Charli Xcx released a song called “Rock Music” and everybody hates it. Obviously it’s not rock – it’s about rock. It’s the most deliriously vague, hedonistic song you’ll hear in 2026, in a moment where everything has to mean something, has to come with a performative second layer. I love it.

If “Rock Music” was a collection, it would be the most underrated and least talked-about Phobe Philo moment ever: autumn-winter 2002 for Chloé. Her sophomore season doing it solo, freed from McCartney’s reign. READ MY FULL TEXT HERE.

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