It’s about breaking the mold and doing something so unexpected that it captures attention. In a sea of album covers that blend together with their glossy production and cohesive color schemes, Charli’s choice to embrace the "ugly" disrupts the status quo. Back in New York, it was definitely autumn, and the album was ready to morph into its next form. Charli debuted her remix album, Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat from the Storm King Art Center in upstate New York. Meanwhile, a second Trump presidency was knocking, whether we were home to answer the door or not. Since then, Chappell has come under fire for setting strict boundaries with fans.

Then the day before the record came out, I left her a voice note. [Lorde] replied straight away and was like, ‘Oh, my God, I had no idea you felt this way. I’m so sorry.’ And then was like, ‘You know, maybe I should be on a version of the song.’ I didn’t even ask her. Despite Crash being Charli’s open bid for mainstream approval, it turned out her "no compromise" record brat would be far more successful commercially.

The leader of the Brat Pack ordered two slices of pepperoni pizza and a Coke at Lamonica’s N.Y. Pizza stand in Westwood, the home of UCLA and, seemingly, the capital of the generation that buys all the movie tickets. There is an enormous movie theater at practically every intersection in Westwood