Charli xcx says her Glastonbury critics are giving “boomer vibes”

Responding to the reaction to her festival performance, Charli dismissed backlash to her using Autotune as “the most boring take ever.”

Charli xcx, who once wore a T-shirt with the phrase “They don’t build statues of critics” printed on it, has dismissed online reaction to her Glastonbury performance. Charli was among the performers at this year’s British festival, which is broadcast live on the BBC in the U.K., meaning her set was beamed into the homes of millions of people who like nothing more than complaining about other people having fun.

Charli’s current set features her on stage completely alone and performing with the use of a backing track and Autotuned vocals. It’s a lot of fun as the absolutely huge crowd she pulled at Glastonbury would attest. It’s also not the kind of thing some people think of as *proper* music. Combining these two things led to some online backlash (i.e. snarky comments on Twitter/X). You can imagine the type of thing.

Responding on that same platform, Charli was quick to dismiss what she was reading:

“Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. it’s super fascinating to me,” she posted.

She then added:

“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”

“but to be honest… i enjoy the discourse. imo 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.”

Gracie Abrams was handed the role of being the “Apple” girl at Glastonbury, while Charli’s set ended with her setting the Brat curtain alight. Does this mean the elongated Brat summer is over? Probably not as she still has a bunch of festival shows booked for the next few months. But it’s certainly starting to wind down. Maybe she can start a band next and make random dads across the U.K. happy for once.