Charli XCX photo purchased by National Portrait Gallery
Charli’s eighth album, Music, Fashion, Film, was launched on Friday, to largely optimistic critiques. Built round chopped-up guitar samples and acid-burned melodies, it finds the star dissecting her relationship to artwork and fame after Brat reworked her from cult favorite to mainstream star. The New York Times called it, external “proudly prickly [and] satisfyingly scuzzy”,…