By Lisa Respers France, NCS
(NCS) — Charlie XCX sees your Brat Summer and raises you.
That’s as a result of the pop star is betting she will be able to lengthen that run with a forthcoming movie conceived by and starring her.
A teaser trailer has dropped for “The Moment,” an A24 film which Vanity Fair described as “a revisionist history focused on the aftermath of ‘Brat’s’ release in which she stars with Alexander Skarsgård.”
It’s wild and chaotic — and reveals off the singer’s comedic chops, in addition to a blink and also you miss it glimpse of Kylie Jenner, who makes an look.
Charlie XCX informed Vanity Fair it’s a “2024 period piece.”
“It’s not a tour documentary or a concert film in any way, but the seed of the idea was conceived from this idea of being pressured to make one,” the singer stated. “It’s fiction, but it’s the realest depiction of the music industry that I’ve ever seen.”
Written by Aidan Zamiri and Bertie Brandes and directed by Zamari, all of it started in 2024 when Charlie XCX was in the midst of co-headlining the “Sweat” tour with fellow singer Troye Sivan and proper earlier than she launched her “Brat” tour.
She despatched a word to Zamari, who had directed her “Guess” and “360” movies, which he described as “word vomit.”
“It almost felt like a diary entry of, ‘This is how I feel right now,’” Zamiri stated. “This feeling of having just almost got everything she could have wanted, and what that felt like on kind of a human level.”
Thus the script was born.
“Brat” turned a cultural phenomena, spurring not only a color obsession, but in addition being designated the word of the year for 2024 by Collins Dictionarym which outlined it as a one who is “characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude.”
“Brat Summer” was even embraced by then presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris, which almost killed the meme and the vibes.
The movie’s solid additionally consists of Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Trew Mullen, Isaac Cole Powell, Rachel Sennott, and Rish Shah.
“The Moment” hits theaters January 26, 2026.
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