By 2024 young artists openly critiqued the pop aristocracy.

Evidence

A major taboo of the poptimist age was criticizing mainstream stars. But by 2024, up-and-coming artists began to reject fealty to the pop aristocratic class. Charli’s oblique barbs fit with her “annoying, dirty, hedonistic, bra-less” persona, and in 2024, the world ushered in “Brat Summer” in honor of her zeitgeist-defining album Brat. Kim Kardashian was a fan: Brat Summer was “all about embracing your bold, unapologetic self.” — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 678

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