Overview
- Charli XCX published a Substack on November 21 detailing what she calls the realities of being a pop star, from the rush of access and perks to the alienation of constant transit.
- In the piece she rejects a narrow label, saying she does not view herself purely as a pop star and prefers to be seen as a creative or artist.
- She lists the fun—parties, connections, “free shit,” early listens to music—alongside harsher truths about liminal spaces, fleeting devotion, and the ego jolt of the stage.
- Linking to a Lou Reed interview, she embraces blurred lines between performance and truth, writing, “Who fucking cares? … it’s just funny and cool.”
- The first trailer for The Moment, an A24 mockumentary directed by Aidan Zamiri and featuring Alexander Skarsgård, Rachel Sennott, Kylie Jenner, and Rosanna Arquette, arrived November 21 as she advances multiple film and soundtrack projects, including work with Emerald Fennell and a John Cale collaboration.