Charli XCX has become one of the biggest forces in the music industry. In a year of album releases from artists the likes of Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Ariana Grande-- it seems like all anyone can talk about it "Brat Summer"

But her career did NOT start out this way. Charli has been working at this for 16 years, and only now is she finally starting to hit a new career peak.

In this week's episode we take a look at the lore of Charli XCX. How she got to where the is today, her struggles in the music industry, and the creation of the Brat album.

This is part one of a two part series inspired by ViDEOGiRL on YouTube . In part 2 (coming next week) we will do a deep dive on the marketing of Brat, and why this was one of the most impressive album rollouts in recent memory.

And thank you all SOO much for your patience. I took a 2 week break as I went home to go visit my family, but I am ECSTATIC to be back. You all were beyond kind about the Chappell Roan video and I can't wait to continue uploading weekly