Maybe we’ve been too focused on Taylor Swift and the extraordinary numbers of his Eras Tour so much so that we have lost sight of who, perhaps more quietly, is making her way not only to be the pop queen of this summer, but also the one who will dominate the charts and fill festivals and stadiums in the future. If, while reading these lines, the names of Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX came to mind, you are on the right track. because both, each with their own songs and their own sugary pop, for one, and a slightly rougher one, for the other, are building their own path to definitive consecration.
Sabrina Carpenter, after a childhood as a child star of the universe Disneyshe threw herself into music and, even if success didn’t come immediately (she already has 5 albums behind her that have remained a bit in the background), with her next album, due out on August 23rd and preceded by two already widely listened to singles such as Please, please, please And Expressed, Instead, she wants to give a twist to her career, by taking away the classic of the songs that have the most streaming from her colleagues who now, instead, watch her a bit from afar. However, the elements to make her future increasingly rosy and increasingly brilliant are already there: on TikTok, there is no content creator who has not already decided to cut their hair and copy her vaporous bangs, which have already become a trademark. Or to replicate her make up or even her outfits, always very sensual but with a touch of bon ton. It is not surprising, therefore, that Kim Kardashian wanted her as a testimonial for her Skims or that Taylor Swift asked her to open some of her triumphant tour dates (also managing to create a sort of trait d’union between two people who would have difficulty even being in the same room).
The finishing touch to this already impeccable profile is her relationship with Barry Keoghan, who has now become one of the most sought-after actors. He is also the protagonist of her latest video, Please, please, pleaseAnd We know very well how successful they are, but above all how good the blends between these two universes are for your career. An example? The video of Jenny from the block by Jennifer Lopez which has become one of the most important and representative songs of her career.
Charli XCX, on the other hand, brings to the world of pop music a bit of that chaotic energy that makes everything more fascinating and interesting. Many who rediscovered her this summer with her new album Bratthey remembered her only for fancysung together with Iggy Azalea, and Boom Clap. Instead, since his debut with the album True Romancein 2013, has never stopped producing and writing music and, through the ups and downs, has continued his career in a rather linear manner. In a career like this, the element that disrupts everything could only arrive and with Brat he wanted to do just that. The album cover, intentionally ugly and sloppy, has become one of the most viral memes on social media, the lyrics are more mature, there are some digs at a famous ex-friend (like Lorde) and, above all, it can count on a group of friends, equally famous (such as Julia Fox, Chloe Cherry, Gabriette and Chloë Sevigny)who brought his video 360 to nearly 6 million views on YouTube, somewhat following the example of Bad Blood by Taylor Swift. All emphasized by TikTok and GenZ who, to the hot girl summer, now prefer the brat girl summer (remember that the term brat literally means naughty). The singer is the plastic representation that pop performers must be perfect, but how much more fun is it to throw everything up in the air and show the complete opposite?
In a world that constantly forces us to choose between two options, once again we find ourselves asking: which is better, Sabrina Carpenter or Charli XCX? Are we more fans and nostalgic for the reassuring pop of Britney Spears or do we want something more scathing and disruptive like Lady Gaga? This summer, perhaps, will give us the definitive answer, but in the meantime let’s enjoy this challenge, thinking about which concert of one of the two we would like to go to more.
Source: Vanity Fair
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