{"id":2170426,"date":"2025-11-21T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2170426"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:30:08","slug":"is-charli-xcxs-the-moment-a-mockumentary-or-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/is-charli-xcxs-the-moment-a-mockumentary-or-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Charli XCX\u2019s \u2018The Moment\u2019 a mockumentary or what?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8vzjiu00k026p59kvwbbyk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Charlie XCX sees your Brat Summer and raises you.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8vzlj300003b6npy3l5urh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That\u2019s because the pop star is betting she can extend that run with a forthcoming film conceived by and starring her.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8w3iwy00093b6nqm9bc2uj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A teaser trailer has dropped for \u201cThe Moment,\u201d an A24 movie <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/charli-xcx-interview\" target=\"_blank\">which Vanity Fair described <\/a>as \u201ca revisionist history focused on the aftermath of \u2018Brat\u2019s\u2019 release in which she stars with Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wgb6o00053b6ngjcnvhu7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s wild and chaotic \u2014 and shows off the singer\u2019s comedic chops, as well as a blink and you miss it glimpse of Kylie Jenner, who makes an appearance.\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/youtube\/instances\/cmi8wk2ao000a3b6nat12j4f0@published\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-component-name=\"youtube\">\n<aside class=\"youtube__aspect-ratio-container\">\n<div id=\"4r9rK010\" data-video-id=\"9-LlnenSEF4\" class=\"youtube__content player\">\n\t\t<span class=\"youtube__video-title\">The Moment | Official Teaser HD | A24<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8weooe00023b6nfqcjisnz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Charlie XCX told Vanity Fair it\u2019s a \u201c2024 period piece.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wbjqm00003b6najv8nu25@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s not a tour documentary or a concert film in any way, but the seed of the idea was conceived from this idea of being pressured to make one,\u201d the singer said. \u201cIt\u2019s fiction, but it\u2019s the realest depiction of the music industry that I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wifig00083b6nk35ir8rz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Written by Aidan Zamiri and Bertie Brandes and directed by Zamari, it all began in 2024 when Charlie XCX was in the middle of co-headlining the \u201cSweat\u201d tour with fellow singer Troye Sivan and right before she launched her \u201cBrat\u201d tour.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wmaw0000d3b6nzx7bh917@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She sent a note to Zamari, who had directed her \u201cGuess\u201d and \u201c360\u201d videos, which he described as \u201cword vomit.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wqsc9000g3b6nm40utew5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt almost felt like a diary entry of, \u2018This is how I feel right now,\u2019\u201d Zamiri said. \u201cThis feeling of having just almost got everything she could have wanted, and what that felt like on kind of a human level.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wsr5j000j3b6ny0bxgde6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Thus the script was born.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wtdc2000m3b6n330bi8ch@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBrat\u201d became a cultural phenomena, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/23\/style\/brat-summer-green-explained\/index.html\">spurring not only a color obsession<\/a>, but also being designated <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/01\/style\/brat-word-of-the-year-collins-dictionary-intl-scli\">the word of the year for 2024 by Collins Dictionary<\/a>m which defined it as a person who is \u201ccharacterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wtlpl000p3b6nz8c6dqeo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBrat Summer\u201d was even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/30\/politics\/american-battleground-kamala-harris-brat-summer\">embraced by then presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a>, which nearly killed the meme and the vibes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8wzf1v000s3b6nll4gfgsi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The film\u2019s cast also includes Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Trew Mullen, Isaac Cole Powell, Rachel Sennott, and Rish Shah.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmi8x5eev000v3b6nv4d099ik@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe Moment\u201d hits theaters January 26, 2026.\n    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