Charli XCX is done pretending she’s here to please everyone. After lighting up the Glastonbury stage with a full-throttle, no-holds-barred performance that had the Worthy Farm crowd raving into the night, the hyperpop princess took a moment to politely drag critics who questioned her use of auto-tune and digital instrumentation during the set. And baby, she did it the Charli way: bold, cheeky, and completely unbothered.
A Glastonbury Girlboss Moment
Charli’s set at Glastonbury wasn’t just a concert. It was a celebration of everything extra, everything futuristic, and everything fabulously feminine. From razor-sharp synths to glitchy euphoria to her signature cyber-pop vocals, she transformed the stage into her very own post-Y2K fantasy land. But not everyone was on board with the vibes.
Following the show, a few critics (read: mostly older men on the internet) began taking aim at Charli’s use of auto-tune and lack of a “traditional” band set-up, calling it inauthentic, “not real music,” and (the cardinal sin in pop culture discourse) boring. In other words: the olds were mad.
Charli Responds Like the Queen of Hyperpop That She Is
Rather than ignoring the noise, Charli took to X (formerly Twitter) to engage with the chatter in the most iconic, eyebrow-arched, lip-glossed way possible.
“really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on glastonbury performance. it’s super fascinating to me.” she tweeted, in her effortlessly dry tone that screams “I’m not mad, I’m amused.”
And then she really let it rip:
“like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a ‘real artist’ is like, the most boring take ever. yawn sorry just fell asleep xx.”
Honestly? Put it on a tank top. Maybe even an album cover. Charli XCX isn’t here for outdated rules about what constitutes “real” artistry. She’s here to challenge it, remix it, and set it to a hard beat you can cry to on the dancefloor.
Divisive Art? That’s the Point
But Charli wasn’t done. She then dropped what might be the most Charli take ever, doubling down on her love for controversy in pop music:
“but to be honest… i enjoy the discourse. imo the best art is divisive and confrontational and often evolves into truly interesting culture rather than being like kind of ok, easily understood and sort of forgettable.”
Can we get a round of applause for that? This is the girl who made Crash, Pop 2, and Brat. This is the girl who thrives in the uncomfortable, who isn’t afraid of the industrial, who makes you question why you’re twerking to a song about emotional detachment. She’s not making music for easy listeners. She’s making music that slaps and stirs.
The Internet Reacts to Charli XCX Tweets
The Bigger Picture: Pop’s Digital Revolution Isn’t Slowing Down
This moment isn’t just about Charli XCX. It’s about what we demand from women in pop, and how we still clutch our pearls when they experiment with production and presentation. Male rock stars can grunt through muddy guitar solos and be called geniuses. But when a woman dares to use auto-tune as a creative tool? Suddenly it’s “not real.”
The truth is, auto-tune isn’t a crutch. It’s a brush. And Charli? She’s painting a whole cyberpunk Mona Lisa.
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