Charli XCX has replied to the criticism of her headlining performance on the Other Stage at Glastonbury 2025. After her bold ‘Brat’ celebration on the Other Stage on Saturday (28 June), several viewers who watched her livestream on BBC’s iPlayer went on social media to criticize the singer for using autotune.
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Some called her “the worst performer”, while others said the set was “one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life”.
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.
On Sunday (June 29), Charli voiced her opinions on the discourse on social media. She wrote in the first of several tweets
But to be honest… I enjoy the discourse. [In my opinion] 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.
She followed up
The idea that you can’t sing and have to hide behind auto-tune as a stylistic choice, because otherwise no one would be interested or pay attention to you as an artist, well yes, we all know you’re untalented.
Commenters went even harder at the singer for her opinion
Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. it’s super fascinating to me.
Charli XCX ended her discourse with one final tweet
During her headline show, Charli XCX celebrated ‘Brat’ by performing songs from the album like ‘365’, ‘Apple’, ‘Von Dutch’, ‘Girl, So Confusing’ and more. At the end of the show, she said that ‘Brat Summer’ might not actually be over, saying that “it’s a forever thing”. The performance also featured Gracie Abrams on-screen, joining in for the viral ‘Apple Dance’.
Somewhere else at Glastonbury, Charli XCX followed her high-energy Other Stage show with a surprise and close-up DJ set alongside her fiancé, The 1975 drummer George Daniel.
Source: NME