Charli XCX is lifting the curtain on her astronomical fame and admitting it’s actually pretty ’embarrassing’ to be a pop star.

The Apple hitmaker, whose Grammy-nominated dance album Brat took pop culture by storm last summer, notes that her profession inevitably comes with ‘pros and cons’.

A major con, she reckons, is the ‘stupidity’ of it all, despite the lavish perks like designer gifts and once-in-a-lifetime experiences, living out the ‘cliches’ and ‘meeting interesting people’.

Over the past year, the performer, whose real name is Charlotte Aitchison, has become synonymous with the party girl image, often pictured smoking a cigarette and on wild nights out with her famous friends.

But that’s just one side to fame, according to Charli, who has some profound thoughts on the reasons w

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