Last summer, a phenomenon spread from beyond the music world to culture at large, defining a time period into a single, four-letter word: Brat. It was “Brat Summer,” kicked off by an album from pop trendsetter Charli XCX , which came with its own color scheme, carefree attitude, and even light political endorsements . People young and, err, not-so-young could create their very own Brat avatar using an online Brat generator, make an “Apple” dance video for TikTok, or chase down Charli at iconic public moments like her Brat wall “performance” or abroad as she thrashed around for a Boiler Room set.

Interestingly, the moment wasn’t even tied to a tour, which made her Sweat run with Troye Sivan and her eventual Brat concerts feel like extensions of Brat summer even as the weather chang

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