And Charli XCX, the pop star whose album “brat” topped summer charts, wrote on X that “kamala IS brat,” effectively endorsing her in terms that left some older voters scratching their heads.

Now, songwriter John Shave has been looking back at his contribution to one of Brat’s standout tracks: the hard-hitting Sympathy Is A Knife. With its dark lyrical themes of paranoia and insecurity, it ...