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[Charli xcx] ♪ 3-6-5, party girl, bumpin’ that ♪

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♪ 3-6-5, party girl, bumpin’ that ♪

♪ 3-6-5, party girl, party girl ♪

♪ 3-6-5, party girl, bumpin’ that ♪

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♪ 3-6-5, party girl, party girl Party girl, party girl ♪

[electronic dance-pop music playing]

♪ 3-6-5, party girl, bumpin’ that ♪

♪ 3-6-5, party girl, party girl ♪

♪ 3-6-5, party girl, bumpin’ that ♪

♪ 3-6-5, party girl, party girl Party girl, party girl, party girl ♪

♪ Party girl, party girl Party girl, party girl ♪

♪ When I’m in the club Yeah, I’m bumpin’ that ♪

♪ When I’m at the house Yeah, I’m bumpin’ that ♪

♪ 3-6-5, party girl, bumpin’ that ♪

♪ Shall we do a little key? Shall we have a little line? ♪

♪ Wanna go real wild When I’m bumpin’ that ♪

♪ Meet me in the bathroom If you’re bumpin’ that ♪

♪ 3-6-5, party girl, bumpin’ that 3-6-5, party girl, bumpin’ that ♪

Charli xcx’s hit album, Brat,

has not only reached UK number one, it’s just been named word of the year.

This record proves that Charli truly is a generational pop artist.

Everybody is talking about Brat Summer.

[show host] People are obsessed over the way that you presented this music.

- The dance... You have the apple. - They say you claimed a color.

[news host] A slime green cultural phenomenon.

[Charli] This is the total opposite of an overnight success story.

Brat has opened Charli’s doors to more mainstream possibility.

[news host] Now it’s been given a new dictionary definition.

Do you really want brats to run this country?

They already do enough damage.

Charli! Oh, my God. Thank goodness you’re here.

♪ 3-6-5, 3-6-5 ♪

♪ 3-6-5, 3-6-5 ♪

♪ 3-6-5, 3-6-5, party girl ♪

[gasping, panting]

- [director] Cut! - [rustling]

[director] Okay, you wanna go again?

[rustling]

[Charli] Um, okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[clattering]

[Charli] Okay.

Hi, it’s Charli xcx. You’re listening to [bleep] Breakfast .

Keep having... [sighs]

Are you having a Brat Summer?

I’m sorry, what is it again?

Is it, "I’m Charli xcx," or "It’s Charli xcx"?

- Once again, we agreed to... - Lloyd, I just--

"Hi, this is Charli xcx.

You’re listening to [bleep] Breakfast. Brat Summer forever."

Wait a sec? "It is Charli xcx."

- No. "This is Charli xcx." - Oh, my God.

Okay. Lloyd, don’t you just think the whole, like,

"Keep having a Brat Summer" thing is a bit cringe? I mean, it’s...

I mean, it’s all cringe.

"Make sure to download the [bleep] Breakfast app

- to hear my Brat Essentials playlist." - You’re not listening to me.

And we have to hit the five-second mark really clean,

so you have to say it kind of fast.

I’m not gonna do it in five seconds. It’s impossible.

- You’re gonna have to do it. - Well, I’m not gonna.

"And follow @ [bleep] Breakfast for your chance to win tickets

to my upcoming Brat tour."

- [Lloyd] Good to go again? - [sighs]

Great. That is great.

Um, [bleep] are gonna be super happy with that, guys.

- Can we get talking about schedules? -What? No, Tim.

We haven’t gotten a usable take yet, so...

How many did they want?

- Just-- - I thought it was incredible.

We have three TikToks to make today. We have to get this in by end of day.

- I’m not doing it. - Please.

Get your phone out my face.

Also, we need to schedule a call about this concert film with the label.

Did we already agree to that?

I think I should just say, "Hey, I’m Charli xcx."

You know what? Fine. You are Charli xcx.

- I am, and you love that about me. -[laughing]

- Love it. - [Ana] All right, let’s board.

Can you guys finish that on the flight?

But also, make sure you sleep, Charli. It’s important.

Are you sleeping generally?

- I’m not doing it on the flight... -Okay.

...by the way. Not even sorry.

Yeah, noted. Okay.

[Tim] No. Don’t look at the camera? Oh, no. I won’t. Oh, did I?

Do you have your passport?

[Lloyd] Ana, if you ask me about my passport one more time...

You guys have sorted all that Brat concert film stuff, right?

Yeah.

Because we’ve got the Americans coming in.

Right. Yeah, 100%. All right...

- Alex? Good? - Yeah.

- Dressed like me today. - We good?

- Gonna have a fake tan next? - Yes, Lee.

- Maybe take the jacket off. -You think the jacket’s too much?

I don’t want them to think we’re, like, doing a whole mini-me...

Yeah, sure.

Mic test, mic test, mic test.

- [Jamie] The Americans are coming. -[Josh] There’s fucking millions of them.

[Jamie] Tammy, welcome.

Yeah. So, again, thank you guys so much for coming over for this.

Should we do a quick round of introductions?

- I’m Jamie. - [Tammy] No.

Let’s just get right into it. Charli xcx.

Been a great summer, huh?

How do we keep this Brat thing going?

Yeah, Josh, do you wanna...

Absolutely.

Um, so... [clears throat] ... you know, we’ve-- we’ve obviously been blown away

by how massive all of the Brat Summer stuff has gotten.

How do we go from this big fucking moment and keep it exciting?

You know, keep it alive?

Because obviously, we’ve always known

that Charli is just, like, a really innovative artist, you know?

I mean, she is super creative.

But, I mean, this level of success.

I don’t know if any of us could’ve predicted...

Yeah. She’s always had her niche little thing going on.

But now, it’s fucking mental.

Yeah, so, rather than rushing to the next thing,

stick to what’s working, right?

So, Charli xcx concert film?

Yes. We’ve got Amazon financing, so that’s fantastic.

I mean, this could be our way of keeping Brat fresh till...

well, like, next summer. [chuckles]

Um, we’ve actually managed to get the fucking guy.

- We got Johannes Godwin. - Yeah.

He’s, like, the director. Does all of the big shows.

- Katy, Justin... - I think Johannes is great for this, I do.

It’s assuming that Charli and her team are aligned with everything, right?

Yeah. I mean, she’s just buzzing for it.

Um, she’s just, like, over the moon with the whole plan

as far as we’re aware, um...

So, we just really want to get this thing going, like, yesterday.

Yesterday? Well, that’s impossible.

Yeah. No, of course. [chuckles]

Um, we just... we’re feeling really, really good about it.

[Tammy] Okay, good.

So, the, uh, Howard Stirling activation is this week.

You know, the banking thing? Brat coin?

- Something like that. -It’s a card. It’s a... a Brat card.

[Tammy] Whatever. Bye. Bye.

- [Jamie] Thank you so much. Yes. - [Josh] Thank you, Tammy!

[Josh] I absolutely fucking killed that.

- Like flipped it. - Oh, my God.

- When you offhanded to me, I was like... -Fucking hell.

I know, I know. It was, like, um, those guys in, uh, basketball.

- Jordan and that. Crazy. - Yeah. Fucking sick.

[host 1] Well, there you have it. Charli xcx.

What an incredible run she’s had.

Virtually unknown last year and now she’s hit the mainstream.

[host 2] Bet she’s feeling chuffed with herself.

[host 1] Do you think Charli’s thinking about what’s next?

[host 2] We definitely are. Now that Brat Summer’s coming to an end,

we’re playing the artists we think will soundtrack your next few months.

Stick around to hear who’s next up.

Um, okay, so, we’ve got a call booked for 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.

We are gonna have to do the Zoom call for the concert film

on the way to the Vogue shoot.

Tim said there’d be no other time to do it.

Okay, fine.

Okay. And then, I was looking into, like, a couple days for you to take a vacation.

We do still have that offer for Ibiza. It’s real easy, like, literally one post.

Yeah, but, Ana, why would I be taking a vacation right now? I mean...

[Ana] Okay.

I’m about to start rehearsals for tour. Like, it would be crazy for me to go away.

- Yeah. - Come on.

[Charli sighs]

- There’s just so much happening, you know? -[Ana] Okay.

[Charli] Sorry.

- [Ana] Good night. - [card reader beeps]

[Colbert] That was a look at her festival shows from earlier this summer.

Soon, she’ll begin her first ever arena headlining tour.

Here to tell us all about it, please welcome Charli xcx!

[studio audience cheering]

So nice to have you on. I’ve been looking forward to this.

How does it feel to have claimed a whole summer?

[Charli laughs]

Not many people can say that they’ve done that.

I think basically, at this point, it’s you and the Son of Sam.

Wow. Great company to be in, um--

Yeah, I mean, it just kind of happened, Stephen.

And you’ve just announced-- I wanna get this right--

you’re headlining a tour that’s apparently

"going to be bigger and better than anything we’ve seen from you before."

Are you partying straight into Brat autumn?

[Charli chuckles]

[Colbert] Is it gonna be the apple cider dance?

Have you ever snorted a rail of pumpkin spice?

[studio audience laughing, applauding]

You know what, as of yet, I have not.

But... I love to party.

- It’s a full-time job, babe. You know? - Oh, my God.

So, is this the big Brat send-off?

Is it the end of an era?

Um... [chuckles]

Um, great question. Uh...

I don’t-- I don’t know. I mean, uh... [chuckles]

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see, I suppose.

And, uh... I mean, you’ll be there. I hear you love a party.

- Oh, it’s a full-time job, baby. -[studio audience laughing, cheering]

- Thanks so much for being here. - Thank you.

Tickets to her Brat tour are on sale now. Charli xcx, everybody.

[cheering continues, fades]

[alarm ringing]

[Tim] Um, okay. Morning, morning, morning.

[Ana] Did you get that email?

Oh, yes. Shit.

We’ve got a call now on Zoom about the concert film.

It’s with the label and the director to make sure you’re happy with him.

That’s not reaching. What’s-- What’s the director’s name?

Johannes?

[Tim] Jannis.

Oh, my God. Right, it’s not gonna reach. Sorry.

We’re gonna have to swap sides. Let’s swap sides.

I’m sorry. I know you don’t like going backwards.

- It’s fine. Let’s just do it. - Okay.

[Tim coughs, clears throat] Okay.

Um... [clears throat]

- All right, I’m... I think I’m on. -[Tim] You’re on? I’m on. We’re on.

- Hello. - Hi.

- Hi. I’m here with Tammy. - [Tammy] Charli.

Charli, we’re connecting you with the amazing Johannes,

your director for the concert film.

- Hey, Charli! - Hi.

- Huge fan. Very, very nice to meet you. -Thanks. Thank you.

Uh, Tammy, thank you, thank you, thank you for setting this up.

And, Charli, I just want to say that I love the new album,

and I can’t wait to jump into the trenches with you.

I have a couple of, um, pretty wild ideas

that I’m excited to share with you when we meet in person.

[Charli] Cool.

Is Celeste gonna join this call?

- Celeste? - Yeah. It’s fine.

- Just tell me after. - Sorry, sorry.

Sorry, just to be clear, I already have my tour creative sorted,

so we’re just looking for someone to come and capture it.

Um, is that something that you do then, or...

Uh, I’m sure once we meet in person, we’ll figure out... We’ll make sure...

[Tammy] Tim. I think there has been a misunderstanding.

[Tim] Yeah. All good.

[Tim mutters] No?

[Tammy] Can we sidebar about this ASAP, please?

Sorry, um, this sort of thing cracks up. I-I-I’m--

Sorry, me and Charli just need to connect heads on that a little bit.

Everything’s moving so fast at the moment as you can imagine,

but we are very, very excited.

[chuckles]

[Johannes] So, awesome. Thank you, uh, everyone. Have a great day.

See you soon. All right. Thank you.

- Bye-bye. - [Charli] Thanks. Yeah.

Why wasn’t Celeste on that call?

- He’s got ideas. Like... -Well, she can be. We can loop her in.

Well, yeah, I mean, she’s supposed to be my creative director.

She’s the one who’s supposed to be dealing with all of this stuff.

I mean, she’s the only one who fucking gets it, Tim.

- I need her on these things. - If that’s what you prefer.

Yes, I would. I would prefer that.

Okay. Then we’ll... Yeah.

Have you gotten a chance to read that book I got you

about the psychic horse who cures cancer?

- No, I haven’t. Not yet. - Oh, my God.

You have to get to it.

It’s just been so busy and hectic, you know, Molly.

Of course. Of course, no.

I was up all night listening to the audiobook again.

I could not sleep a wink.

That stomach thing. Do you remember that?

It’s coming back as it always does, and I don’t know why this time.

It’s not even something that I ate. I’ve only been eating pears.

I mean, Molly, I just-- I can’t get sick, you know?

The pain is unbearable. Hmm? Oh, no. You’re not gonna get sick.

The only person that could get you sick is me, and I’m not sick.

- Are you-- You’re sure? Definitely? -No, never been sick.

Mm-hmm.

Tell me that you’re not drinking water again.

Two cups a day, maximum. I’m not kidding.

- Hey, Charli, um... - Hey.

Just want to touch base on what Mel and the Vogue team have put together

- for your look today. - [Charli] Uh-huh.

We’re feeling so excited.

Yeah, so, I don’t know if you’ve seen the set,

but it’s not what I thought it was gonna be, but I have an idea.

Like, I wanna put you in something more glamorous, more you,

- like, so, it’s like, a juxtaposition. -[Charli] Yeah.

You know what I mean?

[Mel] It’s gonna be tiny,

so I need to stitch you into it standing up, like, Marilyn style.

Susie will stitch you into it.

I need to let the crew know ASAP if she’s gonna be standing.

- Is she gonna be stand-- Okay. Okay. -She’s standing. Yeah.

She’s gonna be standing, apparently.

Can we figure out how to do that?

Um, yeah, just get everything up.

Um, maybe put it on a tall table.

Sorry, can I just ask, um...

Is it gonna look weird if I’m standing?

Like, has anyone ever done a "what’s in my bag" standing up before?

Um, well, if it’s important to Mel, we can make it happen.

And it sounds like it is important to Mel.

Um, but no, no. We’ve never done it standing.

Maybe, if you’re feeling good in the center region,

we can try it crouching and stitch it like that.

- Do you know-- -I don’t know if that’s better, babe.

[crew chattering]

Babe, they keep asking what’s in your bag. Do you know what’s in your bag?

Um, no. Just figure it out.

- I’m sorry. I don’t have a clue. - [scoffs]

Okay, Tim, um, we really need to talk about this whole concert film situation.

[Tim] Yes, yes, yes.

I just feel like the director was really weird, you know?

[Tim] Johannes, yeah.

Yeah, whatever his name is.

Have you seen the films that he makes?

I mean, he basically makes adverts for women.

Uh, adverts for women? Sorry?

No, I mean, an advert of a woman. Like, the woman is the advert.

Isn’t that the same thing? Like, he’s done loads of stuff.

Like, Alex actually told me he invented The Ma--

You’re not gonna care, but he invented The Masked Singer .

[Molly gasps]

- Are you serious? - [Charli] You’re right. I don’t.

When do we need to decide this by?

’Cause I think Celeste should just send through some other options.

Um, it is worth you knowing that everyone is really excited about Johannes.

Everyone? What do you mean, everyone? The label? Jamie?

I don’t give a fuck what they think, you know?

It’s most important that I think this guy is cool.

That should obviously be the priority in this situation, Tim.

- That’s what I’ve been saying for years. -Thanks, Molly.

Thank you, Molly. Um...

Uh... Okay. Let’s all have a conversation now. Get it out of the way.

Let’s talk to Ana, who’s on the phone.

Where’s Lloyd?

I don’t know. I think he’s gone to find out what’s in my bag.

[sniffs]

It’s tight.

I just think if it’s, like, one inch,

or, like, meters, or whatever you guys call it.

Like, that is... it’s gonna go.

Hi, British Vogue. I’m Charli xcx, and this is what’s in my bag.

Never...

Cards...

...a great scent.

I wish I had a brand deal with them. An extra...

Sunglasses.

And that was what was in my bag.

- [Charli] There it is. - [Celeste] Wow.

[Charli] Oh, amazing.

- They’re saying I’ve got scurvy. - It’s great.

- That’s good. You look-- - Is it? Is that good?

It means you look...

- What does that mean, I look like-- Okay. -...thin. [laughs]

I actually don’t know what scurvy makes you look like.

- Me neither. - Does it make you green?

[Charli] Oh, God. Well, that would be on-brand, wouldn’t it?

- Okay, Celeste. I’m distracting us. -[Celeste] You ready?

Do whatever this is.

- The tour, take me through the show... -[Celeste] Do, do, do.

...take me through the show.

So, we have good news today,

which is that we are going to do full rain on B stage for track 10.

- [Charli] Wow. Amazing. - Very exciting.

[Celeste] And then I sent the list of our directors that we went over,

and I have four Steadicam guys down...

Okay, babe, they already hired that guy.

[Celeste] What guy?

The fucking...

- [Celeste] No. - The guy. They hired-- Yeah.

- Everybody was, like, giving a lot of... -Charli.

[Charli] ...like, input and getting involved.

Then there was also that fucking Zoom call.

[Celeste] I cannot believe that I wasn’t on this call.

Yeah. And they all seem to kind of feel like

- they know what is best for me, and-- -Which is what?

Well, what do you think? It’s like, Brat, Brat, Brat, Brat .

More Brat . Brat forever.

And you know what? Maybe they’re right.

Yeah, but, Charli, if you don’t wanna make a tour film,

- and you don’t like this director... -[Charli sighs]

...you just say no.

- That’s how this goes. - Yeah. I just...

I feel like it’s kind of a big deal, though, you know?

Like, I’ve never been in this position before.

No one’s ever asked me to do this kind of thing.

You know?

[Celeste] Yeah, we’ve just been waiting for everybody to catch up.

Yeah, and now they fucking have.

I just feel like if I don’t do the concert film,

then we’ve just got the tour,

then it’s the end.

You’re not gonna die after an album cycle.

- [chuckles] Are you? - [Charli] I don’t know. I might!

- You might? You might? - [laughing]

[Celeste] You’re gonna let Brat go at some point.

So you can either do it the way that you wanna do it,

or somebody else is gonna fuck it up for you.

Okay, well... I mean, obviously if those are the options, I’m fucking it up.

[Celeste] Great. So let’s fuck it up.

- Okay, great. - Great.

- Show me the... what-- I don’t know. -[Celeste laughing]

What were you talking about? Strobes? I don’t know.

[Tim] Ana, have you noticed the lights?

- [Ana] Yeah. - [Tim] Sort of karaoke vibes.

[Tim singing] ♪ Back to back to... ♪

Well...

Oh, Charli, actually, we need to talk about something.

Um, Charli?

Charli?

Hi.

Um, yes, so, this event, I think sort of everyone’s gonna be there.

The label were very involved in this one.

It’s sort of their baby. They set the whole thing up.

They’re hoping you’re gonna post quite a lot about it.

[Charli] Okay. What is it, exactly?

Oh, it’s a credit card.

Yeah, yeah, but-- but, like, a new kind of credit card for, uh...

For, like, different people. Like, not, like, normal people.

Not normal people?

No, no.

[stammers] Genuinely, what-- what was it, Ana?

It’s a credit card and savings account aimed at young queer people.

So, like, your fans.

And when they sign up, they get a free ticket to your tour.

It’s just a way of bringing in the younger market.

I actually think it’s quite cool. The card’s Brat green.

I want to get one myself.

I won’t. But I would if I was, you know... But I’m an ally, so...

How do you know they’re gay?

[stammers] How do I know?

What do you mean?

The people getting the card, do they have to prove that they’re gay?

I think that feels insane.

I think it’s just more of, like, a demographic thing.

Yeah. And, like, you can kind of... you can tell. Right?

Do you know what I mean?

No? Not-- No, you don’t.

As in, they know. The people who are gay know that they are gay.

God. Isn’t it just a little bit fucking lame

for me to be the face of a credit card, you know?

It’s not your face that’s gonna be on it. It’s just that the card is green.

[Charli] Fine.

Guess I’m doing it, aren’t I?

[Tim] Should we just go a little bit clearer?

Um...

Go ahead. Go, go, go.

Um, actually, do you know what, Charli? I think maybe-- Ooh, sorry.

I think maybe hang tight.

You don’t wanna be surrounded by people wearing lanyards.

I’m on your side.

I’m-- Okay. [sighs]

[sighs]

You’re looking very smart today, ma’am.

- Thanks. - A special event or something?

Oh, just an event. Yeah.

- Singing? Singing? - Yeah.

What sort of stuff do you sing?

Um, it’s, like, dance-pop music.

Oh! You’ve-- [exhales] You got me. Hook, line, and sinker.

- I love that stuff. - Oh, yeah?

Yeah. I love it.

A bit like Leona Lewis? I love her. I love her.

Drove her a couple of times.

So what was your name again? What did you say your name was again?

- Charli xcx. - [tapping on phone keyboard]

Charli... That top one, is it?

No, that’s Charlie Puth.

Yeah. It’s the bottom one, actually, on that list of Charlies.

Wow. Okay. Oh, yeah!

[exhales]

- Bosh. Look at you there. - Mmm.

Oh! Look how different you look there.

Yeah. That’s me.

In Amsterdam as well. Been there a couple of times.

- Oi, oi. - Oh, yeah. Really?

- Yeah, with the lads and that. - Yeah.

Yeah. It was for this movie about kids with cancer.

- [song playing on phone] - Oh, Christ.

Is that why you’ve got the wig on?

- Nope. Not a wig. - [door opens]

Tim is coming. Thank God. Okay, and he brought literally everyone.

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. There’s loads of lanyard people. Just--

- Sorry. Sorry, guys. Just watch-- Yes. - There’s so many people.

No, I-- Yes. I know. It may seem like that. Sorry. Hi.

- Hi. Nice to meet you. - Hello.

We’re just gonna head straight through...

I think what happened was, I said, "Don’t come with me."

But they just heard, "Come with me."

Tim, what the fuck is this?

I’m obviously not doing a single fucking post about this.

[Lloyd] Howard Stirling? Didn’t these guys almost go bankrupt?

[Tammy] Charli xcx!

- Hello. Hello. - Hi, Tammy.

Hello, Tim.

- Hi! Hi, hi. - It’s so great to see--

You know, my kids just love Brat.

- Love it. It’s so cool. - Oh, yeah?

- Yeah. We’re really proud. - Thank you so much.

- You’ve done so great for us. Yeah. -Thank you.

- Charli, this is-- - Okay, and this is--

I’m sorry. This is the lawyer with Howard Stirling.

- Yeah. - What? Who?

- The bank. Yeah. - The bank. Yes.

This is the first, first partnership for Atlantic,

so we’re all really excited about it.

- Wait. Can I jump in... -So go do your thing. Do your thing.

...for the terms and conditions of your contract?

Who’s this hot little blonde?

Johannes!

- Mmm. [kisses] - Hey, Tammy.

So good to see you.

Thank you for doing this, really. It means a lot to us. It really does.

We can’t wait for you to work your magic with Charli.

I mean, you’re so busy.

I’m never too busy for you. Never.

This is a combination of what we call warranties and--

We’re doing this here. Ana, we’re doing this here, apparently?

This is part nine of the agreement.

Neither party may assign their rights or powers

within the written consent of the other party.

I heard about this mess, this case.

See, this is what happens when you work with another label.

- I mean, it’s a total fucking nightmare. -Yeah.

Do you need any help or support? I have a great lawyer for you.

Yeah. Artists can be complicated, right?

That’s why we love ’em.

But yeah, no, the whole situation is kind of sad.

She’s clearly fixated on money, ownership, possessions.

At the end of the day, they have zero value.

It’s what my father always told me.

He had nothing when he left Africa.

Mmm. It’s amazing what people think they can get away with.

- You’re African? - Hundred percent.

I’m so sorry, Tammy. They exploded your luggage.

- Again? - Yeah.

All social media content must be pre-approved

with the relevant parties and aligned with legal prior to posting.

[emcee] Here we go, everybody.

- Um, yeah. That all sounds great. -[emcee] Five minutes.

- Charli xcx. Are we ready? - Right, good.

Well, I just need your verbal consent.

Um, how do I give you my verbal consent, sorry?

Well, you just s-- just say.

Oh. Uh, yes.

No?

- Oh. I consent. Great. - "I consent." That’s great.

That’s all I need. Okay. Thank you.

- Ana, can I give you this, please? -Yeah.

Thank you.

Very quickly, we’re just gonna get you miked very quickly.

Yeah, sure.

Morgh is gonna take care of you, make sure you have a fantastic seat,

’cause I want you to see everything she does, what she’s all about.

- Have we had a sound check yet? - Nope. I’ve just got here.

- Okay. - Okay, nice and quick.

- I can’t hear you now I’ve got these in. -Okay, that’s fine. Good luck.

- [audience cheering] - What?

[electronic dance-pop music playing]

♪ I went my own way and I made it I’m your favorite reference, baby ♪

[song continues playing]

- Who’s next? Who’s next? - Hello. Hi.

- Hey. - It’s nice to meet you. Hi.

- Charli? - Hi. Hello.

I love you so much. I mean, you saved my life, literally.

Just hold up the card nicely. Okay, big smiles, everyone.

Thank you. And I-I drew this picture of you.

I tried to kill myself, but your music saved me.

- I listen to track ten every day-- -This is so good!

- We need to wrap it up. - Okay, wait, wait, wait...

Great, great.

- Thank you! - Love you so much.

Thank you. I’m so excited about the Brat card.

[publicist] Who’s next? Who’s next?

- Hello. Hi. - Hello.

Big smiles, big smiles.

[chattering]

- Hi, thank you for having us. - Hi. No problem.

- Hi, love. - Hey.

I’m gonna head to the bar.

[electronic dance-pop music playing]

- [Celeste] What does it taste like? -[Lloyd] Um, lighter fluid.

But then, how do you swallow it?

You just shoot it. You just throw it back. Mentally, there’s zero comedown.

- Oh, my God! Charli! - Oh, my God. Hi.

- Hi. Hi. - Hi.

- Hi! You were on the shoot. Yes. - Hi. Yes, the video.

- I had no idea you were in town. - Yeah, I’m here.

- I’m, like, in and out... - Yeah.

I’ve been, like, traveling so much and, like, working all the time.

- Yeah. -I haven’t seen you since the "360" video.

I know. That was so much fun. It was, like, the best day ever.

Yeah, it was really good.

Um...

Oh, my God. I’m so sorry if my, like, agent overstepped with that, by the way.

I have, like, zero control over him. He’s crazy.

But then I heard, like, it got kind of complicated signing my release.

- Yeah, it did. I mean, the video... -Really?

...basically nearly didn’t come out.

They put in all these, like, crazy VFX requests.

Like, we barely had the budget for it.

It’s, like, loads and loads of retouching from your team.

- I mean, it was a lot of retouching. -Really?

I was on Accutane at the time.

- Oh. Got it. Got it. - Yeah.

- Put it on that. - Yes, thank you.

[Charli] Oh... Oh, my God. Okay.

- Um, Charli, there’s... - Wait. No, no, no. It’s fine.

- They’re with me, so just don’t worry. -Oh, okay.

- We’re deleting this? [chuckles] - Yes.

Delete this. [chuckles]

I was, like...

There was a little creep in the bathroom.

Are you doing, like, a Joaquin Phoenix kinda thing?

Um, yeah. I think so, yeah.

Oh, my God. Wait, shut the fuck up.

- Wait, shut the fuck up. - [Lloyd] You like that?

- This is real? - Yeah.

I thought this was literally a joke. I need to get one.

[Celeste] You can get one, right? You’re bi or whatever?

[Charli laughs]

Or that was, like, a PR thing?

I’ve always wondered.

I’m, like, a two on the Kinsey scale.

- Okay, cool, cool, cool. - It’s enough.

- [Lloyd] Babe, is this big enough? -[Rachel] Oh, my God. That’s huge.

Maybe just a little-- Maybe combine them. Yep, a tiny bit more.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- [chattering] -[electronic dance-pop music continues]

Wait, can we take a pic?

Looking hot.

Thank you.

Can you check my outfit for me? Am I good?

- Is it good? -[Celeste] I think it goes like that.

It’s amazing you call this an outfit. [laughing] It’s literally just underwear.

[Charli] I kind of love it.

- Oh, my God. There they are! - We’re coming!

- Yeah. - [music continues playing]

Let’s get another drink.

Okay, you... You lead me. I can’t see a fucking thing.

Whoo!

[phone alarm ringing]

[Charli] I didn’t realize this was gonna be so early.

You slept, right?

[Lloyd] What the fuck is a Piri Piri Hut? Where are we?

[Tim] Dagenham... We literally spoke about-- Never mind.

- How long are we here? - [Ana] Two weeks.

Jesus.

You said that you wanted to be here for the duration of rehearsals.

I did. I thought we were gonna be in London.

Oh, the-- the label has checked to see how you’re feeling about the Johannes plan.

I don’t even know what plans you’re talking about.

You haven’t sent me any plans.

[Tim] The plan for the concert film,

because everyone’s gonna be there today, and I didn’t...

Is Johannes gonna be there?

He’s just shooting the show, so I’m not sure why he’d be at rehearsal.

Okay, all right. Okay, we’ll just-- we can iron it out when we get there.

It’s fine.

Look. The Cobrasnake photos from last night. These are good.

- Oh, yeah. Oh, my God! - [gasps, chuckles]

Okay. Sorry to break up the first time you’ve ever been on your phones,

but we’ve arrived at rehearsals.

[Lloyd] Wow.

Wait, you’ve got two packs. Why do you have two packs?

These guys, they’re filming.

They’re, like, filming something about Charli.

- Hi, hi, hi, hi. - Hi, babe. Hi.

How are you? Sorry, I can’t move.

[Celeste] The good news is, like, we’re kind of on schedule,

- so I’m feeling good. - That’s good.

- [Charli] Great! That’s great! - But I just, you know.

- The curtains needs to be-- Oh, yeah. -Hi. Sorry to interrupt you guys.

- Hi, I’m Charli. Hey. - You know Brian and Ricky.

They worked on Sweat and Crash.

- Oh. Well, we’ll do it again. - [Celeste] Yeah.

- Hi. Hi, you guys. - Hi. Hello. Hi.

Killing it obviously. Good to see you.

- I’ll go and do the fitting, yeah. Okay. -Great, great.

- All right. See you in a bit. - Yeah.

[Charli] It’s fucking freezing in here.

[Ana] We managed to clear your schedule for the next few weeks

so you can just focus on the show.

And there’s bird shit on there. How did a bird get in here?

[Charli] What about... When I kind of do, you know, all my...

- Is it weird when I do that? - No, I like it.

- Are you sure? - Yeah.

Like this.

Yeah, it looks good.

- It doesn’t look weird? - No.

Okay.

I like it.

I’m getting this bald spot right here.

- What? - Yeah.

- My hair, just there. - Ew.

It’s so bad.

It’s from these two little pieces where you kind of pull them up like that

so that my face gets, like, super snatched, you know?

Doesn’t that hurt?

Well, yeah, but, I mean, it’s a facelift, so...

You should really give it a rest, you know?

Just, like, before this shit gets out of hand.

Yeah.

If you keep fucking with it like that, it’s just gonna get worse.

Well, obviously. That’s what I’m saying. I’m going bald, so...

I’m sorry.

[Charli sighs] It’s fine.

Um, I’m really sorry that you had to cancel your honeymoon, by the way, again.

Don’t worry about it. It’s totally fine.

Tyler hates me right now, but it’s gonna be fin--

It’s the tour. It’s the tour, babe. I’m not missing the tour for anything.

And besides, we’re just postponing it a few weeks.

A few weeks?

Yeah. I mean, you’ll be done by then.

The tour will be over, and, like, this will be finished, you know?

Done? [scoffs]

It’s not gonna be done, is it?

I mean, I’m not gonna be finished. It’s not gonna be finished.

I don’t really know what you mean by that. There’s so much other stuff.

We’ve got loads of other things that I’m doing, actually, like, loads.

Just get that... Sorry. Just...

Um...

I just wouldn’t want you to have to postpone it again. That’s all.

That’s why I’m bringing it up.

Um... I have this other skirt thingy.

It’s sluttier, which I think is better. I think it’s cool.

- Thank you. - Of course.

[Charli] Looks really good.

♪ I’m everywhere... ♪

Okay...

[crew member] Here we go. Three, two, one...

- [Charli] Uh-uh. - [crew member] Drop!

[Celeste] Oh, for fuck’s sake.

[Celeste] I’m so sorry. That will never happen again.

[Charli, Celeste chuckling]

- It’s fine. - Or it might happen twice more.

[electronic dance-pop music playing]

[Charli on playback] ♪ I don’t wanna share the space ♪

♪ I don’t wanna force a smile ♪

♪ This one girl taps my insecurities ♪

♪ I’m embarrassed to have it But need the sympathy ♪

♪ ’Cause I couldn’t even be her If I tried ♪

♪ I’m opposite, I’m on the other side ♪

♪ I feel all these feelings I can’t control ♪

♪ Oh, no, don’t know why ♪

♪ All this sympathy is just a knife ♪

♪ Why I can’t even grit my teeth and lie ♪

♪ I feel all these feelings I can’t control ♪

♪ All this sympathy is just a knife ♪

♪ Oh, no, oh, no ♪

Whoo!

[laughs] Yeah! Fucking awesome!

- [Charli] Hi, Jamie. Hi. - Wow!

Uh, thanks. I’ll come down so we can chat. Yeah.

- [Celeste] Can we get... Can we get the... -It was fucking phenomenal, Charli.

- [Jamie] Phenomenal. - Thank you. Thank you.

Um, I wasn’t really performing,

uh, just sort of playing with some ideas and...

- That was all right. Wow. - Totally. Totally, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

- But it looks fucking sick. - Oh. Thank you.

- You know these guys, right? - Yes, uh...

[Johannes] It’s good to be back.

I’ve been holed up in here with quite a few artists.

Some pretty fun memories.

Uh...

Abel had an issue with the sound system last year,

but sounds like they figured that out.

- Sounds pretty good. - Lucky for you.

Sounds great to me.

You must be Johannes. Hi, I’m Charli.

I am indeed. Pleasure to finally meet you.

Yeah, you too. You too.

Hi.

Uh...

So you guys came all this way just for this?

- [Johannes] Totally. - Wow.

Of course. Yeah. We’ve got to keep the Brat stuff going, right?

We’re staying the whole time.

[Charli] Yeah. Great. [chuckles]

Uh...

- It’s so great you guys are here... -Yes.

- I just need a few-- - I’m Johannes by the way.

- Hi, I’m Celeste. Yeah. - Hey.

- You work with Charli? Awesome. - I work with Charli, yeah.

We just gotta keep going through this so...

- Yeah, yeah, of course. - ...if you wanna like,

- all just come back or whatever... -Guys, guys.

We’re gonna let you guys do your thing. We’re not even here.

- Thank you. Yeah. Okay, okay. - We’re not even here.

- [Johannes] Phones off, guys. Phones off. -Yeah.

- [Jamie] Another level. - [Johannes] This is a sacred space.

[Charli] Okay, um...

Thanks for all coming, guys.

- [scattered applause] -Oh, no, don’t... don’t... It’s...

I’ll just sing it again, yeah?

[electronic dance-pop music playing]

- [Celeste] At the top? - [Charli] Yeah.

- Do you know... - On the, like... [vocalizing]

Mm-hmm.

- Yeah. - You know what I mean?

Yep. Yeah.

[Charli] Like, I think we need to maybe just...

[Charli on playback] ♪ When I go to the club ♪

♪ I wanna hear those club classics ♪

Can I say something?

- [music continues, stops] -Can we stop? Sorry, can we stop?

Thank you.

Um, I feel like there’s a light missing.

- Like, more at the top? - Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I just... I don’t know, I think we could add something there.

- Totally. -Feels like there’s a space that...

- Great. - I...

- Sorry, that... I wanna fill it. - Maybe... Great. We’ll fill it.

And also, like, I really like what’s happening with the screens.

- The screens? Great. Great. - Yeah.

Hi. Hey, um...

So...

Sorry, um...

I’m probably being a bit crazy right now, but you’re listening quite a lot.

I’m sure that you have to do that

for whatever the thing is that you’re doing,

but I just don’t really know who you are

and it’s kinda making me not able to concentrate.

- So it just feels a bit... - Sorry, excuse me.

Do not apologize.

- That is totally our bad. - Yeah.

- Right, right. - We apologize.

- Not you. It won’t happen again. - It’s not--

- It’s okay. Don’t worry. I’m just... -Sorry about that.

- I’m probably being a bit intense myself. - It won’t happen again.

Keep listening but just less intense.

- Apologies. Apologies for that. - Just...

Um...

- Charli, can I... go ahead? - Yes? Yeah? Mm-hmm.

I just wanna show you the strobing section that comes right after, so...

- Can we... Great. - Okay. Show me. Show me.

Go for it.

[electronic dance-pop music resumes]

[music stops]

- Um... - Something in that realm?

Um... [stammers]

Is it kind of p... painful?

[Celeste] I like it. It’s kind of, like...

- It’s kind of strong for the top. -Yeah.

Totally. Totally, totally.

[Johannes clears throat]

[Celeste] Sorry?

- [Johannes] Sorry? - Did you say something?

- Did-- No. - Yeah.

No, I’m just... We’re here to observe.

You guys have such a beautiful flow going here. It’s inspiring.

Okay. Um...

However, if I could just interject one little thing...

Yeah?

I think it’s just really important to hear out Charli’s concern here.

Um, ’cause w-we don’t wanna alienate the audience, right?

Yeah, well, I don’t... I don’t think it’s alienating, but...

No?

Okay, well, first of all, thank you for sharing your thought.

And I do hear you,

but I still think some of these elements will probably turn some people off.

Um, bouncing off of that, is Amazon might have some things to flag there, Charli.

Um, obviously, all of your amazing creative stuff is the priority.

It’s just there might have to be a few things that we may have to compromise.

Compromise? Like, this is the show. You’re watching the show.

Totally. I don’t think it’s a compromise, I think it’s an opportunity.

- [Celeste] Great. Great. - Exactly.

It’s an opportunity for Charli to reach out to a whole new audience,

so that Brat , this amazing moment, can last much longer.

Maybe even forever.

That’s the goal, isn’t it?

- I mean, I don’t think that’s the goal. -Yeah. No.

We make another record.

Charli, listen, you have this awesome just "F you" energy and I love that.

People love that.

It’s important for you to be true to yourself and who you are.

We also don’t wanna offend or exclude anyone, right?

’Cause a-a family might be watching this film.

That family will turn off the television.

We don’t want that, do we? Like... Right?

Sorry, I’m really confused right now.

She’s singing about cocaine.

Like, aren’t we all on the same page? Like, this is not a PG show.

- Is she... - Is she what?

...literally singing about "cocaine" cocaine or metaphorically?

What’s metaphorical cocaine?

[Tim] Sorry to interrupt, I just wondered if I could borrow our Charli

- for a second. - Yes, yes.

- They wanna discuss a new Magnum flavor. -Great!

- Sorry if I’m interrupting. - No, you’re not.

Um, it’s a good time actually ’cause I think you guys should chat more

- and figure out all of this stuff. -Yeah.

I love the strobes, um...

But I don’t know. You know? I don’t-- I don’t actually know.

Okay. Let’s do that thing that you just said we’re doing.

Thank you. Sorry.

- [Johannes] Thank you. Thank you. -Do you have my stuff?

Yes, yeah. Just down here.

It’s great.

We’re coming up with new things, we’re tweaking little things,

but quite a bit of it was good.

- Yeah. It’s good. - Yeah, yeah.

[Johannes] Let’s see what we can do...

- Tweak-- - Let’s go for a playback.

[Jamie] Okay. And you should be really proud.

- Awesome. - Thank you. Thank you so much.

[Johannes] Yeah.

That was weird.

Oh, no. What was... Wh-Who was weird?

I mean... everything.

Like, there were just a million random people staring at me

and... I don’t know.

It was just weird. You know?

And plus Celeste is, like, arguing with everyone.

- Hmm. - You listening?

Yeah. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course, sorry.

Uh, what... Celeste. What was Celeste upset about?

I don’t know. I mean, it was just, like, really tense in there.

Why did we have that many people in rehearsal, you know?

Because they were all just standing there watching me

while I’m trying to make a fucking decision.

Right. Yeah, no. That...

Okay, that’s not good and I will definitely talk to, uh, the...

well, I’ll talk to everyone.

Yeah.

I’m gonna go to Ibiza.

What?

Ana said I’ve got a free room at a hotel there, so...

You sure that’s a good idea? You’ve got like two weeks of rehearsals left.

Yeah, it’s a good idea.

- Are you sure... Yeah. - Tim!

It’s a good fucking idea, okay? I need to go.

- I have to go there. You know? - I understand that, Charli.

Because I need some time to reset, you know?

And then it’s gonna be good for the tour

and for Brat and for literally everybody. Okay?

Because everybody’s so desperate for me to be fucking innovative all the time

and fucking cool.

I don’t have a fucking second to my-fucking-self. You know?

- Yeah. Yeah. - I made the album on my own.

I made it my fucking way,

and at that point in time, no one fucking cared.

So everybody just left me alone to do what I fucking needed to do,

but now, every single person is asking me questions

- all the fucking time. - It’s my job.

They’re always like, "Charli, do you wanna do something with a green KitKat?"

And it’s just like, for fuck’s sake. You know?

Everybody’s always like, "What do you want? What do you want?"

Well, I don’t fucking know what I fucking want, Tim.

[Tim] Yeah, that all sounds fair.

Can we open a window?

Thanks.

Charli.

- Hey, babe. Hi. - Hey.

- Hi. - How you doing?

- Mmm. I’m good. -What time’d you get back last night?

Midnight.

- It’s, like, 7:00 a.m. - It’s okay. Yeah.

- You must be so exhausted. - Can we talk about Johannes?

Or "Jo-hannes"? How the fuck do you say this guy’s name?

They’re-- Alan-- Okay, he’s putting the bags in the car.

[Celeste] Why are you up so early?

I am up because I have to go to Ibiza.

- No, I know. I know. - Right now?

Yeah. Yeah, it’s this whole thing.

- Ana booked it. -Charli, we have a fucking rehearsal.

No, I know. I know, I know.

Ana booked it and I can’t get out of it

and it just became this whole thing and I have to go.

It’s like three, four days.

Tim said that you were gonna be here all week for the rehearsals.

I mean, Tim doesn’t fucking know anything, does he?

When has he ever known anything?

But-- I mean, please don’t be panicked about it.

It’s gonna be fine. I mean, you already said that we’re super far ahead anyways.

So I feel like you-- It’s gonna be great. It’s gonna be fine.

Charli, after yesterday, I’m really...

We’re in a kind of precarious situation.

- Uh... - Like, this guy’s vibe is weird.

I just don’t feel like he gets it

and now, like, the label’s involved, and I just don’t--

Celeste, I feel like I’ve done everything that I can do,

- and I really trust you... - Okay.

...and so I need you to take the lead on this right now, you know?

Because everybody wants this show to be massive

and, you know, if Amazon have a problem with seeing my nipples through my top,

or the fact that there’s a cocaine baggy on the poster,

then I’ll just wear a different top and we say it’s a sandwich bag

and it’s not a big deal!

It’s four days and I’ll be back before you know it.

It’s... You’re gonna do great.

Alan, let’s go quite quickly, yeah?

Okay.

Hi, Tammy.

Yeah, no, she is on vacation apparently.

- Getting kind of peckish. - Yeah.

Yeah, anything round here?

- Peri Peri Hut. - Dead.

- Is that all there is? - It’s quite spicy.

There’s Pret. There’s...

I heard there’s some... I heard there’s some bird living in the building.

What?

- Yeah, in the bit above the main stage. -Like a woman?

- The main stage? Wait, what? - Who is she?

Well, that’s what Melanie on the front desk said.

- What, does she work here? - Wait, wait, wait.

So they know about her and they’re just letting her live here?

- What? - That’s illegal, innit?

Yeah.

Illegal?

No, no. I just--

I think they’re trying to sort it out, they just can’t find it.

"It"? Fucking hell.

- That’s all right, isn’t it? - It’s a bit rude.

We’re in the middle of bloody nowhere. What does she even eat?

Rain and mice and crumbs and stuff.

- She would eat mice? - [Alex] You can’t eat rain, Tim.

[wings flapping]

[Tim] Hello, Charli. It’s me.

Sorry, it’s me. I know we said no work stuff while you were away,

but I have just been chatting to Celeste

and she had a couple of concerns that did seem urgent enough to warrant this.

Something about Johannes trying to get you up in a harness

for some wirework over the stage.

And she was like, "Obviously Charli would never do something like that."

So I thought it might just be worth giving her a quick call

and ironing that out.

But mainly, enjoy yourself, please, and I’ll leave you alone now. Sorry. Bye.

[chattering]

Welcome-- Gracias.

Welcome, Miss Aitchison.

- Hi. - My name is Diana.

I will be your concierge for your whole stay

and I’m sure you will have a very relaxing time.

You have a tomorrow afternoon appointment with Maria, our holistic facialist.

- You’re gonna love her. She’s amazing. -Yeah. Great.

Can I get you a snack, something to drink?

No, I’m good. I just wanna get to the room.

Sure.

[electronic dance-pop music playing]

- Can you kill that? - [music stops]

Um, is this, with my notes, the draft from yesterday?

’Cause if it’s too heavy, you won’t be able to see it on the cam--

- Did you see Charli’s stories in Ibiza? -I have not.

It’s like she’s on the beach and I’m just fucking stuck here and--

- I know, but we have a lot of work to do. -Yeah, you do.

I don’t fucking know why I’m here.

All right, let’s just run it from the strobing section.

[electronic dance-pop music playing]

Hey.

Yes, I love this.

- Hey. How are you, Celeste? - Hi. Hello.

- Hey. How’s it going? How are you doing? -I’m... I’m good. How are you?

- I’m great. Thanks for asking. - Great.

Do you have a minute? Just for--

I just have some-- couple of ideas from a filmmaking perspective.

- Um... -Super quick. Just a couple of thoughts.

- Yeah, sure. Sure. - [music stops]

- Can you guys give me five? - Thank you, Celeste.

So, the-- I’m sensing that these, um, super aggressive lighting effects,

you’re really into.

That it’s, like, integral to your idea, your vision of the show that--

- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that’s the show. -Yeah. Cool.

It’s a little tricky to shoot, you know? When you’re making a film.

Okay, um...

- So I-- I have a suggestion. - Mm-hmm.

- [text alert buzzes] - Are you familiar with...

with light-up wristbands?

- Like wristbands that light up... -Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

- I am familiar, yeah. - ...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...

- Right. Yeah. We’re-- - ...it’ll blow your mind.

Coldplay have been using them for years.

I’m sorry, we’re just not doing that. That’s-- That’s-- We-- We--

It’s supposed to feel like a nightclub.

That is what we do. That is what we are good at.

- Totally respect that opinion obviously. -Okay.

Um, but I have to say that I think we’re just slightly misaligned here.

[text alert buzzes]

- I’m trying to tell a story here, okay? -Okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

And a nightclub is not a story. A nightclub is a nightclub.

Right.

And at some point, the night has to end,

and they turn on the lights, and you, like... [makes crackling sound]

And then the next morning you wake up, and it’s like,

"Wow! My head is pounding. What’s happ-- Whoa," you know.

- Maybe you even took illegal drugs. -Oh.

God forbid.

- Whereas a story... - [text alert buzzes]

can be told and retold...

Yeah.

- ...passed down from fathers to sons. -Mm-hmm.

And obviously from mothers to daughters as well.

- And so on and so forth. - [text alert buzzes]

- That sounds amazing. - It is. [chuckles]

- It’s-- [sighs] - [text alert buzzes]

It’s just that the thing about this show is actually--

the people that come to it, for the most part,

- are just not-- - [buzzing continues]

are not that interested in having children.

And some of them probably don’t even speak to their fathers

because they don’t approve of their lifestyle,

so it’s like a whole different thing that we’re doing.

- You might not-- - [buzzing continues]

You might not get it, which is totally fine.

Do you wanna take this? If not, let’s turn it off, okay?

[exhales]

All right, cool, guys.

Um, just carry on. Lookin’ great.

[Lloyd] You okay?

[Celeste] What the fuck?

[Johannes speaking, indistinct]

And it’s like... I obviously approached her with an open spirit to collaborate.

Celeste was, like, confrontational, just shut me down...

Is this a creative collaboration?

[continues speaking, indistinct]

[singer] ...doing it, feeling it.

And I’m realizing that I’m just starting to come alive.

- [phone buzzes] -Is there anything I can get for you?

- Oh, can I get an Aperol Spritz, please? - Hello?

- Sure. - Thank you.

- Hey. Can you hear me? - Hey, Celeste.

Sorry, that wasn’t for you, obviously.

Listen, I was just watching a load of Johannes’s stuff.

I think it’s fucking awful.

Yeah, yeah. I’m really happy to hear you say that.

I spent my whole night last night trying to watch these fucking tour films

and they’re all the exact-- fuck-- same formula.

And what’s crazy is that they are just wildly popular.

He just has, like, a really, like, sinister vibe. You know?

I didn’t wanna tell you this, ’cause, like, it’s just something that I heard,

but I guess he’s in, like, a legal battle right now with Demi

and he’s saying he, like, owns her tour.

What? How the fuck does that even work?

I don’t know, but he’s suing her

and apparently he’s fucking winning, which is even crazier.

Listen, Celeste,

I need you to make sure that everybody knows

that we’re doing our tour creative, okay?

We can’t do whatever the fuck Johannes’s version of this would be.

I agree. I agree. Um...

I’m sorry to ask you to do this,

but do you think that you could just send a quick email out

to everyone saying that that’s what we’re doing

’cause, like, I’m having a little trouble over here

getting everyone on the same page.

Um, yeah. No problem.

- Of course I’ll do that. - Great. Thank you.

Don’t wanna make you work while you’re trying to relax,

but it would be really, really helpful for me.

[Charli] No, like, obviously.

I mean, thank you for doing all of this stuff.

I’ll speak to you in a bit, yeah?

[Celeste] I’ll see you soon, bye.

[Morgh] Okay, she’ll call you later.

Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. We’re stepping into a meeting. Okay. Okay, bye.

Wait. Let me get--

Okay, Jamie, another lunch which could have been an email, I suppose.

What’s the issue?

Tammy, well, firstly, thanks for making the time.

It’s just, we’ve been running into a slight situation on our end, and...

I wouldn’t call it a situation necessarily.

It’s, uh, a tiny obstacle that we can easily overcome together.

First, I wanna say that I love the team.

They’re amazing.

You know that I don’t subscribe to hierarchies.

We’re all equals.

Um, but it might be good to get a little bit of clarity

on the creative hierarchy just here, I think.

Yeah, I think just because Charli so often works with Celeste,

they somehow got the idea she would be collaborating on this whole thing.

- Who? - Uh, Celeste is Charli’s...

- Friend, I guess? - Yeah.

She has been quite hostile to the creative energy

- that we were trying to generate here. - This isn’t a collaboration.

Do you wanna collaborate? You got a film to make, right?

- Yeah. -[Tammy] Johannes, we will deal with this.

- Right? - Yes. Yeah.

- Well, of course. - Yeah.

Great.

[concierge] Oh, no, she is very happy to appear on camera.

It’s not a problem for her at all.

Sessions with Maria can be life-changing.

People wait for years for an appointment.

Uh, really? Isn’t it just a facial, though?

[chuckles]

- Can I take your bag? - Yeah, sure. Thanks.

- Right this way. - Okay. Thank you.

- [remote beeps] - [relaxing music plays]

[water trickling]

- [spa therapist] Good? - Mm-hmm.

[spa therapist] Okay.

Thank you, Leonora.

Hello. Welcome to the space.

[Charli] Hi.

My name is Maria.

I’m an herbalist, a healer and an holistic facialist.

[Charli] Wow, amazing.

Thank you so much for, um, making time for me today.

I know it was a bit last-minute. So, thank you.

[inhales deeply] Mmm. Mmm.

[Maria] Oh, I’m sorry.

- Oh, uh, are you-- Are you okay? - [yawns]

Oh, oh, oh, oh. [clears throat]

When I’m yawning,

it’s because I’m drawing out and expelling all the stale energy

from your body. [chuckles]

And it’s so very difficult sometimes for the healer, you know?

This is interfering.

Right, um... [clicks tongue] ... I was just in the steam room for three hours,

so I actually feel pretty relaxed.

Well, sweetheart, you might feel relaxed in your body,

but I can tell you, you are completely closed in the heart.

I was wondering how you could be walking around in that state.

I feel fine. I feel fine. Mmm.

Well, darling, your elasticity is nearly zero.

- [Charli] Oh. -No, I mean-- I mean, it’s terrible.

- [speaking French] Oh là là. - [inhales deeply]

[in English] I can tell you have not been honoring your Saturn return at all.

[clicks tongue] Um...

You know, as a woman, it’s a crucial time for you.

- Mmm. As a woman? - [Maria] Yes.

- As a woman of your age... - Right.

You should start the process of preserving your body’s beauty...

- Mm-hmm. Yeah. - ...you know?

Your skin is telling you to slow down

before everything just dries out.

I’m... [chuckles] ...not sure I really agree with anything you’ve just said.

- [Maria] Mmm. -I’m doing a world tour, and what,

am I supposed to just stop and disappear?

[scoffs] So you need the entire world to know that you’re an artist

in order to make your art?

Um, no, I never said that.

Never. You-- You said that. I didn’t say that.

- I work with many stars and musicians. -Mm-hmm.

Some of them you probably know.

- Mmm. Don’t know about that... - And they are not so defensive.

- I’m not sure I agree. - Sorry.

I don’t think I can treat you.

Great.

- Hello, Ms. Aitchison. - Hi.

We are so sorry you couldn’t make it work with Maria this time.

- This really never happens. - [chuckles]

However, she was so kind to prescribe these for you.

We have the Deflammation Capsules, the Balancing Peptide Crème,

Hyaluronic Acid, Clarifying Retinol Mask and the Daily Enzyme Enhancing Gel.

I will get these ready for you.

Great. Um...

How much is all of that?

[tense music playing]

Um...

Yeah, don’t worry, I’ll, uh-- I’ll just get all of it. [sighs]

Sure.

- [sighs] - [card reader beeps]

Um...

It-- It seems your card is not working, so maybe you want to try--

- You can just put it on the room. -The room.

Yeah. Thank you.

[concierge] You are all set.

I really hope this helps you.

Thank you.

- [gasps] Oh, my God. - Charli!

Hi.

- Hi. How are you? - Hi, Kylie. Hi.

Um, I’m-I’m-- Yeah, I’m good.

What-What are you doing here in Ibiza?

I’m about to do my session with Maria.

Isn’t she so good?

Uh-- Yeah. Yeah, she’s amazing.

- I mean, I-- - [Kylie] So healing.

Mm-hmm. I feel so much better than I did before, so...

Yeah. You look so good.

- Really? - Yeah.

Oh, um... [chuckling]

I mean, she said I was dry, so...

No. No, no. I mean like inside.

- Oh. Inside, yeah. - You could tell.

No, but she’s my favorite.

- Mmm. - She’s the best.

I literally come here just to see her.

- I’m just so busy these days, you know. -Yeah.

My kids, work and everything.

But I’m sure you know how it is.

You must be so busy.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. - Yeah.

But, yeah, I’m not a mother...

- Yeah. Um... - ...so it’s a little different.

I’ve actually been meaning to talk to you.

Um, I heard you’re working with Johannes.

I’m so jealous.

You know him?

Yeah. Um, yeah, my sister introduced us, like, ages ago

and he was gonna do some Hulu thing for us,

- but then he was busy... - [Charli chuckles]

...with you!

- Oh. - Yeah.

Ah, really? That--

- Yeah. I’m not mad at you. - Oh, no. Good.

- I’m definitely not mad at you. - That’s good. Good.

No, I think it’s amazing. You’re, like, leveling up.

- [Charli chuckles] -What’s that dance everyone is doing?

- Yes. The-- - The fruit?

- Apple. Yes. Yeah, yeah. - Apples. Apples. So cute.

- [laughs] - Thank you. Um...

It’s funny you say that thing about, um... [chuckles] ... leveling up

because some people have been telling me to kinda slow down,

maybe even disappear.

- No. No, bitch. - No.

- Absolutely not. - No, bitch. No.

No, it’s not funny. It’s not funny.

Sorry.

That’s crazy.

The second you think people are getting sick of you,

- that’s when you have to go even harder. -Mmm.

If you’re gonna do it, you have to, like, do it.

- Do it. - Right?

- Right. Right. - Right.

You could totally be, like, one of the best. Ever.

[Charli] Wow. Uh... [chuckles]

Yeah. Babe, this is exciting!

- No stress. - Um...

- Yeah. No. No stress. - So good.

- Just good, good vibes. - We’re here.

- Yeah. Yes. - Yeah, good vibes.

I’m so happy for you.

- Oh. Thank you. - Good to see you.

- Good to see you. - Have a good session.

- I will. - Oh, you just did.

- I did, yeah. - Okay, love you. Bye.

Yeah, I love you--

Oh, my God.

Of course, you’re fucking here.

[sighs]

[tense music playing]

[line ringing]

[Charli] Hi, Tim. Hi, yeah. No, no, no, everything’s amazing.

Yeah, I’m having a great time.

No, no, no. I’m feeling really relaxed. Yeah.

I don’t know. It’s a fucking fountain. What do you think it sounds like?

Listen! Listen, I’m just calling because I wanna know

that everything is all okay with Johannes.

What? I never said that I didn’t want him to do it.

Of course I want him to fucking do it!

[line ringing]

Lloyd, can you hear me?

[Lloyd] Hello? Hold on. One second, one second, one second.

Can you just go somewhere where you can hear me, please?

-’Cause I need to fucking talk to you. - Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

You need to make sure that that man has every single thing that he needs

to make this fucking concert film, okay?

If he needs more money, we’ll give him more money. [stutters]

We’ll get it from the Brat card. We’ll get it from the fucking Brat card.

I can literally do a post right this second.

Sorry, can you hear me, Charli?

Lloyd, we’re doing a fucking post for the Brat card, okay?

I have to tell everyone to sign up for it or something.

What? Charli, like, for the bank? Aren’t you in Ibiza?

[Charli] I can’t be half-assing this anymore,

and that means you have to do your fucking job properly.

I need to level up! Fuck! Fuck.

[Lloyd speaks indistinctly]

Nothing. A glass broke.

- Did you send it? - Yeah, one second. I gotta...

Isn’t it just, like, a photo and something about the free tickets or...

Fuck! Tim, stay on the fucking phone!

Wait. Just... Please, stay on the fucking phone. Wait.

[Lloyd] But, like, why? You said you weren’t going to post about it.

[Charli] I changed my mind, okay?

The Brat show stuff costs fucking money, Lloyd.

Tim, seriously, I’m putting my body through so much fucking stress

and it’s causing me permanent damage, okay?

Like my skin and my fucking hair, Tim. I mean, I’ve got zero elasticity.

Do you even know what that means? Like, it’s really bad, apparently.

[phone buzzes]

- Okay, got it. Thank you. - [Lloyd] Don’t post that one, okay?

That one was wrong. Can you just hold on one...

Sorry, one second, I just-- I’ll be right there.

Charl--

[tense music building]

[sent tone chimes]

[sighs]

[message tone chimes]

[phone buzzes]

[intriguing music playing]

[vacuum cleaner buzzing]

[high-pitched buzzing]

[electricity powering down]

No, no. Exactly. I mean, obviously he is the right person to be doing this.

I can’t believe I didn’t realize that at the beginning.

Yeah. Uh, thanks, Tammy. You were right.

[sniffs]

Hi. Could someone help me with my stuff?

[crew speaking indistinctly]

[technician speaking indistinctly]

[Johannes] Nice.

Good work, everyone. Ten minutes, lunch.

Can we see sort of like a soft twinkle?

A little brighter.

Oh, nice. Nice. I like that.

Let’s note this moment for light-up wristbands.

- Hey. - Hey, Celeste.

- How are you? - I’m good. Um...

Charli’s back today.

Can we go down, please?

- I’m sorry? - [Celeste] Char--

[lift buzzing, beeping]

- Charli is back today. - [Johannes] Charli’s back?

- Yeah. - Awesome.

I don’t know what’s going on here, but I think we, uh, um...

You need to be prepared to make some changes.

- [Johannes] Well, I embrace changes. -Great.

Can only lose what we cling to, right?

Yeah.

You saw Charli’s email?

Uh, I don’t do emails.

Okay.

Did you see it?

[Johannes] You know, my father once said to me,

"Son, the only thing permanent in this universe is impermanence."

So let’s embrace the change.

Sounds very wise.

Tim, can I just get an ETA of when you guys are showing up,

because I just don’t want her to freak out?

All right, back off, everyone.

I’m in just kind of, like, a situation with Johannes and the label right now.

Hey, guys. Can you get this out of here?

Johannes has taken over the fucking space and it looks like a goddamn lava lamp.

Um, but just give me a heads-up

because I’m trying to get it cleared out before she arrives.

What is your ETA?

There’s currently a huge problem here.

Johannes has taken over the whole fucking thing.

Oh, my God. Hi, hi, hi. Oh, my God. Thank God that you’re here.

- Hi. - Thank God you’re here.

He’s a fucking disaster.

Johannes just moved all of his stuff in here.

And I asked him to clear it up before you arrived,

but nobody’s fucking listening to me anymore, and I just, like--

- Have you been listening to me? - [stutters] Uh--

I have, like, no fucking authority here anymore.

Did you--

How was your trip?

- Um, it was great, thank you. - Great.

It was really good, yeah.

- Did you send that email? - Um...

’Cause he said he, like, doesn’t do emails. So...

Does-- Does that say "bitch"?

[Celeste] Um...

You know, I think it’s sort of, like, censored.

This is what he thinks that your tour should look like.

I’m not exactly sure how he’s gotten all of this in here,

but I feel like he might be, like, paying for it himself,

or, like, the label might be paying for it,

which is even crazier.

- [Charli clears throat] - Honestly, it’s been really confusing,

but now you’re here, and we can just get on with it.

- [Charli] "Get on with it"? - Yeah.

[Charli] Tim, did you not fucking figure out the...

[Celeste] Figure out what?

Yeah, um...

[chuckles] Sorry, I’m a bit confused, so...

- What do you mean by "get on with it"? -What do you mean?

Because, to me, that would mean that we would have to start again from scratch.

The show is in two weeks,

so I have to rehearse with his stuff because this costs money,

do you know what I mean?

I can’t just piss it all away because now you’re having second thoughts, Celeste.

That’s not how this works.

[Charli clears throat]

[chuckles] Um...

Are you paying for this?

You called me from Ibiza and you said that you want to do our show

and to make sure that this didn’t happen.

And listen, I understand that this looks bad,

but it’s not starting from scratch.

- To be honest... - Charli.

I think maybe you just don’t get it, Celeste.

[Tim gasps] Oh, my God.

- [walkie-talkie bleeps] - Sorry.

Yeah. Don’t worry, that won’t happen on--

Is that me?

[Celeste] That’s supposed to be you, yeah.

[Charli] I don’t have time for this, Celeste.

I have to do stuff with him, okay?

- Can you just-- - Go for it. Yeah. Yeah.

Um-- Did-- [stutters] Has Jamie had a chance

- to catch up with you, Celeste? - [Johannes] Hey! Hey! Welcome back.

How was Ibiza? My home away from home.

- Did Jamie manage to get ahold of you? -Yes.

Did you try any of the beach clubs I recommended?

[Tim] You’re looking for answers...

I don’t need to talk about Jamie right now.

What the fuck does Jamie have to do with any of this?

So let me walk you through what we’re doing here. Um...

[Charli] "Bitch." [chuckles]

No, that’s a hashtag.

- Oh, okay. - Um...

- Hi. You again. - But yeah.

Do you wanna go check out some renderings and stuff?

- I would love to. - We got, um...

I’d love to do that.

- We got a new green. - New green?

I love this one. So we’ve gone with the uppercase B and--

You’ve changed the album cover?

It’s slightly more, like, earthy...

- Mmm, mm-hmm. Yeah. - ...you know.

’Cause the other one was a bit "vomity," I guess.

Working on some outfits for you.

You’re-- You’re doing the outfits? [chuckles]

- This is kind of-- I love this one. -He does it all, doesn’t he?

[Charli] Right.

[Johannes] And I also think it’s a bit more age appropriate for you.

I know you love cigarettes.

- We’re keeping it edgy. - [chuckles]

You can actually step inside this lighter.

- [stammers] Really? - As we set it on fire.

Is that safe then?

- A hundred percent safe, of course. -Good. Okay.

All right. Here we go.

Back off, back off. Safety distance, 25 feet.

[Charli, muffled] Why would I be inside it if it was on fire?

[Johannes] And three, two, one. Light it!

[Johannes chuckling]

- That was awesome. -[Charli] How did it look? Did it go?

It was great. Okay.

Good job, everyone.

We have some dialogue that I think could be quite effective here.

You take a little moment for audience interaction.

- Okay. - So--

You wanna take your glasses off maybe...

- Oh. Yeah. Yeah. -...so you can really connect with people?

[sunglasses clatter]

So, you’re like,

"Hey. Aw, thanks for coming. Oh, my God."

Little interaction with someone. "Hey, girls. Where you guys from?

Oh, Japan. I love Japan.

Arigato for coming." You know?

[in high voice] Charli, Charli.

[imitates screaming] We love you.

- Ah! [normal voice] And they’d be pulling. -Yep, yep.

- [imitates screaming] - Yeah, okay. Yeah.

- Hi. - Oh, she’s got a phone.

Uh...

- Grab it. Grab the phone. - And take a picture.

- Yeah, of course. Sorry. - The girls from Japan.

Yeah, and do something funny, like, in the... in the selfie.

’Cause then it’s like...

- it goes viral ’cause you’re, like... -Right. I just don’t think--

And what about this... on your eye?

Yeah, I just-- Okay.

I mean, there’s something about that that just feels wrong

’cause they’re from Japan, but... Okay, yeah.

And then you go, "Tonight means so much to me, Angels.

You know, making this album has been amazing."

And then, just steady gaze into the horizon.

[mimics shooting noise]

You are not to be messed with. That kind of...

[clears throat]

"You know,

making this album was such an amazing experience,

but it’s not until now,

seeing it, feeling it..."

You know that, like, "seeing it, feeling it."

That’s got to, boom, land.

So it’s like, [in British accent] "But it’s not until now,

seeing it, feeling it,

that I’m realizing it’s only just starting to come to life."

- [in normal voice] Just try it. - Mm-hmm.

Brat is so much bigger than an album.

[chuckles]

- It’s bigger than me. -[Johannes chuckling] Yeah, yeah.

[Charli] Mm-hmm.

"It’s bigger than all of us."

[flatly] Brat Summer forever.

No. No?

It’s okay. I just... I’m not sure I feel that it’s gonna last forever.

- I’m like-- Give me forever. - Okay. Okay, let me... Yeah.

[shouts] Brat Summer forever!

You sound a little hysterical there. Just a little bit.

So maybe just, like, more powerful,

- less, like, [shrilly] "forever." -Yep.

"Brat Summer forever!"

And you can hold this pose for a good five to ten seconds

’cause the audience will go nuts.

Great. Oh, well, okay. I... So, do you want me to run it?

[Johannes] Yeah, from the top. Have fun with it.

[Charli] Um...

- After you. Just a quick chat. - Sorry.

[Jamie] Okay.

- It’s kinda cold. - Yeah.

I like the way you’ve hung your lanyard there. It’s cool.

- Yeah. What’s up? - [sighs]

Here it is. Basically, it’s--

We’re all extremely grateful for the hard work you’ve put into the show so far.

[Celeste] Okay.

And it’s just... [sighs]

We really have to prioritize a successful concert film at the end of the day.

Totally.

We just-- We really need Johannes to take the lead on this.

That psychopath?

[stammers] Is anybody looking out for her? Tim?

When Charli was in Ibiza, she called me and she said, "Do not let this happen."

And now I don’t know what the fuck is going on.

Yeah, the thing is, Celeste, you don’t need to know what the fuck is going on.

Because this is Charli’s show and this is all coming directly from Charli.

She’s completely on board with Johannes. Okay?

Look, she even... she even called Tammy herself

to say how excited she was about it.

So what the fuck am I doing here?

Honestly, I don’t even know.

It’s probably best to just call it a day, Celeste.

- [Tim] Yeah, thank you so much, really. -Mmm.

- [Tim clears throat] - Can we just crack on? Please.

[Josh] You absolutely bossed that.

[Jamie sniffs] Thanks, man.

[door closes]

[pensive music playing]

[fluttering]

[thuds]

[crew chattering]

[Lloyd] Is that a cigarette?

Towards you. Towards you. Push it. Push it.

- Yeah, sorry, sorry, sorry. - We should be dragging it, shouldn’t we?

[crew chattering]

Morning.

Beautiful day.

Every day is gorgeous, every day is a blessing, of course,

but today feels special.

Is she going to, like, ride it or something?

[Charli grunts]

[Ted] What, is that feeling tight? It looks tight.

Um, it’s... [grunts] ...digging in a little bit.

Well, that could cut off your circulation.

- Oh. - You could lose a toe.

- So, we’re too tight? - [strap whips]

[Ted] Let’s, uh, try another bag.

Stick another 10 kg on, please, boys.

Uh, how high up are we going?

Oh, high as you like, love.

I’ve done right up to the rafters quite a few times.

Audience go mad for that.

It’s an incredible view.

Right. Talent ready to fly.

Moving. Let’s get her up.

[Johannes] Yeah, here we go.

[Ted] Keep it steady, please.

[Charli breathes deeply] Tim.

[Tim] Whoa. I want a go. [chuckles]

I need you to be honest and tell me if this looks shit.

No. I think it’s sort of, like, ethereal. Yeah.

- [Charli] Really? - [Ted] You all right up there?

Uh, yeah. I’m good, thank you.

Tim, will you please tell me if this looks fucking shit? Does it look shit?

No, I...

Charli, I just think if it feels like you, then it’s gonna be great, you know.

I don’t know what that fucking means, Tim. [breathes deeply]

- Yeah. Yeah. -Looks great. Looks great. Love it.

Okay, cue the track.

I look like a fucking idiot. [breathes deeply]

["I might say something stupid" playing through speakers]

♪ I might say something stupid ♪

♪ Talk to myself in the mirror ♪

♪ Wear these clothes as disguise ♪

♪ Just to reenter the party ♪

♪ Door is open Let in, but still outside ♪

♪ I look perfect for the background ♪

♪ I get nervous, sip the wine ♪

♪ I go so cold, I go so cold ♪

♪ And I don’t know ♪

♪ If I belong here anymore, I... ♪

[phone buzzing]

[Tim] Jamie, no. Sorry. Two secs. I can’t right now.

Bye. Two minutes.

[Lloyd] What the fuck is she doing?

[Charli sighs]

[breathing deeply]

[crew member] I’ve got someone called Tammy here at the security gate.

There’s a big group of them. They’re saying they have access.

Sorry, what? Charli’s in rehearsal right now.

What... What do you mean outside? Outside where?

No, it’s good, it’s good. It’s good, it’s good. [breathes deeply]

[music swells]

[Charli singing through speakers] ♪ I don’t know if I belong here anymore ♪

♪ I don’t know if I belong here anymore ♪

♪ If I belong here anymore ♪

♪ I don’t know if ♪

♪ I belong here anymore ♪

[Johannes] Goose bumps.

Uh, let’s go again, and without the long, boring intro, okay? Right away.

- [Charli] Uh, okay. Great. - There’s some people from the label...

[Johannes] We need to get her above the lighter.

[Ted] Sure thing. We just need to reset a couple of things.

Is it all right if we just let her hang tight for a minute?

Higher.

- [Tammy] Tim! - [rigging buzzing]

- Tim! - [Ted] All right, Charli.

I’ll need you to stay put, and I’m gonna sort this out.

- [crew member] Hey, wait. - Fuck.

- Tim. We need to talk. Now! - Hello!

[Tim] Okay, hi.

- Were you aware of this post? - [Charli] What did I... What?

- What post? Social? What social... -The social post wherein which Charli

inaccurately advertised the Brat card partnership...

Tim, what’s happening?

- ...and subsequently... - Sorry.

...voided the whole deal!

- Did you sign off on that? - No.

- Lloyd! Lloyd. - Oh, my God!

Charli’s crashed the fucking bank! Fuck!

What?

- Sorry. Is this the gay card? - [Ted] Talent in descent!

- Is this the gay credit card thing? -Can you put me down?

- Can I just have clarity? - Get your artist down!

Okay, I plan to get her down, but can I just get clarity?

[Tammy] Come here, little girl. We need to talk.

Can we find a quiet space?

- [Tim] I reckon we potentially ... -Do you know where a quiet space is?

...utilize the... the dressing rooms.

What the fuck? Why is she dressed like Tinker Bell?

- [Jamie] There’s not a door. - [Tim] The door is over there.

[Jamie] That’s just where two people are standing.

Can someone please explain to the director

- what’s going on? -[Tammy] You are not allowed to share...

God, Morgh!

- What is this? What is this? What is this? -[grumbles] God.

[Pauline] Okay, okay. This is a very sensitive situation.

Can anybody not involved in the Howard Stirling partnership please get out?

[Lloyd] Listen, everybody. Relax.

Who are you?

The bank is not crashing. Okay?

They’re saying that there’s a small possibility that--

- [Tammy] Who told you that? - [Molly] Is Charli getting canceled?

That the bank might, might crash. This bank was fucked already, right?

- [Tim] Oh, shit. - [Lloyd] Right?

It’s all over the Internet.

Yes, Tim. It’s all over the fucking Internet.

Charli misrepresented this whole thing.

That’s the fuckup that we’re dealing with, okay? Rashid, just... Listen.

So, the artist shared a social post

which incorrectly advertised the terms and conditions

as per the contract with the bank.

[Charli] But Lloyd, I just posted what you told me to post.

Many of the artist’s fans signed up just to get the free ticket,

and now these individuals are defaulting on their initial payments.

[Tammy] Your fans aren’t paying their credit card bills, Charli!

What about the fraud? The fraud.

Yeah. So they used multiple forms of identification, which is basic fraud.

- There have been some arrests. - [Lloyd] Arrests?

[Charli] This isn’t my fault. This is obviously the bank’s fault.

We’re not speculating about personal liability right now.

I signed up for two cards. Am I going to prison?

- But it’s obviously not my fault! -Charli, stop--

Charli! We were not even in the same country when you posted that.

Lloyd! Get away from me! Get away from me!

- Get away from me! Get away from me! -[Lloyd] Why aren’t you helping me?

- This is not on me. -Yes it is! This is not my fault!

Calm down! I’m becoming concerned now! Okay.

Less of that.

Okay. We’re going to get Charli out to her car.

We’re going to get her out of here. Ana, can you call the driver and grab--

- Sorry, sorry. Just-- Just-- - [Tammy] Tim. Tim, Tim, Tim.

No, no, no, no. Tim!

I don’t think that’s a good idea. I don’t think it’s wise.

That’s not wise.

- Where are you going? - Where is he going?

Well, that’s brat summer fucking over.

[Tammy mumbles]

- [glass smashes] - [Tammy] Whoa.

- Great. - Okay. I’m just gonna...

- [Charli breathes heavily] - You good?

- Can you just close the... please. -Okay, sorry. Sorry. Um...

Thank you.

Fuck!

What the fuck? What the fuck?

[breathing heavily]

[distorted] ♪ Party girl, party girl ♪

Fuck!

[breathing heavily]

Fuck!

[sighs]

[objects clattering]

Fucking dates. Fucking joke...

Pitchfork.

[sighs, groans]

[breathing heavily]

[melancholy music playing]

[sighs]

[sighs]

[reporter 1] Financial institution Howard Stirling

have finally filed for bankruptcy after an unstable few years.

This collapse follows a polarizing rebranding for the bank

in their attempts to target a younger demographic.

Fans have been expressing their frustration and disappointment

in the wake of the "Brat card crash," as it has been dubbed online.

[reporter 2] This is a real fall from grace for this artist.

Charli xcx has lost almost one million followers

in the wake of this Brat card controversy.

[Colbert] Bad news for, uh, Brat fans.

Sounds like Charli xcx might be in trouble with Charli SEC.

[commentator] Ugh, I mean, it’s so transparent.

Charli isn’t counterculture.

She just steals from it to try to look cool without actually saying anything.

...decided to revise my Brat score from a ten to a three.

Everyone’s asking about Charli. Uh...

Honestly, I... I just feel really bad for her fans.

"I’m So Julia." [scoffs] Yeah, right. That is not what I’m about.

[Colbert] Now, there was one hint that the bank might be in trouble early on

when the Brat card sign-up bonus was a free bag of cocaine.

[studio audience laughing]

I don’t think someone named Charli xcx and her gay-ass credit card...

Get her.

[reporter 1] Howard Stirling was in an extremely insecure place,

and their attempts to capitalize

on a young, vulnerable market clearly backfired.

You, like, analyze. Oh, my God.

How could I be friends with a person who could do something like this? Uh...

[fan] I used to be one of Charli’s biggest fans,

but after all of this, I just can’t.

Everything I had, all my savings are gone.

Honestly, I don’t really know what to say. She used to mean so much to me.

[vlogger] The better question instead of "Who killed Brat Summer?"

is "Who owns Brat Summer?"

What is it? How did it happen?

And was it ever something purely devoid of commerciality

which supposedly killed it in the first place?

I’ll be exploring this in today’s video while charting the album rollout

to analyze how pop’s most intuitive Internet starlet

has won this year’s viral Olympics.

[high-pitched buzzing]

[Tammy] Okay, we’re all here, so let’s not waste any more time.

Where are we at?

[Rashid] Well, uh, with regards to the Howard Stirling situation,

our main concern is still the concert ticket promotion.

[inhales sharply] Uh...

As the tickets have already been distributed, they remain valid,

but the bank have made it clear that they are not gonna pay for them.

[Tammy] Ah, because the bank no longer exists.

That is correct.

So if the tour goes ahead,

we’re paying for these little gay criminals to watch it?

- [Tammy] Huh? - [Rashid] The... I wouldn’t...

[Tammy] Okay, okay. I got it. I got it.

We’re gonna have to find a way to recoup.

What’s the situation with Amazon?

Oh, they are locked-in. That deal is solid.

- [Tammy] That’s good. - Yeah.

Tammy, if I may interject as well, just a reminder that that was us.

- The Amazon... - [Tammy] Oh.

- Thank you. - [Tim] What was you?

- What? -Uh, I’m sorry. Johannes is here.

- What? Johannes? For what? - Johannes?

This fucking guy.

- I told her that you’re in a meeting. -All right. Just...

All right, just bring him in. Bring him in.

- What the fuck? - Okay, I’m sorry. I’m sorry.

Hey.

Oh, great. Everyone’s here. [chuckles]

You guys are in a bit of a tough situation.

So maybe this is a good time for us to discuss my involvement with the film.

Well... [chuckles] ...what’s there to discuss?

Well, uh, Tammy, the context of the project has clearly changed.

Bruce, you can jump in if you feel like you wanna add something here.

When my client, Johannes was attached to this film,

he did not agree to making seditious promotional materials

for a figure of political unrest.

[Johannes] Exactly.

It has become clear that this film would be in aid of an agenda

that is at odds with the moral standing of my client.

- [Johannes] Yes. - [chuckles] Moral standing?

- [Bruce] Mm-hmm. - [Tammy laughs]

[stammers] I don’t care if-- if Charli fucked the Unabomber,

you’re under a fucking contract.

I cannot be associated with a communist!

She’s hardly a communist. She did a bloody H&M campaign.

I’m sorry, but this... this whole situation is perverse.

She is perverted.

She has bankrupted her own fans.

You think they’re gonna go watch her show?

Johannes, mate, there is still quite a lot of interest, actually.

- [Josh] Apparently, a lot of her fans... -In what?

...think the whole thing’s quite funny.

[Johannes] What?

- [Tammy] Yes. And, Tim... - Ha ha.

Yeah. Well, Charli is going on the road, doing the shows.

Right, Tim? Right?

Um, I’m actually giving her a bit of space at the moment, um, since everything.

So you haven’t spoken to Charli? Since when?

I said since everything happened with this.

Well, that was... [stammers]

- Since last week? -[Rashid] Probably like a week, yeah.

[Tim] What’s this week?

- Yes. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. -Wait, so has anyone talked to Charli?

Huh? No?

If Charli isn’t here, there’s no show.

Where does that leave us?

Well, if the artist is responsible for canceling their own show,

um, due to illness or incapacity,

or perhaps sudden death,

they are, or their estate is, responsible for the costs of that cancellation.

What... So, what, sudden death?

Okay. So she’s not dead, we can assume.

[church bell tolling]

Yeah.

[tense music playing]

Oh.

Um...

Wait. Can we do with five minutes?

Sorry, I’m being weird.

Um...

[tense music building]

- [exclaims] Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. - [groans]

- [exhales sharply] - [elevator voice] Doors closing.

- [Lloyd] There you are. Hi. Whoa. -[exclaims] Fucking hell!

You’ve heard from Charli, right? You’ve like... You’ve seen Charli?

No. Not since Thursday.

Ana! What the fuck?

- [Lloyd] Tim, tone. Dude, what... -Yeah, yes, sorry. I...

That’s really rude. I’m sorry. Just...

They think she’s dead.

- They think she might be dead. - Who thinks she’s dead?

The label thinks she’s...

- People think she’s dead? - Yes. No, no. Please, I--

If I may... Uh...

Uh, if she’s missing... [stammers] ...uh, there’s no show. Correct?

- [Tim] She could just be out. - We should post, like, a missing thing,

- right? -[Ana] You know of her house in London?

She has a house in London? No, she doesn’t. What?

- [Lloyd] It should be a black screen? -Where?

- Not like a picture of her. - No! Not posting about this! Are you mad?

- I booked an Uber. - Yeah. Do book an Uber.

- You have. Yeah, brilliant. - Yeah, it’s--

One thing.

Hypothetically, if something has...

[knocks on table]

...God forbid,

happened to Charli,

are we in control of the footage that’s already been shot? Or...

We are. Okay.

[church bell tolling]

- [Lloyd] It’s this one? - [Ana] Yes.

[Tim] Okay. Okay, okay, okay.

- Thank you. - [Ana] Come on.

- [Tim] Thank you. Thank you. - [Lloyd grunts]

- Ow. [grunts] - [Tim] Is it that house?

[Johannes chuckles]

Did you guys ever see the Amy movie?

You gotta wa... It’s incredibly powerful.

[church bell continues tolling]

[crows cawing]

[Tim speaking indistinctly]

[footsteps running]

[all breathing heavily]

- [Ana] Oh, fuck. - [Lloyd] Oh, Jesus Christ.

[disjointed, indistinct dialogue]

[static buzzing]

[tense music building]

- [Ana] Charli? - [Charli gasps]

[Tim gasps]

[sighs]

[church bell tolling]

[Charli sighs]

[Tim] Um, no, just sleeping.

She said she was tired. Yeah.

No. No, no, she completely understands. Yeah.

Johannes’s show. Whatever he wants to do.

No, no. No notes, as far as I’m aware.

Uh...

Yeah, no, she’s sure.

[birds chirping]

[pensive music playing]

[Tim] Okay. Cheers.

[Celeste] Um... [smacks lips]

No. I haven’t. Um...

But she sent me this voice note.

Let me see if I can get this hooked up here.

[sighs]

[sniffs]

[phone beeps]

Hey, Celeste. Um... [inhales sharply] ...It’s me. [chuckles]

I, uh...

[breathes shakily]

I’m sorry about... um...

about everything.

Uh...

[sighs] I’m sure you saw what happened.

I mean, it was all pretty terrible, actually. [chuckles]

I know this whole thing’s become a bit of a joke now,

and I’ve become a bit of a joke. [inhales sharply]

And I don’t think I would forgive me,

so I don’t expect you to forgive me, obviously.

Um...

But I just wanted to say that I’m really, really sorry.

It’s funny. [sighs]

This whole summer, I’ve been dreading the end.

I don’t know, I just...

I built this tour up to be something so massive.

I got so caught up in all of it. [sighs]

I’ve spent my whole life trying to get...

approval or something.

Trying to get in... [scoffs]

...trying to be cool.

[groans] It’s just...

God, it’s just so fucking embarrassing trying so hard all the time. [chuckles]

[sighs]

So when I felt like people started to care about me... [chuckles]

...nothing else mattered, you know?

Nothing was more important than getting people to keep on buying into Brat.

Getting more and more people to like it. It didn’t even matter if I liked it.

I didn’t even think about that. I just didn’t want it to stop.

I know it’s not chic to be the last person at the party, but, um...

I think I hate going home.

Yeah, I... I really hate it.

[sniffles]

I guess I just thought that if enough people liked me

or at least paid attention to me,

that maybe I would look in the mirror and like myself.

[sniffles]

But I didn’t.

Sorry, um... [chuckles]

You probably already know I’m doing the show. [chuckles]

Not our show, Johannes’ show. Um...

It’s just something that I need to do, and I hope you get why.

You’re probably the only person who would get why.

But I need you to know this isn’t me giving in or anything.

I’m doing it, uh, this hideous fucking show,

not to keep Brat going,

but to destroy it,

- to let it die. - Camera two. Wide.

[Charli] We always knew we’d have to kill it anyways.

Maybe there’s a world where we could have done it our way,

but that is just too far gone now.

And I know that that’s my fault. [breathes shakily]

Anyways, you should come. [chuckles]

Um...

I mean, it really does look like a fucking lava lamp.

I’m not offending anyone. Nightmare.

Obviously, it’s all fucking ridiculous and sad...

...but I don’t have to worry about it being cool anymore,

or if it feels like me

because it has nothing to do with me anymore.

In a way, I feel kinda good.

Like free.

Or something.

[sighs]

It’s like I’m not being dragged along by this thing anymore.

I finally got a piece of myself back.

["Bittersweet Symphony" playing]

Everyone else can make Brat Summer last forever if they want to,

but for me, it’s over.

[chuckles]

And, um...

you can’t dread the end when it’s over.

Sorry this was so long. Uh...

Gonna send this now. Um...

Okay. Bye.

["Bittersweet Symphony" continues]

[Johannes] What does that say? "Communist cum dump?" Jesus Christ.

Okay, reframe camera three.

I can’t use that, okay?

Camera three, are you fucking deaf? Can you reframe?

♪ ’Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony ♪

♪ That’s life ♪

♪ Trying to make ends meet ♪

♪ You’re a slave to money then you die ♪

♪ I’ll take you down ♪

♪ The only road I’ve ever been down ♪

♪ You know the one that takes you To the places ♪

♪ Where all the veins meet, yeah ♪

♪ No change, I can change I can change, I can change ♪

♪ But I’m here in my mold I am here in my mold ♪

♪ But I’m a million different people From one day to the next ♪

♪ I can’t change my mold No, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ Have you ever been down? ♪

♪ Been down? ♪

♪ Ever been down? ♪

♪ Have you ever been down? ♪

[song fades]

[crowd cheering]

["Dread" playing]

[song ends]