Episode 838: Brat Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short a Date

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Middle-aged podcasters Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather investigate the “Kamala is Brat” meme and discover that it is actually a record album, such as you can play on a phonograph. They investigate Charli XCX’s BRAT, discussing its style and sound, its lyrical concern, its cultural connections, and the function of “brat” as a way of being in the world.

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Further Reading

• • BRAT on Genius
  • “Reload! A History of The Rewind” (<em>DJ Tech Tools</em>)
  • Essex on Wikipedia