This week, we started off with an update that THE Simon Cowell did not actually create One Direction, and ended with an analysis of the word “brat” in popular culture, both seen through the Brat Pack of the 1980s and Charli XCX’s electro pop masterclass “brat.” Without further ado, this week’s playlist “Boys and Brats” features 1980s new wave that had the people dancing and what today’s kids are dancing to (it’s everywhere, it’s so Julia).
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