Charli xcx Hits Back at “Boomer” Criticism of Autotune Use During Glastonbury Set: “Yawn”
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysCharli xcx is hitting back at the “boomers” critiquing her use of autotune during Saturday night’s Glastonbury set.
The British superstar started her raucous set at the U.K. musical festival with a burningBratsign towering over her shoulder before obliging thousands of fans with album favorites like “365” and “Von dutch,” as well as old-school hits, including “party 4 u” and “I Love It.”
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On Sunday, the singer posted to X about getting comments that her performance was less than for using autotune. “Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on Glastonbury performance. It’s super fascinating to me.”
She continued in a series of posts: “Like the idea that singing with a 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.”
The “Speed Drive” singer then stated she enjoys 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.”
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Among some of the highlights from the set includedGracie Abrams—on Worthy Farm this weekend as a performer, also —being selected as Charli’s “Apple” girl. “I love you so much, Gracie,” she said as the U.S. singer blew kisses at the camera.
At the end of the raucous performance, where Charli sipped white wine and splashed around in on-stage rain, signage on either side of the stage thanked fans for their ongoing support. “I think you’ve all proven to me that brat is forever,” one of them read, “I don’t know who I am if it’s over.”
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