Brat versus the Brat remix album
Track versus track.
Brat summer officially died via the calendar year and when the official campaign of glock-toter-in-chief Kamala Harris embraced it. And Brat fall has died on arrival. Monday at a campaign stop at UW Eau Claire, Senator Amy Klobuchar said: “We're gonna see, like a bus going through Western Wisconsin with — I want you to picture this — Bernie Sanders & Dick Cheney together, holding a sign that says Brat Fall.” Absolutely. Not. Although, Kamala potentially going on Joe Rogan’s podcast is kind of Brat. But maybe not, since it’s only because Trump plans to go on it before the election. Is this election over yet?
Chelsie Baham won Big Brother 26. Thank God. No, really, thank God. Chelsie is somewhat of a youth pastor, so she gives all thanks to this win to God and I know that Julie Chen is absolutely dying to record the next episode of her YouTube series God 101. Chelsie joins the ranks of Dan Gheesling, Cody Calafiore (on his second try, mind you), Xavier Prather as the only players to win with unanimous jury votes. I’ve been waiting for a scheming Black female winner to take home the prize since Danielle Reyes got runner-up in season 3. Taylor Hale was the first Black female winner but she’s nice. Chelsie is kind of mean and I loved it. Meanwhile, runner-up Makensy is getting dragged for taking the best player in the game to the finals with her.
Tom Holland is launching a non-alcoholic beer. The announcement was weirdly met with a lot backlash on social media. Gen Z seems increasingly sober-curious, but alcohol drinkers are oddly very anti-non-alcoholic options.
Paul Mescal addressed the TikTok rumors that he used to ditch one-night stands by running away from them in the morning. He and his siblings found it funny, the only thing that annoyed him was that it upset his mom!
Shawn Mendes showed feet in Interview. He also reveals that he loves smoking (who doesn’t!). Whenever I’m smoking a cigarette on Instagram there’s at least one comment admonishing me for the bad example I’m setting, so you can imagine the myriad in Shawn’s comments.
The girl I accused of being a Vitamin Water plant at Charli’s Storm King Arts Center release party because she kept prominently displaying her VW label for the cameras, was not, in fact, being paid. She did it for the attention and the hopes that VW would cut her a check but doing the work for free kind of negates that already. I feel like this should be obvious, but: don’t promote brands for free.
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Alright, onto the real reason for today’s newsletter… the Charli XCX remix album!
Brat versus the Brat remix album
I’ve already posted some thoughts on Charli’s remix album, Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat. I considered ranking the tracks on both albums but thought it might be better to see how each track on the remix album stacks up against its original. I’m a fan of both projects. I think that Brat is a deeply personal project for Charli and the remix album manages to go even deeper while also churning out the club bangers her longtime fans are used to. This album is for the fans who grew up on PC Music, and who want “Anthems” on her set list.
So here’s my track-by-track comparison of Brat versus Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat: