Charli XCX is proud that her Glastonbury Festival set divided opinion

Charli XCX has hit back at the "boomer vibe" criticism of her Glastonbury performance - scoffing at suggestions her use of autotune makes her a "fraud".

The 32-year-old pop star topped the bill on The Other Stage on Saturday night (28.06.25) and drew an enormous crowd compared to the Pyramid Stage headliner Neil Young.

Charli's performance was available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and many watching from home took to social media to lambast her for using autotune on her vocals ands and for favouring a backing track over real musicians.

But Charli has defended her set - which was predominantly made up of tracks from her hit album Brat - and her singing, insisting she is as much a "real artist" as someone in a band.

Posting on X, she wrote: "Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on Glastonbury performance. It’s super fascinating to me.

"Like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a “real artist” is like, the most boring take ever. yawn sorry just fell asleep xx

"But to be honest… i enjoy the discourse. imo the best art is divisive and confrontational and often evolves into truly interesting culture rather than being like kind of ok, easily understood and sort of forgettable."