Pop Star Responds To ‘Boomers' Criticizing Her for Using AutoTune Live
The beloved U.K. music festival showcased a diverse range of music and acts-from classic rock to punk, hip-hop, and EDM-but apparently, some fans took offense at Charli's lack of a backing band and her extensive use of AutoTune during her set on June 28.
"Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my Glastonbury performance," tweeted Charli on Sunday. "It's super fascinating to me. Like the idea that singing with 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," she added, exaggerating how she was over it.
The 32-year-old singer-whose album, brat, elevated her to a new level of fame and became a part of the pop culture landscape last year-said she honestly "enjoys the discourse" surrounding her work. "[In my opinion]," tweeted Charli, "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."
Charli appeared to close the book on her brat era at the end of her Glastonbury set, as her signature lime-green curtain went up in flames while she danced. Later, she was spotted watching Gracie Abrams' set.
Stereogum notes that Charli still has a few more European festival appearances lined up over the summer (including an appearance at South Korea's One Universe Festival in mid-August), so fans can still feel very brat a few more times before it's all over.
Along with Charli's AutoTune, Glastonbury had something for everyone. The massive festival featured an appearance by Sir Ian McKellen during the Scissor Sisters' set, the return of The 1975, and a surprise collaboration between Olivia Rodrigo and goth rock icon Robert Smith of The Cure.
Related: Rock Legend, 66, Makes Shocking Appearance With Pop Star at Glastonbury
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