{"id":2222438,"date":"2026-01-05T05:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2222438"},"modified":"2026-01-05T05:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:29:10","slug":"is-smoking-cool-again-charli-xcx-sabrina-carpenter-and-the-other-stars-not-afraid-to-light-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/is-smoking-cool-again-charli-xcx-sabrina-carpenter-and-the-other-stars-not-afraid-to-light-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Is smoking cool again? Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and the other stars not afraid to light up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Lorde have more in common than chart-topping hits. All three have crafted images that include smoking \u2013 whether in music videos, lyrics or public appearances. Are they inadvertently setting a risky example for fans?<\/p>\n

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Sabrina Carpenter photographed for Interview Magazine. Photo: @sabrinacarpenter\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Carpenter<\/span><\/a> leans over a sink, a cigarette between her fingers, dressed in a corset made entirely of cigarette packs. The photo from a series of Instagram pictures for Interview magazine has more than 2 million likes. In her new music video for the song \u201cManchild\u201d, the pop singer also casually takes a drag on a cigarette stuck between a fork.<\/div>\n

Playing with cigarettes seems to be popular again in pop culture at the moment. British singer Charli XCX also likes to pose as a smoker. In 2024, she launched the eponymous \u201cBrat Summer\u201d with her album Brat. In a BBC interview, she said that all you really need to be \u201cBrat\u201d is a top without a bra, a lighter and, of course, a pack of smokes.<\/p>\n

Singer Lorde<\/span><\/a> describes an ex-relationship in her song \u201cWhat Was That\u201d as the \u201cbest cigarette of my life\u201d. Is smoking \u2013 despite the known health risks \u2013 becoming cool again?<\/div>\n
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Charli XCX wearing YSL and holding a cigarette in September 2025. Photo: @charli_xcx\/Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Pop music culture and media researcher, Christoph Jacke, says he is acutely aware that cigarettes are increasingly appearing among female pop music superstars in particular. \u201cOf course, this may also have something to do with the fact that there seem to be more of them.\u201d However, he characterises the cigarette itself as a \u201ccultural constant\u201d in pop music.<\/p>\n

It has never really gone away and has therefore not made a massive comeback, says Jacke, who is the deputy managing director of C:pop, a research centre for popular music and creative industries at the University of Paderborn in Germany. \u201cRather, it was sometimes more visible and sometimes less visible in various trend waves,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\n

According to Jacke, smoking itself and the cigarette are part of the star image for many artists. \u201cThey are also part of singers\u2019 lyrics and provide iconic images for lifestyle staging on or off stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sabrina Carpenter posted a photograph of herself with a cigar in May 2025. Photo: @sabrinacarpenter\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Of course, these public self-presentations do not automatically mean that the stars actually smoke off stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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