She released her new album BRAT on Friday.
And Charli XCX’s, 31, hyper pop-electronic record has already debuted as the ‘most critically acclaimed record of the year’ surpassing Beyonce‘s latest album Cowboy Carter and Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department.
Ranking number one on Metacritic, Charli’s new album BRAT glided past Queen B’s hit country-pop album Cowboy Carter, which was released on March 29 and is the singer’s eighth studio album.
According to review aggregator Metacritic, received ‘universal acclaim’ based on a score of 92 out of 100 from 11 critics scores.
BRAT is the singer’s sixth studio album and the record reportedly evokes and channels the illegal London rave scene where Charli started performing when she was 14 or 15.
Charli XCX released her new album BRAT on Friday and according to review aggregator Metacritic, the album received acclaim based on a score of 92 out of 100 from 11 critics
The hyper pop-electronic record has already debuted as the ‘most critically acclaimed record of the year’ surpassing Beyonce’s latest album Cowboy Carter (L) and Taylor Swift’s (R)
According to Charli XCX, BRAT is her ‘most aggressive and confrontational record’, but also her most vulnerable.
In February, the star debuted snippets of tracks during her Boiler Room warehouse set including tracks identified as ‘Spring Breakers’ and 365.
The British pop singer, whose real name is Charlotte Emma Aitchison, posted a video on TikTok where she explained to fans that her upcoming album Brat, doesn’t contain a diss track and instead reflects on the struggles of being a female artist.
The Speed Drive hitmaker insisted that the only diss song on her album is the track ‘Von Dutch’, which was released on 29 February this year.
Charlie took to social media to squash speculation about the new album, Brat, which was released on 7 June.
She said: ‘I’m seeing online that some people think there are diss tracks on Brat, and I just want to come on her and clarify that there aren’t apart from Von Dutch which kind of is.’
The Von Dutch hitmaker looked casual as she appeared make-up-free with her long wavy hair pulled back into a loose ponytail to address the rumours.
The singer, who claimed her new album is her most ‘aggressive and confrontational record’ to date, took to Instagram on Thursday to announce the exciting news to her followers
She told users: ‘The other tracks in question, aren’t. They’re really just about how it’s so complicated being an artist, especially a female artist, where you are pitted against your peers but also expected to be best friends with every single person constantly and if you’re not, you’re deemed a bad feminist.
‘To me, that is such an unrealistic expectation.’
After posting the video, the princess of pop received a stream of comments from fans, desperately trying to work out which song intended to attack.
Diss tracks, which are usually used to attack another artist in the industry, have been popular within the rap genre as a way of hitting out against a rival.
One famous example was Jay-Z releasing the song ‘Takeover’ in 2001, which included digs on his nemesis, Nas, another hip-hop artist.
However, fans of the pop artist have come up with their own unusual theories for who the dance hit is about, with some even convinced that it could be about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
‘Can you come for Rishi Sunak queen,’ one wrote.
In answering who the song is about, another user confidently said: ‘Rishi Sunak’.
However, the current Prime Minister isn’t the only one under fire as several other artists have been suggested as the target behind the catchy dance track.
It comes after Charli revealed her song hit Von Dutch is a diss track and left TikTokers guessing over whether it’s about another artist or bizarrely, Rishi Sunak
The British pop singer, whose real name is Charlotte Emma Aitchison, posted a video on TikTok where she explained to fans that her upcoming album Brat, doesn’t contain a diss track and instead reflects on the struggles of being a female artist
‘FKA Twigs, it’s so obvious,’ wrote one TikToker while others suggested Ariana Grande, Pink Pantheress, Lorde, and perhaps the most bizarre, one user alluded to Queen Camilla.
While it’s not clear who the track does refer to, the singer is adamant that the rest of the album doesn’t reflect a disagreement with any other individual.
In the video, she added: ‘So for me these songs are about how as being a woman and an artist, some days you can feel on top of the world, some days you can feel unbelievably insecure, other days you can feel highly competitive, sometimes you can feel like literal trash.
‘It’s really emotional and complicated to deal with and we’re not supposed to talk about it but these songs do talk about it and I’ll probably be chastised for it but whatever, it’s reality.’
Before the pop icon cleared the air, several fans flocked to the comment section to bizarrely say the song was aimed at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak