November 2, 2024 • 5 mins
Brat has been named as the Collins Dictionary word of the year.
The term is defined as someone with a 'confident, independent and hedonistic attitude' and has been inspired by Charli XCX's album of the same name, released in June.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall says 'brat summer' became a cultural movement overseas - and is expected to continue with Charli XCX headlining Laneway next February.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talk SEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Time to talk entertainment now and I'm joined by Steve Nell,
editor at flick stot co dot him z. Good morning,
fresh back, we've got a microphone working there. Yeah, well, yeah,
there we are, fresh back from a trip to the
US where you actually happen to see Charlie XCX and
Bratt has been chosen as the Colins Dictionary Word of
(00:33):
the Year.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
You know, I think most people probably familiar with what
the word bratt meant before Charlie's album released in June,
But since then it's sort of become synonymous with an
attitude that a party, hedonistic attitude that's kind of come
to define the back end of twenty twenty four for
a lot of people, and for Colin's Dictionary, they have
(00:54):
selected this characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude
as what they describe about it. A word that resonates
with people globally, with Bratt's summer establishing itself as an
aesthetic and a way of life.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
It kind of celebrates individuality, doesn't it, and sort of
a care free attitude.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, and I think in an era where all social
media presentations sort of so put together in precise, it's
kind of being a bit messy and not not giving a.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Whatever is the way to go. Look, Charlie is going
to be playing Laneway Festival here in New Zealand early
next year. What was she like live?
Speaker 3 (01:34):
The show's fantastic. I saw it as a co headline
with Troy Sevan, so the pure headline Charlie XCX. Not
too sure what the format of that show will look like,
but the record brat sounds fantastic live, and I guess
the show boils down mostly to trying to turn a
big arena or a stadium into a club type environment,
and a huge success in that regard. Really really worked
(01:58):
and sent people home extremely satisfied.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I think that's really interesting. Have you ever seen a
being to a show where they've been two headline x
that a performs a small bunch of songs and next
artist comes on them again they just keep swapping over.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
I don't think so it worked really well. I think
if you've got something in common with your collaborator, I've
got some songs and material in common, or just an
aesthetic and a fan base that really works so so
over the course of a couple of hours. This is
how the shows on the Sweat Tour worked. Would be
a two hour block of Charlie and Savann kind of
trading off little sections of the show. It means a
gular things like costume changes, which are a big part
(02:32):
of a pop show without derailing the momentum. And so
no one ever stopped dancing for two hours, as opposed
to kind of I've got to wait for an hour.
There's got to be a Beyonce costume change. It will
take a it'll take a few minutes. Let's throw let's
throw to a video.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
It's a tricky note to get in and out of it.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
It's going to take time.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, yeah, it's interesting. I thought of when I heard
about Brad. I thought, oh, they're just kind of jumping
on the bandwagon. And I was trying to think of
a bitter word to describe the year. And I'm sure
that everybody will have their own word to describe their year.
But it's quite a good one.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Yeah, there was, there's some there's some contenders. A Delulu
was a contender.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
What does delulu mean?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
It's deluded?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Deluded? Okay, just use the word diluted.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
One. Look, you can give Collins a call after the
show and get them to get them to sort out.
But it's it's kind of typical, I think, to to
include reframed usages of words. So like lockdown, you know,
was something that existed before twenty twenty. Obviously the tone
(03:29):
of that changed dramatically. Anyway, as we say on Charlie
six headlining lay My Festival at Auckland's Western Springs on
February sixth, it's going to be a doozy.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Quentin Tarantino quarter headline. And actually I kind of get
where he's coming from. Even though I did love the
June films, I felt this year when it comes to
cinema that Hollywood has been playing a very safe game.
They you know, probably post strikes, post COVID, want to
know that they're going to make some money. And it
(04:00):
feels like the year of sequels and remakes, and Quentin
Tarantino has got some thoughts on that.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yeah, And and look, Hollywood's built on remakes and existing
IP but definitely it's definitely been mind kind of harder
than it ever has before. As these big entertainment providers
kind of look for sure, bets right, safe things remind
sell things back to people that they already know to
some extent. But there is also a new audience. It's
out there that hasn't seen things like June or Showgun,
(04:26):
which which were the two titles that he referred to.
Tarantana was asked if he considered June Part two one
of the best movies of the year, and he said,
I don't need to see that story again. And I
can't do his voice justice, but if you just imagine
motor Mouth and his very specific, fast talking accent, I
don't need to see spice worms. I need to see
(04:47):
a movie that says the words spice so dramatically. Obviously,
he still is the quote factory he used to be,
But yeah, he kind of says, Look, there's lots of stuff.
In the case of Ripley, there's six or seven Ripley books.
If you do one again, why are you doing the
same One's already been done, done already. But look, Quentin
(05:08):
will be delighted to know that June Prophecy, which is
a prequel series to the films set ten thousand years
before the events of June and June Part two, is
coming to sky Max and Neon on Monday, the eighteenth
of November, so that is something new, Quentin.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Before there we go, Thanks so much, Steve, Lovely to
have you back.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it B from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talk SEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Time to talk entertainment now and I'm joined by Steve Nell,
editor at flick stot co dot him z. Good morning,
fresh back, we've got a microphone working there. Yeah, well, yeah,
there we are, fresh back from a trip to the
US where you actually happen to see Charlie XCX and
Bratt has been chosen as the Colins Dictionary Word of
(00:33):
the Year.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
You know, I think most people probably familiar with what
the word bratt meant before Charlie's album released in June,
But since then it's sort of become synonymous with an
attitude that a party, hedonistic attitude that's kind of come
to define the back end of twenty twenty four for
a lot of people, and for Colin's Dictionary, they have
(00:54):
selected this characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude
as what they describe about it. A word that resonates
with people globally, with Bratt's summer establishing itself as an
aesthetic and a way of life.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
It kind of celebrates individuality, doesn't it, and sort of
a care free attitude.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, and I think in an era where all social
media presentations sort of so put together in precise, it's
kind of being a bit messy and not not giving a.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Whatever is the way to go. Look, Charlie is going
to be playing Laneway Festival here in New Zealand early
next year. What was she like live?
Speaker 3 (01:34):
The show's fantastic. I saw it as a co headline
with Troy Sevan, so the pure headline Charlie XCX. Not
too sure what the format of that show will look like,
but the record brat sounds fantastic live, and I guess
the show boils down mostly to trying to turn a
big arena or a stadium into a club type environment,
and a huge success in that regard. Really really worked
(01:58):
and sent people home extremely satisfied.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I think that's really interesting. Have you ever seen a
being to a show where they've been two headline x
that a performs a small bunch of songs and next
artist comes on them again they just keep swapping over.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
I don't think so it worked really well. I think
if you've got something in common with your collaborator, I've
got some songs and material in common, or just an
aesthetic and a fan base that really works so so
over the course of a couple of hours. This is
how the shows on the Sweat Tour worked. Would be
a two hour block of Charlie and Savann kind of
trading off little sections of the show. It means a
gular things like costume changes, which are a big part
(02:32):
of a pop show without derailing the momentum. And so
no one ever stopped dancing for two hours, as opposed
to kind of I've got to wait for an hour.
There's got to be a Beyonce costume change. It will
take a it'll take a few minutes. Let's throw let's
throw to a video.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
It's a tricky note to get in and out of it.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
It's going to take time.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, yeah, it's interesting. I thought of when I heard
about Brad. I thought, oh, they're just kind of jumping
on the bandwagon. And I was trying to think of
a bitter word to describe the year. And I'm sure
that everybody will have their own word to describe their year.
But it's quite a good one.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Yeah, there was, there's some there's some contenders. A Delulu
was a contender.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
What does delulu mean?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
It's deluded?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Deluded? Okay, just use the word diluted.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
One. Look, you can give Collins a call after the
show and get them to get them to sort out.
But it's it's kind of typical, I think, to to
include reframed usages of words. So like lockdown, you know,
was something that existed before twenty twenty. Obviously the tone
(03:29):
of that changed dramatically. Anyway, as we say on Charlie
six headlining lay My Festival at Auckland's Western Springs on
February sixth, it's going to be a doozy.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Quentin Tarantino quarter headline. And actually I kind of get
where he's coming from. Even though I did love the
June films, I felt this year when it comes to
cinema that Hollywood has been playing a very safe game.
They you know, probably post strikes, post COVID, want to
know that they're going to make some money. And it
(04:00):
feels like the year of sequels and remakes, and Quentin
Tarantino has got some thoughts on that.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yeah, And and look, Hollywood's built on remakes and existing
IP but definitely it's definitely been mind kind of harder
than it ever has before. As these big entertainment providers
kind of look for sure, bets right, safe things remind
sell things back to people that they already know to
some extent. But there is also a new audience. It's
out there that hasn't seen things like June or Showgun,
(04:26):
which which were the two titles that he referred to.
Tarantana was asked if he considered June Part two one
of the best movies of the year, and he said,
I don't need to see that story again. And I
can't do his voice justice, but if you just imagine
motor Mouth and his very specific, fast talking accent, I
don't need to see spice worms. I need to see
(04:47):
a movie that says the words spice so dramatically. Obviously,
he still is the quote factory he used to be,
But yeah, he kind of says, Look, there's lots of stuff.
In the case of Ripley, there's six or seven Ripley books.
If you do one again, why are you doing the
same One's already been done, done already. But look, Quentin
(05:08):
will be delighted to know that June Prophecy, which is
a prequel series to the films set ten thousand years
before the events of June and June Part two, is
coming to sky Max and Neon on Monday, the eighteenth
of November, so that is something new, Quentin.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Before there we go, Thanks so much, Steve, Lovely to
have you back.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it B from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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