Put the pore-cleansing facial strips and green juice down, Brat Girl Summer is here, and it means we can all stop making an effort. Or, at least, simply make an effort to look like we’ve made no effort whatsoever. Are you following? Allow Us to explain.
s acclaimed new album Brat has started a movement, a movement that involves smudged eyeliner, novelty sunglasses and a knowing look on your face that suggests you’ve just been doing something absolutely disgraceful. Right now, the Brat trend is all over TikTok, with lists explaining that it involves doing stuff like sleeping in your makeup, staying out all night and randomly getting a tattoo. Meanwhile, Charli XCX herself said that all you need to pull it off is a strappy white tank top and a cheap lighter.
Friday marked the start of 💚Brat Summer💚 and we’re living for it. Charlie XCX released her 15 song album on Friday, but then went on to surprise fans with 3 more songs on an extended version released on Sunday 🤯 Of course, Gen Z are acting like they invented it, and while they definitely coined the phrase, millennials might be thinking “Wait, didn’t and basically do all this in the ‘00s ‘hot mess’ era?”. It’s true that there are similarities, but while an early ‘00s party girl probably used dry shampoo and drugstore face wipes to disguise the fact that she hadn’t been home for three days, a Brat girl is less apologetic, nonchalantly having far too much fun to worry about disheveled hair and .
