With just one word and a shocking shade of lime green, Charli XCX created a cultural phenomenon this summer that was seen everywhere, from various clubs around the world to Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. Since publication brat In June, Charli embarked on two tours and released a handful of remixes of selected tracks from the hit album. Now the ever-evolving artist has completely reinvented the album with her first-ever remix album. Brat and it’s completely different, but still Brat.

The release of the remix album was preceded by the widely acclaimed remix “Girl, So Confusing” featuring Lorde and a remix of the bonus track “Guess” featuring Billie Eilish. Here, Charli has made it her mission to create a completely new version of each track bratcomplete with new verses, in the same style as true ’90s remixes or Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” remix in 2020. Along the way, she’s joined by acclaimed collaborators new and old, from Ariana Grande on “Sympathy Is.” a Knife” to her Sweat Tour co-headliner Troye Sivan on “Talk Talk.” Other stars like Robyn, Caroline Polachek, Tinashe, Bon Iver and Shygirl also share the mic to create a project that, as the title suggests, is an exciting new way to experience one of the biggest albums of the year.

In a new interview with Zane Lowe, the singer opened up about wrestling with being “caught in this dichotomy of, ‘Am I a left-field underground artist or am I supposed to be a pop star?'” on her 2022 album crash was her attempt to adopt the traditional pop star image, albeit in her own unique way Brat-and above all that brat Remix Album – represents Charli in her authentic, unbridled artistic form, free from industry expectations or boxes.

It’s a welcome return to the sounds of beloved (if less commercially successful) previous projects like Pop 2 And Angel number 1. Specifically, Charli counts brat as a sister project to 2017’s hyperpop-laden mixtape Pop 2 and her 2020 lockdown album How I feel now. With Brat and it’s completely different, but still BratThat’s what she shows brat Upon release, her “pop” may have seemed left of center, but she had only just begun to show how much she could push the boundaries of what she – and all of the featured artists on the remix album – can do.

Charli and Sivan’s joint Sweat tour continues tonight in Denver and ends October 23 in Seattle.