Charli XCX sixth studio album Brat, released earlier this month, has become a cultural phenomenon. The album debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart—making it Charli’s highest charting album in the US and her second top 10 album in the UK. It was also one of Charli’s best-reviewed albums by critics. She received a 95/100 on Metacritic, a site that aggregates reviews from different publications and gives projects an average score out of 100.
Some of its popularity is, of course, due to Charli XCX’s it-girl status in pop. But the appeal also lies in how the pop star has defined the idea of being a “brat.” Charli has called the album her “most aggressive and confrontational record,” which also di…