Charli XCX's big year made it into the city's annual fireworks display airing on BBC and ITV; her influence on the fireworks show is immediately recognizable as Brat green lights

Forget Brat summer — for Charli XCX, 2024 was the Brat year. On New Year’s on Tuesday, the Brat queen shared an Instagram slideshow of her “many highs” in 2024,

Charli xcx ran the most effective campaign of 2024. Promotion for Brat was not a traditional album campaign, but one about recognition, prestige, and respect. Two years ago, she might have been remembered primarily as the “Boom Clap” girl;

In six months, the (once) underground pop singer and songwriter played her version of the fame game, sampling the highs and lows of genuine stardom.

Martha Stewart hung out with Charli XCX this week but made a crucial mistake when she tried to share the “brat” moment on social media. The domestic doyenne, 83, posted a phot of her and the “365” singer Friday on Instagram, showing the pair looking incomparably “brat.”

London brought in the New Year with a fireworks display over the River Thames, as the iconic Big Ben struck midnight.

Watch London's spectacular fireworks display around the London Eye as Big Ben chimes in the background, heralding the New Year. Brits braved cold and wet weather to begin 2025 with a bang.