Charli xcx Tommaso Boddi/FilmMagic Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Charli xcx plays a pop star very much like herself in the teaser trailer for her new movie The Moment. A24 releases writer-director Aidan Zamiri's feature in theaters nationwide Jan. 26, 2026. Alexander Skarsgård, Rosanna Arquette, Isaac Cole Powell, Kate Berlant, Rish Shah and Jamie Demetriou round out the cast. Rachel Sennott and Kylie Jenner also appear in the film. Based on an original idea from Charli xcx, The Moment centers on a buzzy pop star dealing with the demands of stardom ahead of her first arena tour. Although the film is scripted, Charli xcx appears to play a version of herself, and signage featuring her real name and album title Brat can be seen in the footage. Alas, the trailer does not convey much about the plot. Related Stories THR/Frost School of Music Poll AI Is Transforming How We Think About Music Movies Glen Powell's A24 Thriller 'Huntington' Gets New Title, Early 2026 Release "When I felt like people started to care about me, nothing else mattered," Charli xcx says in the trailer (below). "Nothing was more important than Brat." Zamiri makes his feature directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with Bertie Brandes. Charli xcx and David Hinojosa serve as producers. Charli xcx is a Grammy-winning musician known for the 2024 album Brat and such previous hits as "I Love It" and "Boom Clap." She has been recently racking up more onscreen feature credits, including roles in such forthcoming films as Faces of Death, I Want Your Sex, The Gallerist and A Tree Is Blue, with the latter being Dakota Johnson's directorial debut. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Charli xcx clarified that The Moment is fiction, deeming it "a 2024 period piece." She added, "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." THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up International Film Festival Rotterdam Rotterdam Film Fest Sets Feminist Focus Program Celebrating 60th Anniversary of NOW united kingdom Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Thomas Anderson Explain Why They Had to Pause Production on 'One Battle After Another' Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Turkish Films in the Tallinn Spotlight Push Boundaries in Search of New Cinematic Languages Heat Vision 'Jumanji 3' Reveals First Look From Set as Dwayne Johnson Pays Tribute to Robin Williams Heat Vision 'Sisu: Road to Revenge' Filmmaker Jalmari Helander on Potential Trilogy and Wanting to Make Stallone Proud With Rambo Prequel Michelle Yeoh 'Wicked: For Good' to Cast Record $200M-Plus Opening Spell on the Box Office International Film Festival Rotterdam Rotterdam Film Fest Sets Feminist Focus Program Celebrating 60th Anniversary of NOW united kingdom Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Thomas Anderson Explain Why They Had to Pause Production on 'One Battle After Another' Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Turkish Films in the Tallinn Spotlight Push Boundaries in Search of New Cinematic Languages Heat Vision 'Jumanji 3' Reveals First Look From Set as Dwayne Johnson Pays Tribute to Robin Williams Heat Vision 'Sisu: Road to Revenge' Filmmaker Jalmari Helander on Potential Trilogy and Wanting to Make Stallone Proud With Rambo Prequel Michelle Yeoh 'Wicked: For Good' to Cast Record $200M-Plus Opening Spell on the Box Office