If you listened very, very closely on August 27, 2024, you might have heard a sound echoing across Britain. As Oasis—rock legends, Manchester lads, mortal enemies made good—announced their comeback tour, the lid on the coffin of Britpop cracked down the middle.
And it’s about time, isn’t it? We had our Brat Summer: a hot, wet season modeled after Charli XCX’s messy party girl album, which cast a shadow over everything from TikTok dances to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign….

