It was supposed to be Brat summer 🙁

As much as I’d love to just leave this post at that, I’ve gotta point out how genius The Bit is. Because while Brat seems to be the pinnacle of dance-first-think-never ethos of shallow pop music, beneath all of the digital noise and frivolous party girl one-liners is a surprisingly sophisticated bit of songwriting.

It’s hard to suss out where the bit ends and the real artist begins. I suppose it’s possible that the cracks in Brat’s vapid exterior are entirely unintentional, speaking to the hollowness of the party life by means of omission. But it seems more likely that Charli XCX is in actuality a sensitive singer-songwriter cosplaying as a Club Queen. Andy Kauffman would be proud—at least if that’s not actually him in the miniskirt and sunglasses, anyway.