Charli xcx Turns BRIT Awards Into ‘Brat’ Awards as Host Danny Dyer Slams Chappell Roan and Prime Minister Keir Starmer

variety.com:

Mark Sutherland Even the BRIT Awards went ‘Brat’ as Charli xcx as the singer-songwriter-producer and her 2024-dominating album swept the board with five gongs at the U.K.’s leading music awards ceremony.

But despite her huge (and predicted) success after countless memes and “Brat Summer,” Charli’s decision not to perform at her big Saturday night homecoming party at the O2 Arena — despite being in attendance and having performed at last month’s Grammys — was surely more of a Brat bummer for show organizers on a night that was otherwise light on bona-fide British global stars.

Returning host Jack Whitehall made light of the singer’s absence from the performance line-up, quipping that her decision to not play live in order to “get drunk” was the most British thing ever.

Yet Charli — who was also named Variety’s 2024 Hitmaker of the Year — still dominated proceedings, making multiple visits to the podium for winning artist, album, song and best dance act — four wins out of her five nominations, plus her previously announced songwriter of the year prize, while her long-time collaborator A.G.