Pop provocateur Charli XCX has fired back at critics of her Glastonbury Festival performance, brushing off the backlash as tired and outdated. The 32-year-old singer, known for her boundary-pushing sound and avant-pop aesthetic, took to social media to respond to what she called “boomer vibe comments” following her set.
Charli XCX faced mixed reactions after her performance, with some festival-goers criticizing her for leaning heavily on tracks from her 2024 album Brat and allegedly overusing auto-tune.
“Charli XCX might as well just be an AI bot. Basic lyrics and a tonne of auto-tune,” one critic posted. “If we’re classing this as talent then we might as well just succumb to the bots doing all the music.”
Another unimpressed viewer wrote;
“Barely singing, autotune in the rare moments she does sing a bit and horrendous dancing,” calling her set “one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life” and saying they’d be “fuming” if they had queued just for her performance.
But Charli wasn’t having it.
“Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my Glastonbury performance. It’s super fascinating to me,” she clapped back online.
“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.”
Known for her experimental approach to pop and refusal to conform to mainstream expectations, Charli XCX has long been a lightning rod for both praise and criticism. With Brat earning critical acclaim and pushing sonic boundaries, her Glastonbury performance sparked exactly the kind of conversation the artist thrives on — one that challenges traditional ideas about music, performance, and artistry.
