Cover art for Mean girls by Charli xcx

Mean girls

Track 13 on BRAT 
Jun. 7, 20243 viewers154.6K views

Mean girls Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Yeah, it's 2 a.m., and she's out there
In the sheer white dress, wearing last night's makeup
All coquette-ish in the pictures with the flash on
Worships Lana Del Rey in her AirPods, yeah
Yeah, she's in her mid-twenties, real intelligent
Hedonistic with the gravel, drawl and dead eyes
You said she's anorexic and you heard she likes when people say it

Think you already know her, but you don't

[Chorus]
This one's for all my mean girls
This one's for all my bad girls
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls
This one's for all my mean girls
This one's for all my bad girls
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls

[Verse 2]
Yeah, it's 4 a.m., and she's out there
With the razor-sharp tongue stuck to skinny cigarettes
Calls him Daddy while she's fingering a gold cross
And she's kinda fucked up, but she's still in Vogue
Yeah, she's in her mid-twenties, real intelligent
And you hate the fact she's New York City's darling

You said she's problematic and the way you say it, so fanatic
Think she already knows that you're obsessed

[Piano Interlude]

[Chorus]
(This one's for all my mean girls
This one's for all my bad girls
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls)
This one's for all my mean girls
This one's for all my bad girls
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls
This one's for all my mean girls
This one's for all my bad girls
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls
This one's for all my mean girls
This one's for all my bad girls
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls
This one's for all my mean girls (Mean girls)
This one's for all my bad girls (Bad girls)
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls
This one's for all my mean girls
This one's for all my bad girls
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls
This one's for all my mean girls

About

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Genius Annotation

“Mean girls” is the thirteenth track on Charli’s sixth studio album, Brat. It was produced by both A.G. Cook and Hudson Mohawke and explores societies' “fascination with mean girls”.

In an interview for The Face, Charli states that “Mean girls” is inspired by Dasha Nekrasova and an interest in “succubus-looking, dead-eyed women”. She notes herself and Gabbriette as examples of this archetype.

On June 3, 2024, Charli sent a snippet of the song’s piano riff to select fans via WhatsApp.

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Did "Mean girls" by Charli xcx have an alternative title?
Genius Answer

Yes! A fan on Reddit who received the BRAT (diary entry edition), which contains one page cut from Charli’s diary, revealed that the track was first called “Mean.”

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