Remember Brat Summer? This was, of course, 2024, the year when Charlie XEX's Brat album catapulted her into the mainstream.

Now she's turned that moment into the movie The Moment. It's a hyperpop supermetta faux documentary

commenting upon the intense response to Brat and Charlie's fickle

relationship with stardt. Along for the ride is none other than Alexander Scarsgard in a great

comedic turn as a concert filmmaker who's totally not brat. I'm Stephen Thompson. And I'm Ayesha Harris,

and today we're talking about The Moment on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining us today is NPR music reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento. Hey, Isabella. Howdy. Great to have you.

Also with us as journalist and host of the movie review podcast seated, Trevelle Anderson. Hey, Trevelle.

Hello, hello. So great to have you. So, look,

The Moment stars Charlie X-EX as a version of herself in the immediate aftermath of the so-called

Brat Summer of 2024. She's feeling intense pressure to capitalize upon her newfound

mainstream success and reluctantly goes along with her record label's shrewd business plans.

Those plans include shooting a concert film of her brat tour and the label insists she hire a director named Johannes to helm the project.

He's played by Alexander Scarsguard.

Johannes' mainstream vision clashes with both Charlie's party girl aesthetic and her creative director,

Celeste, who's played by Haley Benton Gates.

Are you familiar with light up wristbands?

Like wristbands that light up? And the audience wears them, and then we can program the wristbands to react to the music,

to the beat.

When you see it live, it'll blow your mind.

The movie's central question is this.

Can Charlie keep the brat momentum going?

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