Pop Culture Happy Hour · NPR
Charli xcx, The Moment and What’s Making Us Happy
February 6, 2026·25 min·2 clips
Charli XCX's movie The Moment asks if she can keep the Brat momentum going—or if she even wants to.
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A brisk, funny Pop Culture Happy Hour take on The Moment, with enough bite to keep Brat lore from going soft.
Pop Culture Happy Hour treats Charli XCX's The Moment as a case study in what changes when Brat Summer turns into a brand. The panel follows the film's hyper-pop, super-meta, faux-documentary shape and the strain on Charli's on-screen version of herself: a star trying to stay…
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For a meta look at Brat Summer's aftermath.
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