Brat (album)

Brat
studio by
Charli XCX
ReleasedJune 7, 2024
Recorded2023 – 2024
Studio
Genre
Length41:23
LabelAtlantic[1]
Producer
  • Alexander Guy Cook
  • Cirkut
  • Finn Keane
  • George Daniel
  • Charli XCX
  • Gesaffelstein
  • Hudson Mohawke
  • El Guincho
  • Jon Shave
  • Linus Wiklund
  • Omer Fedi
Charli XCX chronology
Crash
(2022)		 Brat
(2024)
Singles from Brat
  1. "360"
    Released: May 10, 2024
  2. "Apple"
    Released: August 2, 2024
Singles from Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not
  1. "Guess"
    Released: August 1, 2024

Brat is Charli XCX's sixth studio album. The album consists of singles including the "360", "Von Dutch", "Girl, So Confusing", "Apple" and "Guess". The album features production by Charli XCX herself, her longtime executive producer A. G. Cook, her partner George Daniel, and others

Release

Brat was released on June 7, 2024.[2] A deluxe edition, titled Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not, was released on June 10. The album consists of three additional songs.[3]

On June 21, a remix version of "Girl, So Confusing" featuring New Zealander singer Lorde was released.[4][5] On 1 August, a remix version of "Guess" from the deluxe edition was released featuring singer Billie Eilish.[6] The following day, "Apple" was released to Italian radio as the album's third single.[7]

Accolades

Award Year Result Ref.
Mercury Prize 2024 Nominated [8]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic95/100
Review scores
SourceRating

Track list

Brat – standard edition track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."360"
  • Cirkut
  • Alexander Guy Cook
  • Finn Keane[a]
2:13
2."Club Classics"
  • Aitchison
  • George Daniel
  • Daniel
  • Cook[a]
2:33
3."Sympathy Is a Knife"
  • Aitchison
  • Keane
  • Jonathan Christopher Shave
  • Keane
  • Charli XCX
2:31
4."I Might Say Something Stupid"
  • Aitchison
  • Mike Lévy
  • Gesaffelstein
  • Bart Schoudel[v]
1:49
5."Talk Talk"
  • Aitchison
  • Cook
  • Ross Matthew Birchard
  • Hudson Mohawke
  • Cook[a]
2:41
6."Von Dutch"
  • Aitchison
  • Keane
Keane2:44
7."Everything Is Romantic"
  • Aitchison
  • Pablo Díaz-Reixa
  • El Guincho
  • Cook
  • XCX
  • Jasper Harris[a]
  • Marlonwiththeglasses[a]
  • Jae Deal[a]
3:23
8."Rewind"
  • Aitchison
  • Walter
  • Cook
  • Cirkut
  • Cook
2:48
9."So I"
  • Aitchison
  • Keane
  • Shave
  • Shave
  • Cook
3:31
10."Girl, So Confusing"
  • Aitchison
  • Cook
Cook2:54
11."Apple"
  • Aitchison
  • Daniel
  • Linus Wiklund
  • Noonie Bao
  • Daniel
  • Wiklund
  • Cook
  • XCX
2:31
12."B2B"
  • Aitchison
  • Lévy
  • Gesaffelstein
  • Fedi
  • Cook
  • Schoudel[v]
2:58
13."Mean Girls"
  • Aitchison
  • Cook
  • Birchard
  • Cook
  • Hudson Mohawke
3:09
14."I Think About It All the Time"
  • Aitchison
  • Cook
  • Keane
  • Shave
  • Cook
  • Keane
2:15
15."365"
  • Aitchison
  • Cook
  • Walter
  • Cook
  • Cirkut
3:23
Total length:41:23
Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not – deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Hello Goodbye"
  • Aitchison
  • Cook
Cook3:39
17."Guess"
  • Aitchison
  • Harrison Patrick Smith
  • Dylan Brady
The Dare2:22
18."Spring Breakers"
  • Aitchison
  • Cook
  • Keane
  • Shave
  • Cook
  • Keane
  • Shave
2:23
Total length:49:46

Notes

Personnel

  • Charli XCX – vocals, executive production, design, layout
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Idania Valencia – mastering (tracks 1–5, 7–18)
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 1, 8)
  • Tom Norris – mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13)
  • Bart Schoudel – mixing, vocal engineering (tracks 4, 12)
  • Gesaffelstein – mixing (tracks 4, 12)
  • Geoff Swan – mixing (tracks 7, 9, 11, 14–18)
  • Cirkut – vocal engineering (tracks 1, 8)
  • George Daniel – vocal engineering (tracks 2, 11)
  • Jon Shave – vocal engineering (tracks 3, 9)
  • Finn Keane – vocal engineering (tracks 3, 14)
  • A. G. Cook – vocal engineering (tracks 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16), executive production
  • Ashley Jacobson – vocal recording (track 6)
  • Hudson Mohawke – vocal engineering (track 13)
  • Matt Cahill – mixing assistance (tracks 7, 9, 11, 14–18)
  • Darin Lewis – promotion, listener, approvals
  • Special Offer – design, layout
  • Imogene Strauss – design, layout

Reception

The album has a 95/100 rating on Metacritic, meaning "universal acclaim."[10] It is the highest-rated album of 2024[11] and 14th-highest rated album of all time on the site.[12]

Charts

Chart performance for Brat
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]3
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[14] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15]7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16]5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17]6
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18]4
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[19] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[20]9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21]4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[22]11
French Albums (SNEP)[23]16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24]8
Greek Albums (IFPI)[25] 66
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[26]11
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[27] 8
Irish Albums (OCC)[28]2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[29]26
Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan)[30] 50
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[31] 7
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32]4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[33]9
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[34]12
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[35]5
Scottish Albums (OCC)[36]2
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[37]5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39]7
UK Albums (OCC)[40]2
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[41]1
US Billboard 200[42]3
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[43]1

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[44] Gold 71,738[45]

References

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  2. ↑ Tyler-Ameen, Daoud; Cills, Hazel (7 June 2024). "New Music Friday: The best albums out June 7". NPR. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (10 June 2024). "Charli XCX Releases Deluxe Edition of Brat: Listen". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Mier, Tomás (21 June 2024). "Charli XCX, Lorde 'Work It Out' on the 'Girl, So Confusing' Remix". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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