Fame does not give happiness I have told many artists in their memories, in their documentaries or in their lives Podcast. Britney Spears speaks in her book –The woman is me– From the exploitation and trauma that the music industry represents or Demi Lovato talking to Drew Barrymore in the documentary –Child star– About his drug use since childhood and the consequences it had on him in his adult life are some recent examples. However, what’s uncomfortable about international stardom can be more trivial and everyday: endless hours of travel, tricking lifelong friends over the triviality of your new interests, obsessions with strangers to leave one in evidence… These are some of the downsides of fame that artist Charli XCX (Cambridge, 33) shared with his followers on Substack. The fact that she is a pop star This is your second entry into this app halfway between the blog and there newsletter, Celebrities like Rosalía, Pamela Anderson or Patti Smith also appeared. “I only focus on the reality of being a pop star because I was my original one, because this is the role in my life in which I have the most experience and because I am also the most ridiculous,” confirms the singer, who is now exploring her sides as an actress.
“Being a pop star has its pros and cons, like most of my work,” comes the artist who revolutionized the musical panorama last year with his album brat. First, focus on the “very fun” part. “You can go to big parties in a black van, smoke cigarettes in the car, scream for the roof and all these clichés,” he asserts. “At these parties, you sometimes meet interesting people, and those interesting people often want to get to know you. You can wear cool clothes, shoes, and jewelry that sometimes comes with your own security guard accompanying you throughout the party. You can get free goodies like phones, LaptopsAnd trips, gominolas de hongos, clothes and, sometimes, even an electric bike that will remain intact in your garage for about five years.
The list of benefits is long. This also includes getting into a restaurant kitchen and being the head chef and waiters – “who will probably hate you while you’re doing real work,” he stresses – and listening to music exclusively before it’s released, having fans who make you feel like a goddess or traveling the world without worrying about booking anything. “You feel special, but you also, sometimes, realize the absurdity of it all,” the Brit explains.
Luego continues to take a certain irony to make room to confront B with all these privileges. “You’ll also end up spending a lot of time inhabiting liminal, external, soulless spaces. You can see the waiting room for the event you’re about to enter, the VIP room at the airport, the visa office, the stuffy tour bus, the underbelly of the stage or the building of the set, all at once and you’re stuck in the middle. You’re in transit, going somewhere, but the journey alone takes up most of the experience,” he laments. For example, the singer shares an anecdote about actress Rachel Sinnott who filmed a scene for the movie The moment “She was accommodated with blankets and pillows and sent directly to us as a package. It took all night, but I was only in the area for an hour,” Charlie described.
One of the things that bothers Charlie the most is strategy marketing The artist can do his best to direct the viewer, but in the end it will be the consumer who decides whether the pop star is a “symbol of sex, chaos, intelligence” or something else. “Sometimes, people like to go against the grain, and that’s where a challenging attitude is born that’s totally appropriate. Instead of ‘You’re a sex symbol’, you’re ‘You’re a slut’. Instead of ‘You’re a mess,’ you’re ‘You’re a fucking drug addict’. Instead of ‘You’re smart’, ‘You’re spoiled and say a lot of buzzwords’, etc.” While the reasons for this success arouse a lot of anger among some, the artist accuses him of “patriarchal society”: “They still teach us to hate women, to hate us more and make us angry with women if they leave the organized box in which they entered the public perception.”
On the other hand, Charli “The difference between lifestyles becomes increasingly drastic the more successful and paranoid you become,” she stresses, as a Brit who spends a lot of time in Los Angeles, where she can lose a lot of touch with reality. “For this reason, being a pop star can be a very humiliating experience, especially when your old friends mock and ridicule you for worrying about something completely useless,” he writes.
The last nuisance is reserved for imprisonment for being honest at all times. “In recent years, some people seem to have developed a relationship between fame and moral responsibility that is not at all understood. My favorite artists are not role models to follow, I wouldn’t want that to happen, but maybe it’s just that,” he explains. “I don’t care if you tell the truth, or if you tell me, or if you interpret a character, or if you adopt a character, or if you invent entire scenes and worlds,” he says. “For me, that’s the point, that’s the drama, that’s the fun, that’s the fantasy.”
Perhaps guided by this balance between the pros and cons of her career, the British artist ensures that she finds herself more deprived of music than ever before and with her vision of “reaching other kingdoms”. Above all in interpretation. The two-time Grammy winner is now focusing on his 2026 debut The momenta fake documentary that specifically references her life as a pop star. He is also part of the cast galleristone stir Psycho, who is also expected to debut next year. Furthermore, I composed the soundtrack for the remake of the film Stormy Compress By Emerald Fennell, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Something very paralyzing on the wrong side you claimed brat. “I just know that this is a celebration of my freedom as an artist and that I’m passionate about what I create and how I create it,” I say about this change in direction in my first Substack post.