What is 'brat'? An explainer of the Gen Z term named Word of the Year 2024

The slime green and gritty noughties club girl vibes became deeply intertwined with the summer of 2024, and Gen Z fully embraced it. 

Charli XCX is all grown up but still making the kind of music she would have done at the height of her youth

Clean girl? We’re so over you. Honestly, some of us never really liked you to begin with.

If you haven’t heard of ‘brat summer’ or Charli XCX by now, I’m actually kind of impressed.