Charli XCX on going viral with “Kamala is brat” tweet: “I’m happy to help to prevent democracy from failing”

To be on the right side of democracy, the right side of women’s rights, is hugely important to me. I’m happy to help to prevent democracy from failing forever.

I obviously knew what I was doing. Did I think me talking about being a messy b*tch and, like, partying and needing a Bic lighter and a pack of Marlboro Lights would end up on CNN? No.

[I’m not] a political artist. I’m not Bob Dylan, and I’ve never pretended to be.

My music is not political. Everything I do in my life feeds back into my art. Everything I say, wear, think, enjoy — it all funnels back into my art. Politics doesn’t feed my art.

Charli XCX speaking to Vulture about becoming a talking point on cable news after tweeting ‘Kamala is brat’ once Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election.