About this episode

Jennifer Ben Brahim discusses upcoming album releases for summer, featuring The Strokes and Charli XCX.

On today's Arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim brings us a roundup of upcoming album releases to add to your summer playlists. From the return of indie sleaze icons The Strokes, who are set to release their first album in six years, "Reality Awaits", to a British pop star hoping to recreate the success of her 2024 record Brat – the album that sparked the viral internet trend dubbed "Brat Summer". Her seventh album, Music, Fashion, Film, features musician John Cale, designer Marc Jacobs and filmmaker Martin Scorsese on the cover. Here's the single "Wink Wink".

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Ben Brahim

Topics covered

• music
• album releases
• summer playlists
• indie music
• pop music
• viral trends

Keywords

• Charli XCX
• The Strokes
• album releases
• summer playlists
• Brat Summer
• indie sleaze

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Strokes

Books & works: Reality Awaits, Brat, Music, Fashion, Film, Wink Wink

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