped out. in this kind of pop music it's the girls who are boasting. that wasn't allowed before

 

[line b]

Think charli as a pop musician is pretty good

 

[kid charlemagne]

i've not listened to brat. but my friend told me i was brat.

 

[kid charlemagne]

ive heard small bits from that album, charli going "365 hot girl" in that british voice. just feels like music i shouldnt be listening to. im not sure. i feel out of place.

 

[luka]

shes started using a 'bri'ish' voice that no one british person uses, instead its an americans impersonation of a british accent. quite odd.

 

[wg-]

shes started using a 'bri'ish' voice that no one british person uses, instead its an americans impersonation of a british accent. quite odd.

Not sure about that, she's from that Essex/Herts hinterland. It's a weird place

 

[yyaldrin]

hot girl summer
white boy summer
brat summer

it's smart to claim the summer as soon as possible and ride that publicity wave, wonder what kind of summer we'll get 2025

 

[sus]

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[sus]

At FWB Fest everyone was talking about how Bushwick Cuties made Brat Summer happen

 

[thirdform]

all of these women are very hot, but look like they'd be mean to me

that's fine, you can force them to be tyrannical by adopting the slave position in the dialectic.

 

[thirdform]

as for me, I'm immune to their charms.

 

[kid charlemagne]

At FWB Fest everyone was talking about how Bushwick Cuties made Brat Summer happen

would brat summer happen without bushwick?

 

[sus]

Absolutely not

 

[shakahislop]

was listening to the Spotify USA Top 50 in bushwick the other day walking from nowadays (i went to Long Gong which involved one man playing a gong for several hours in the middle of the dancefloor and about six other people lying on mats on the floor around him) to the J. something has reversed in pop music for the moment, the songs where men are singing are all vulnerable and introspective, the songs where women are singing are all sex and power. these four featured prominently

 

[shakahislop]

the rappers are the exception obviously, they're calling each other paedos