And oh, what a Brat Summer it was!

The rest of the year wasn’t so bad either.

Charli XCX: Mike Marsland/WireImage; Rapp: Noam Galai/Getty Images for WSJ.

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I just didnt get it, and none of my friends listened to it.

This is probably the single greatest song maybe ever!

It’s her and the Beatles for me.

Anything she does is inherently artistic, down to what she wears.

When I heardBratwas coming out, I was so gassed.

She was exuding sex in the most powerful way, singing her little ass off.

She is a treasure.

Shes genuinely one of one what she does cant be taught, and she cant be copied.

It helps me a lot when I’m going into the studio and writing.

Charli is just a freak of nature.

As told to Gerrad Hall

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