Charli xcx’s reaction to ‘Songwriter of the Year’ sets the tone for the 2025 BRIT Awards

With the BRIT Awards quickly approaching, the British music industry is preparing to celebrate the artists who have represented this country internationally in 2025. Since the nominees were revealed on the 23rd of January, anticipation has been building up as fans attempt to predict who will take home the awards for the main categories. The pool of nominees is full to the brim with diverse and multi-genre talent, with names like Dua Lipa, Nia Archives, Sam Fender, Beadadoobee, Little Simz, RAYE, Jorja Smith, JADE, Rachel Chinouriri and FLO bringing the UK’s best to the BRITs’ spotlight.

But one artist has taken the world by storm since last year’s BRITs. Former young girl from Essex, now multi-Grammy winner Charli XCX and her club-pop dance album ‘brat’ defined 2024, leaving no one untouched with its charismatic combination of party-girl antics and sincere introspection. ‘Brat’ was highly awarded and is the highest-rated album of 2024, according to Metacritic. Its impact on the world cannot be understated, as the “Brat Summer” phenomenon had everyone from the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to former American Vice-President Kamala Harris scrambling to ride Charli’s wave in an effort to appeal to their young voters. So, it was no surprise when the nominations came out and Charli was nominated for the following categories: ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Artist of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Dance Act’ and ‘Pop Act’.

The BRITs will occur on Saturday, the 1st of March, at London’s The O2. The main categories will be televised, on ITV1 and ITVX from 8:15pm, ranging from ‘Artist of the Year’ to ‘International Song of the Year’, along with eight much-anticipated musical acts. The lineup includes Ezra Collective featuring Jorja Smith, Lola Young, Sam Fender, Sabrina Carpenter, JADE, Myles Smith, The Last Dinner Party and Teddy Swims. 

Some of the categories that will not be televised have already been awarded. The ‘Global Success Award’ was understandably given to Sabrina Carpenter, with ‘Rising Star’ going to the UK’s own Myles Smith and ‘Producer of the Year’ being awarded to PC Music founder and ‘brat’ executive producer A.G. Cook. And, of course, Charli XCX was named ‘Songwriter of the Year’.

Her reaction, which she posted to her X page, made fun of herself and her lyrics with the cheeky attitude that is so uniquely Charli and so incredibly brat, reminding long-term fans of why we fell in love with her in the first place and setting the tone for the upcoming BRIT awards. Some are even speculating that Charli was making fun of an online joke, based on a video of Taylor Swift from over 10 years ago which has very similar lyrics and some have joked “predicted ‘brat’”.

For all effects and purposes, the 2025 BRIT Awards will most likely be Charli XCX’s victory lap after dominating the industry this past year and demonstrating how authenticity still sells. As such, fans are expecting ‘brat’ to win most of the nominations it received, with #BRATSWEEP starting to trend again online after Charli’s success and iconic performance of ‘Guess’ featuring Billie Eilish at the Grammys. Tune in to the BRITs on Saturday to celebrate as our girl finally gets her flowers from her home country!