The A24 film is based on an original idea from the singer and will be released in January
By Max Pilley 21st November 2025
Charli XCX live at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Derek Bremner for NME
The full trailer for Charli XCX’s The Moment, a mockumentary based around her ‘Brat’ tour, has been released – watch below.
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The singer is set to make a major diversion into the world of cinema in 2026, with several major acting projects lined up, and on January 26, The Moment, which is based on her original idea, will hit cinemas.
AdvertisementThe A24 film has been directed by Aidan Zamiri, and also stars Alexander Skarsgård, Rachel Sennott, Kylie Jenner and Rosanna Arquette. Charli’s central role appears to be based largely on her own experiences in the ‘Brat’ summer of 2024, with the story telling the tale of the turbulent, alienating experience of a pop star being at the centre of her first live arena tour.
As revealed in the trailer, the film makes use of real footage from the ’Brat’ tour, including stage performances and chat show appearances, as well as fictional scenes set backstage involving Charli and the rest of the cast.
Watch the trailer for The Moment here:
Charli told Vanity Fair earlier this year: “It’s 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.”
RecommendedIt is just one of Charli’s upcoming film projects – she is also set to star in the indie drama Erupcja, the satirical thriller Sacrifice, as well as The Gallerist, opposite Natalie Portman, and I Want Your Sex with Olivia Wilde. She is also part of the queer fairytale 100 Nights Of Hero, and will be in Dakota Johnson’s directorial debut A Tree In Blue.
Earlier this month, she wrote: “I’m currently feeling more inspired by film than I am by music. I’m enjoying acting, I’m enjoying writing, I’m enjoying watching and I’m above all enjoying discovering a new craft. Those things feel really enriching and instinctual to me at the moment.”
In addition, she has also created the soundtrack album for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, which will be released on February 11. She recently shared the single ‘Chains Of Love’ from the film, as well as ‘House’, which featured The Velvet Underground’s John Cale.
As for new music, Charli has said she is “exploring a lot of stuff with strings” for her next album. “I really like to work in contrast,” she said. “I think whatever I do next will just inherently be different to ‘Brat’ because that’s what feels natural.”
