“The most boring take ever”- Charli XCX claps back at “boomer vibe” comments following her Glastonbury 2025 set

Charli XCX recently performed at the Other Stage of Glastonbury 2025.

The singer performed songs such as Von Dutch, Sympathy Is A Knife, and 365. The singer's set drew strong criticism from some netizens, who called out the singer for what they felt was bad music and even worse performance. @TomGuy93 summed their disappointment in this X post:

"This Glastonbury set by Charli XCX is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life. Barely singing, autotune in the rare moments she does sing a bit and horrendous dancing. Be fuming if you spent ages getting into that crowd only to see that."

Charli XCX initially responded to the criticism and said,

"Like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a “real artist” is like, the most boring take ever. Yawn sorry just fell asleep xx"

The singer has now clapped back at the comments again, calling them "boomer vibe" after her initial response to the criticism drew even more criticism:

"Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. It’s super fascinating to me."

The singer's clap back has drawn a mixture of comments, with some netizens supporting the singer and others defending the criticisms labelled at the singer by "boomers":

"Are boomers stupid and lame (and their opinions therefore instantly discardable) or are they just more familiar with good singing." one netizen stated.

"Boomer here, loved every minute of your set and been thinking about it all day wishing I could go back in time and be an Apple Girl xx." another netizen stated.

"I like your music, but the performance didn't work for me HOWEVER I think you have more than earned the right to headline with all the hard work you've put in over the years. All these people slating you, The 1975 etc, clearly need to open their ears or shut their mouths imo." one netizen commented.

Charli XCX brought out Gracie Abrams for her Glastonbury 2025 performance

Charli XCX brought out Gracie Abrams for her Glastonbury 2025 performance. Abrams performed alongside the singer on the song “Apple” dance routine that has been a staple of Charli XCX's Brat tour. The "Apple" dance routine was created by content creator Kelley Heyer and has been adopted by everyone from Kamala Harris to Stephen Colbert.

Apple is one of the tracks in Charli XCX's new album, Brat. The singer is currently on tour in support of the album and will continue the tour through July and August in venues across Europe. The remaining dates and venues for Charli XCX's Brat Tour are given below:

• July 2, 2025 – Roskilde, Denmark at Roskilde Festival
• August 6, 2025 – Budapest, Hungary at Sziget Festival
• August 7, 2025 – Oslo, Norway at Oya Festival
• August 8, 2025 – Gothenburg, Sweden at Way Out West 2025
• August 10, 2025 – Helsinki, Finland at Flow Festival
• August 15-16, 2025 – Seoul, South Korea at One Universe Festival

Charli XCX set out on her Brat tour back in late 2024 with a UK leg. The 2024 shows ran from November 27, 2024, to December 2, 2024. After that, the singer embarked on the remainder of the tour in February 2025.

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The singer has brought on special guests Caroline Polachek, Robyn, Yung Lean, Troye Sivan, Lorde, Billie Eilish, Bb Trickz, and Addison Rae on the tour so far.

Brat is the singer's first new album since 2022's Crash. The album has been highly successful since its release, becoming a chart topper in the UK, Australia, and elsewhere.

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