"It’s just this amazing thing when a peer throws the gauntlet down like that,“ the two-time Grammy winner said in reference to the success of Charli's sixth studio album.

Brat was Rolling Stone's album of the year for 2024, and judging from what Lorde has been saying about Charli XCX's record, it was probably hers, too. "I'd been trying to express [myself] in this naked way,

“It’s really hard to let go of brat and let go of this thing that is so inherently me and become my entire life.”