16 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful sideCharli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the pair over text and voice note in the days after Brat came out. On Lorde’s verse, she owned up to ghosting on dinner dates with Charli and exposed the self-hate, projection and industry-fuelled sense of pop-girl-on-pop-girl rivalry that had made her shy away from...

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16 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict | Laura Snapes

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful sideCharli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the pair over text and voice note in the days after Brat came out. On Lorde’s verse, she owned up to ghosting on dinner dates with Charli and exposed the self-hate, projection and industry-fuelled sense of pop-girl-on-pop-girl rivalry that had made her shy away from...

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19 h. ago Tottenham news: £25m Chelsea transfer snub revealed as Xavi Simons comes under fire

Thomas Frank's Tottenham will be aiming to move on from lacklustre performances against Wolves and Bodo/Glimt when they take on Leeds United this Saturday

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30 h. ago Readers' letters: Labour conference was a propaganda coup for Reform

A reader suggests Keir Starmer’s set piece confence speech was a missed opportunity

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30 h. ago Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life

Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.

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32 h. ago ‘Missed opportunity if first woman not appointed as archbishop of Canterbury’

The next person to fill the leading Church role will be officially named on Friday.

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41 h. ago Erling Haaland slams 'not good enough' Man City as two red cards shown in Monaco chaos

Manchester City were left fuming at the end of their Champions League draw with Monaco, as former Tottenham defender Eric Dier scored a late penalty to make it 2-2 after the red card chaos

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61 h. ago Dodgy broadband 'ruining phone sex and funerals' as Brits complain of bad wifi

Bad wifi has left more than half of Brits struggling, with some left missing out on once-in-a-lifetime concert tickets, job opportunities, phone sex sessions - and even family funerals

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61 h. ago Tottenham: Comebacks raise concerns for Thomas Frank and Spurs as new mission made clear

Spurs managed to avoid defeat against Bodo/Glimt but a worrying theme is emerging under Thomas Frank

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3 d. ago Thomas Frank hails Tottenham character after latest fightback at Bodo/Glimt

An 89th-minute own-goal by Jostein Gundersen earned Spurs a 2-2 draw in the Arctic Circle.

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3 d. ago Thomas Frank promises solutions after Tottenham come from behind again in Bodo/Glimt draw

The Dane lauded his side’s character in a tricky away fixture

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3 d. ago Champions League LIVE: Latest score and updates from all of the games as Victor Osimhen puts Galatasaray ahead v Liverpool with a penalty plus while Tottenham fight back vs Bodo/Glimt

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog as Galatasaray vs Liverpool and Bodo/Glimt vs Tottenham headline the action in the Champions League.

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3 d. ago Tottenham snatch late draw as Bodo/Glimt left to rue missed opportunities

Bodo/Glimt 2-2 Tottenham: Spurs trailed by two goals after 66 minutes, but fought back to earn a point.

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3 d. ago Bodo/Glimt vs Tottenham LIVE: Champions League result, latest updates and reaction after Spurs snatch late point

Spurs face a familiar foe in chilly climes tonight

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3 d. ago Late own goal rescues point for Spurs at Bodø/Glimt after Hauge double

These are strange times for Tottenham. Historically they’ve often been a side whose performances didn’t match their results, but tradition has it they would be pretty and ineffective. Under Thomas Frank they’ve become the opposite. Just as at Brighton they went 2-0 down and came back to draw; again, there was more to admire in their character than how they played. And if Andreas Helmersen’s effort hadn’t hit the bar with a couple of minutes remaining, it would have been a very different story.This was Bodø/Glimt’s first home game in the group phase of the Champions League, and they were determined to make the most of it. The pre-match singing of the club anthem was heartfelt and gently moving, and followed by the rhythmic detonation of a series of fireworks, startlingly loud in the still Arctic night. European football has little place these days for romance but Glimt remain an example of what can be achieved by enlightened leadership even in a remote town of just over 50,000 popula...

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3 d. ago Tottenham player ratings vs Bodo/Glimt: Richarlison and Brennan Johnson offer nothing

Spurs got away with a largely miserable performance

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3 d. ago Champions League LIVE: Latest score and updates from all of the games as Victor Osimhen puts Galatasaray ahead v Liverpool with a penalty plus while Tottenham go behind vs Bodo/Glimt

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3 d. ago Champions League LIVE: Latest score and updates from all of the games as Victor Osimhen puts Galatasaray ahead v Liverpool with a penalty plus updates from Bodo Glimt vs Tottenham

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog as Galatasaray vs Liverpool and Bodo/Glimt vs Tottenham headline the action in the Champions League.

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3 d. ago Bodo/Glimt vs Tottenham LIVE: Champions League latest score, match stream and goal updates

Spurs face a familiar foe in chilly climes tonight

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3 d. ago Champions League LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates from all of the games with Mohamed Salah BENCHED by Arne Slot plus updates from Bodo Glimt vs Tottenham

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog as Galatasaray vs Liverpool and Bodo/Glimt vs Tottenham headline the action in the Champions League.

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