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Charli XCX has by no means been one to do issues the standard method — and so, in hilarious scenes on stage in Florida final night time (Sunday October 6), she determined to “leak” her personal tracklist for the eagerly-anticipated Brat remix album.
Whereas performing on the Kia Middle in Orlando as a part of her sell-out Sweat tour with Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan, the long-lasting 360 singer thrust a chunk of paper at a fan within the entrance row, earlier than ordering them to submit it on social media after the present.
“That is the tracklist with all of the options,” the star, 32, advised the hyped-up crowd. “I want someone to take an image of it and put it on-line OK? After the present. You gonna do it? Don’t rip it! Be sure somebody will get it!”
Fortunately, the fan in query understood the task and inside a couple of hours, the crumpled tracklist had gone viral — so the world now is aware of that the Brat remix album (aka “Brat and it’s fully completely different but additionally nonetheless brat”), which drops this Friday (October 11) options some unimaginable visitor stars, together with The 1975, Robyn, Ariana Grande and The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas.
Since Brat was the album of the summer season, creating a complete motion, the replace, that includes a ton of A-list collabs, has been the topic of fevered hypothesis and pleasure for months. Earlier within the weekend, Charli XCX herself shared teaser pics through Instagram, exhibiting pretend billboards revealing the names of a few of the artists who she’s signed as much as seem on it — besides they had been proven as mirror photos, making her followers do the work to get the intel.
However, because of the singer now kindly leaking the total listing final night time in Orlando, her followers now know all the main points, like the truth that the 360 remix options singer Robyn and rapper Yung Lean, whereas Grande visitor stars on Sympathy Is A Knife.
The 1975’s big worldwide fanbase will likely be excited that the band (together with Jon Hopkins) seems on I Would possibly Say One thing Silly, whereas Addison Rae is listed subsequent to Von Dutch.
In the meantime, Charli XCX’s long-term pal and rival Lorde sings on Woman, So Complicated — the track rumored to be about her — whereas artists as various as Bon Iver, Billie Eilish and Tinashe are additionally included on the replace.
Teaming up with the star of the second is a large alternative for each up and coming artists breaking by, and established names trying to enhance their cool credentials — and, because of the singer’s fantastically chaotic promo marketing campaign, it’d simply be a good larger hit than the unique.
Plus, it’s good of her to offer her publicist weekends off, proper?