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Charli XCX stars as herself in the first trailer for the singer\u2019s upcoming film The Moment<\/a>, a movie that goes behind-the-scenes of Brat Summer while simultaneously serving as metafiction about the music industry.<\/p>\n The A24 film was directed by Aidan Zamiri and \u201cbased on an original idea\u201d by XCX. A previous logline teased that The Moment was about \u201ca rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut,\u201d and with the first trailer, it\u2019s revealed the \u201crising pop star\u201d in question is Charli XCX herself.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n As the preview shows, The Moment combines real-life moments from the Brat tour \u2014 XCX\u2019s stop to The Late Show, concert footage, etc. \u2014 with scripted material to form the narrative. \u201cIt\u2019s fiction, but it\u2019s the realest depiction of the music industry that I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d XCX previously said of the film<\/a>, adding that it was \u201cnot a tour documentary or a concert film in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n The trailer also hints at some of the film\u2019s all-star cast<\/a> with Rachel Sennott, Alexander Skarsgaard, and Kylie Jenner making quick cameos; the film will also feature Kate Berlant, Rosanna Arquette, Hailey Benton Gates, Jamie Demetriou, and others in XCX\u2019s orbit, like Shygirl and A.G. Cook, who\u2019s handling of The Moment\u2019s music.<\/p>\n The Moment arrives in theaters on January 30, 2026.<\/p>\n 2026 is shaping up to be a big year on the big screen for XCX, who has also crafted an album\u2019s worth of music for the upcoming Wuthering Heights adaptation<\/a>. The singer is also set to star in Dakota Johnson\u2019s directorial debut<\/a>, as well as Gregg Araki\u2019s\u00a0I Want Your Sex, Cathy Yan\u2019s\u00a0The Gallerist and Daniel Goldhaber\u2019s take on\u00a0Faces of Death.<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Charli XCX stars as herself in the first trailer for the singer\u2019s upcoming film The Moment, a movie that goes behind-the-scenes of Brat Summer while simultaneously serving as metafiction about the music industry. The A24 film was directed by Aidan Zamiri and \u201cbased on an original idea\u201d by XCX. A previous logline teased that The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2169705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[28272,22437],"class_list":["post-2169704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-charli-xcx","tag-music-industry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Charli-XCX-Stars-as-Fictionalized-Version-of-Herself-in-\u2018The.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2169704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2169706,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169704\/revisions\/2169706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2169705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2169704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2169704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2169704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}