UK superstar invited to perform at star-studded Brit Awards at O2 arena
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SHE ripped up the rulebook last year with her bold album. And now Charli XCX is preparing to turn the Brit Awards into the Brat Awards. I can reveal the singer has been invited to perform at the star-studded music ceremony at London’s O2 arena in March.
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A source said: “Charli has become the poster girl for British music, and her album Brat was a global phenomenon. “She was even involved with US politics after presidential candidate Kamala Harris rebranded her social media last year, using the same font and lime green colour as Charli’s Brat album.
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“Her music became the soundtrack of 2024.”. A source added: “Charli will no doubt be up for plenty of awards in March after she was nominated for British Pop Act at last year’s Brit Awards even before the hugely successful Brat album hit the scene in June.”.
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Charli — who is also the face of clothing brand Acne Studios — inspired a messy, party-girl aesthetic last year following the release of her album. Fans dubbed it a “brat summer” after ditching their clean-living lifestyles for partying into the early hours — inspired by the lyrics from the album.
![[A performer in a sparkly gold dress on stage at the Criterion Theatre.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/criterion-theatre-963072715.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
In the song 365, Charli sings: “No, I never go home, don’t sleep, don’t eat. Just do it on repeat.”. Of what it means to be “brat”, Charli said: “It’s like this girl who goes to a rave and she is wearing a tank top. "You can kind of see her nipples through it and she is sweaty but she is hot and she is dancing with her friends.”.
