Why Charli XCX might be gen Z’s answer to the Romantic poets

Citation

MacLean K (2025) Why Charli XCX might be gen Z’s answer to the Romantic poets. The Conversation. 26.09.2025. https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.sgp3kv65n

Abstract
First paragraph: Popstar Charli XCX is turning her hand to acting in the new film Erupcja. In it, she recites Lord Byron’s poem Darkness. Charli and Byron may be 200 years apart, but the legacies of Romantic poetry are alive in Brat, the singer’s sixth studio album.

Keywords
Music; Poetry; Lord Byron; John Keats; William Wordsworth; The Romantics; Quarter Life; Give me perspective; Charli XCX

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