{"id":625135,"date":"2026-09-15T06:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/625135\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T06:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:58:11","slug":"charli-xcxs-music-fashion-film-tour-in-nyc-recap-best-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/625135\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli xcx’s Music, Fashion Film Tour in NYC: Recap & Best Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cThank you for selling this b\u2013ch out,\u201d Charli xcx<\/a> thanked the Barclays Center crowd on Monday night (Sept. 14). Certainly, Brooklyn made for relatively safe early territory for the alt-pop star\u2019s latest arena trek, as few other areas in the country are more likely to intuitively grasp the combined garage rock, dingy dancefloor and high art energy that comprises Charli\u2019s Music, Fashion, Film era.<\/p>\n

\n\tConsidering that the last time she came through Barclays was on the Brat tour in 2025 \u2014\u00a0after visiting Manhattan\u2019s Madison Square Garden on the Sweat co-headlining tour with Troye Sivan in 2024 \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s not surprising that the Music, Fashion, Film Tour felt like a little less of a pop culture event, without the rush of the world\u2019s eyes being on the scene inside the arena in quite the same way. But the overall experience might have been richer, with Charli now able to mix her grungy confessionals with her self-aware club anthems and her twinkling hyper-pop gems in a way that reveals them to all be coming from basically the same place, and sounding pretty dynamite when stacked back-to-back in a brilliantly designed live set.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Music, Fashion, Film Tour so far closely follows the live set Charli debuted at a number of festival dates \u2014\u00a0most prominently Chicago\u2019s Lollapalooza in late July \u2014\u00a0but also makes room for a number of additional songs, as well as the odd special guest or two. (Underscores also quickly proved an inspired choice of stateside opener, with her future-forward pop songs, full-bodied delivery and impressive emotional connection doing Charli\u2019s legacy in advanced modern pop proud.)<\/p>\n

\n\tCharli herself kept the banter to a minimum on Monday, mostly letting the songs (and her flailing dance moves) speak for themselves \u2014\u00a0with additional emotional support from her phalanxes of backing dancers and post-fab live backing band. It all added up to a a high-point performance from a pop star who functions just as naturally as a club kid and underground rocker, with all of her personas feeding into one singularly iconic presence in contemporary music: \u201cIt\u2019s Charli, babyyyyy\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n

\n\tHere were the five best moments from Charli\u2019s first New York-area show of her Music, Fashion, Film Tour.<\/p>\n


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\tNow We\u2019re Playing Ro-o-o-o-o-o-ock<\/p>\n

\n\tCharli xcx may spend the rest of her career ping-ponging from one varied sound to the next, but few of her switch-ups could ever possibly compare to the pivot she initially announced this year with the debut of Music, Fashion, Film lead single (and album opener) \u201cRock Music.\u201d As the song came into focus on Monday night \u2014 with Charli donning a t-shirt proclaiming \u201cI\u2019ve Had Sex With Charli xcx\u201d \u2014\u00a0the entire era felt immediately validated by the first \u201cro-o-o-o-o-ock\u201d Auto-Tune glitch, a brilliant piss-take that cackles at you for taking it seriously while still being far too undeniably cathartic to truly laugh off. <\/p>\n

\tA \u201cNext-Level\u201d Secret Song<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been talking about playing old songs from different albums,\u201d Charli rhapsodized after a quick selection of older songs partway through her set, before intro-ing a tour first-timer: \u201cI thought this would [be good for] New York.\u201d That apt selection was \u201cNext Level Charli,\u201d gleefully bombastic opener from 2019\u2019s underrated Charli set \u2014 a valuable reminder that even outside of her most obvious cult favorites, critical favorites and commercial favorites, Charli has an entire catalog of gems always waiting to be dug into. <\/p>\n

\tWhen Charli Goes to Brooklyn She Wants to Play Those Brat Classics<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDying for You,\u201d from Charli\u2019s Wuthering Heights soundtrack released earlier this year, was a much-appreciated \u201cOh right, this song\u201d selection from a set that already feels historically underappreciated. But more significant on Monday night was what it led into, as a quick \u201cYou ready?\u201d Charli transition led to it giving way to an entire spate of stakes-raising Brat smashes: \u201cClub Classics,\u201d \u201c365,\u201d \u201c360,\u201d \u201cSympathy Is a Knife\u201d and \u201cVon Dutch,\u201d for starters. If you weren\u2019t ready, you\u2019d have better gotten ready right quick, otherwise the fevered Barclays Center crowd was more than prepared to leave you behind for the rest of the show. <\/p>\n

\tSpecial Guest Star Achievement, \u201cUnlock\u201ded<\/p>\n

\n\tNot that Charli xcx ever needs an excuse to play \u201cUnlock It,\u201d one of the most beloved songs off her fan-beloved 2017 set Pop 2. But certainly, having Kim Petras in the building makes it a slam dunk, as the song\u2019s special guest feature appeared to swap vocals with her fellow alt-pop paragon \u2014 Charli mostly in black, Kim mostly in white \u2014\u00a0and have fans once again wishing for some kind of full-project team-up between the two, most likely consisting of nothing but \u201c[Verb] It\u201d song titles. <\/p>\n

\tLet Her Ride<\/p>\n

\n\tIf you caught one of Charli\u2019s festival sets and hoped she might add some of her older pop classics to the eventual tour setlist, you were out of luck \u2014\u00a0with one appropriate exception. While none of her trio of 2013-14 chart smashes (\u201cBoom Clap,\u201d \u201cFancy\u201d or \u201cI Love It\u201d) made appearances on the Music, Fashion, Film Tour rundown, her game-changing 2015 EP title track \u201cVroom Vroom\u201d did ultimately make the cut \u2014\u00a0with Charli in control behind the wheel atop her multi-story stage perch, and her pit crew of backing dancers approximating the race-track action beneath her. It might not have been the crossover hit those top 40 bangers were, but it felt more appropriate mixed in with Charli\u2019s past decade of favorites, not to mention the rest of the last 10 years of hyperkinetic pop music. <\/p>\n

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