Today, we’re talking about the “femininomenon” that is pop girl summer. This season's music scene has been dominated by unfiltered female sensations, including Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter. How did these artists become so popular? How does this scene compare with that of the pop girls of the early 2000s? And what is a ‘brat’ summer? Lilah is joined by music writer Arwa Haider and US media correspondent Anna Nicolaou to chat through it.

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Links (all FT links get you past the paywall): 

– You can listen to our curation of pop girl summer hits in this Spotify playlist, or by searching “Pop Girl Summer 2024: Life and Art”. You can thank our producer Lulu Smyth

– The FT’s 4 star review of Brat is here: https://on.ft.com/4cvSTIQ 

– Arwa Haider is on X @ArwaHaider. Anna Nicolaou is @annaknicolaou 

– Lilah recommends Miranda July’s novel All Fours

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