Katy Perry has officially jumped on the Brat summer wave. The 39-year-old pop star praised Charli XCX’s viral album phenomenon and her career during her appearance on BBC’s The One Show on Thursday, July 25. Perry excitedly declared, “It’s a Brat summer.”
“You guys, this is a Brat couch, Charli XCX,” Perry said, referring to the neon green color of Charli’s Brat album when asked about the artist featured on the Mercury Prize 2024 shortlist. “This is Brat summer, and your couches are Brat. And the trash cans are Brat. You guys are really Brat fans.”
The “Woman’s World” singer confirmed that she’s “of course” a Charli XCX fan, adding, “She is in her prime right now. She’s got all of her flowers, she works so hard, and she is a super mega big pop star.”
Perry is the latest celebrity to pledge their fandom to Charli’s already epic Brat era. Since dropping her sixth studio album on June 7, the “360” singer, 31, has seen famous folks like Ashley Tisdale, Brooke Shields, Kerry Washington, and the cast of Twisters — Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Anthony Ramos — take on her viral “Apple” dance inspired by the album cut.
Even Vice President Kamala Harris’ newly launched presidential campaign adopted the Brat summer trend after Charli declared on X (formerly Twitter) that the politician “IS Brat.”
Charli spoke on the viral allure of Brat for her recent Billboard cover story, where she discussed playing with the idea of “inclusivity and exclusivity” as a key part of her latest album era. “I like the marketing of pop music more than I am interested in actual pop music,” she explained of the Brat craze.
“With Brat, it was really interesting to just do things for the fan base and make that feel exclusive — but then once you’re in the club, it’s actually very inclusive,” she continued. “Actually, everyone can join the club. It’s just that everybody joins at slightly different times in slightly different ways — whether that be on my private Instagram posts, or the 400-person Boiler Room, or a random cinema screening of a new music video in [Los Angeles], or a text message from me.”
As previously announced, Charli told fans on X that “Brat summer is only just beginning :)” What that entails exactly is still a mystery, but the star is heading out on the road with Troye Sivan this fall to perform her Brat songs on their joint headlining tour titled Charli XCX & Troye Sivan Present: Sweat. The first show kicks off in Detroit on Sept. 14, while the final one will be held in Seattle on Oct. 23.
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