Charli xcx has responded to “boomer feedback” about her Glastonbury set on the Different Stage on Saturday night time (June 28). The Brat star drew one of many weekend’s biggest crowds for her set on the pageant’s second-biggest stage; The 1975, Neil Younger and Olivia Rodrigo had been booked for Pyramid, whereas Loyle Carner and The Prodigy joined her on the Different.
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On Sunday night time (June 29), Charli posted a string of feedback on X (previously Twitter) addressing critics of her set. “like the concept that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a standard band abruptly means you should not be a ‘actual artist’ is like, essentially the most boring take ever. yawn sorry simply fell asleep xx,” she wrote.
She added: “however to be sincere… i benefit from the discourse. imo the most effective artwork is divisive and confrontational and sometimes evolves into actually attention-grabbing tradition fairly than being like sort of okay, simply understood and type of forgettable.”
Charli then shared a five-star evaluate from The Guardian, earlier than closing with: “actually having fun with these boomer vibe feedback on my glastonbury efficiency. it’s tremendous fascinating to me.” See her posts beneath.
The set was well-received by many retailers and followers, although a minority of followers posted their displeasure. One called it “one of many worst issues I’ve ever seen in my life,” and one other said she “sounds so dangerous she has to sing with a lot autotune each time she performs stay.”
The set was broadcast stay on BBC One and on the channel’s streaming service iPlayer. The efficiency adopted her Coachella slot in April, and the Brat run is because of proceed within the coming weeks earlier than her ultimate scheduled date in South Korea on Aug. 15.
In the course of the Glastonbury efficiency, Gracie Abrams carried out the well-known “Apple” dance for the massive screens, following different stars who’ve joined in on the viral development at Charli’s exhibits just lately, together with Chappell Roan and Lorde.