Charli XCX Claps Back at Glastonbury Critics: 'The Most Boring Take Ever'

Cosmopolitan

13 hours ago

Charli XCX may have lit her distressed backdrop up in flames during her iconic set at Glastonbury, but her brattitude is far from over. The Grammy winner took the stage at England's legendary music festival on Saturday, June 28, bringing the latest installment of her brat show to life with songs like 'Sympathy is a Knife' and 'Party 4 u.'
Once the BBC posted clips of her performance on social media, the pop pioneer was faced with criticism for using too much autotune, which, you know, is nothing new if you've listened to her music in the past decade. Upon seeing the discourse unravel online, Charli decided to chime in herself.
'Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. it's super fascinating to me,' she wrote in her first string of social media posts.
She continued defending her artistic choices, writing, 'Like the idea that singing with a deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a 'real artist' is like, the most boring take ever. yawn sorry just fell asleep xx.'
The hitmaker then shared that she actually welcomes the discourse surrounding her performance. 'The best art is divisive and confrontational and often evolves into truly interesting culture rather than being like kind of ok, easily understood and sort of forgettable,' she wrote.
The series of social posts came after The Guardian gave her Glastonbury gig a glowing five-star review. The show included all of Charli's signature moves, including her autotuned mic, cinematic rain-filled performance of 'Track 10,' and, of course, an A-list 'Apple' girl in fellow Glasto performer, Gracie Abrams.
Earlier this year, Charli admitted that she wasn't ready to move on to her next musical era in a vulnerable video she posted on TikTok.
'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, you know?' she said, adding, 'And I started thinking about culture and the kind of ebbs and flows of the lifespan of things and how when you get a level of success, you can kind of become oversaturated and then people want you to disappear, which I understand.'
She then added that reaching new levels of success with her Grammy-winning album has impacted how she's moving forward with future projects. 'Some people are very happy for you, but other people are then like, 'Actually, wait, no, you must be stupid. You must be a vessel for other people's ideas. Otherwise, how would you have done this, you silly woman?'' she said. 'And I'm like, my God, I wish it was like that, because then it would be easier to just let go. I wouldn't care.'