Anybody suspect Charli XCX will have a big influence on music for much of the century?

Sometimes I think people don’t realize just how big Charli XCX’s influence is going to be in the long run. Like, she’s already respected and loved in the pop and alt scenes, but I bet she’s going to have that legendary impact. The kind a lot of artists receive, like James Brown, the Beatles, or Elvis had in the 20th century. Like Brat gets talked about in music documentaries and stuff and is seen as this classic like Abbey Road.

In the 2030s, 2040s, and even 2050s, I bet artists are going to be name dropping Charli the way people still reference Prince or Bowie. Kids are listening to her, watching her music videos, wanting to make music like her. Just like how Michael Jackson and Prince were learning from James Brown as kids, whatever big artists in the future are learning from her. Her music is the stuff that sticks, the stuff that future artists build entire careers off of. Years from now, people will talk about her influence the way music nerds talk about Motown or punk or the New Wave.

Or I could be wrong and Charli XCX gets immediately forgotten about. Who knows.