Why Is Fred Durst Popping Up on ‘Brat’-Styled Billboards?

Why is Fred Durst’s title popping up on a billboard styled like Brat, the smash hit summer season album by pop star Charli xcx?

That’s the query on followers’ minds at present as pictures have begun to flow into of lowercase black typeface — “fred durst” — is positioned over brilliant inexperienced billboards erected across the United States.

Multiple billboards have been noticed, together with one with the title “chappell” and “the 1975” additionally within the Brat model. The variants check with breakout pop famous person Chappell Roan, finest identified for hits similar to “Hot to Go” and “Pink Pony Club” and, fairly clearly, pop rock band The 1975.

It’s value noting that Charli xcx is engaged to The 1975 drummer George Daniel, so there’s a clear shut connection there.

What does it imply? Let’s check out what followers are speculating when you scroll via the images of the roadside ads under.

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What Do the Brat-Style Billboards Mean?

The preliminary response from followers on the Charli xcx Reddit thread concerning the Durst billboard is that this might merely be a joke. Anyone can by billboard promoting, so it is attainable that that is some prankster. However, a number of commenters verify having seen the identical billboard in different places as nicely.

What appears extra doubtless is what many others appear to be considering — there is a remix album with particular visitors on the way in which. And fairly lots of people suppose the Limp Bizkit frontman could be a great match on the Brat music “Mean Girls.” The refrain of that music goes, “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 tearing-shit-apart girls (tearing shit apart)“. We all know Fred Durst is all about breaking stuff, so we agree — it could be an ideal match!

there’s a “brat green” billboard that claims fred durst close to me. Is this important? byu/Kodicave incharlixcx

Charli xcx + Other Rockers

Charli xcx has a historical past with rock, having featured Oli Sykes (Bring Me the Horizon), Brendon Urie (Panic! At the Disco) and Frank Carter within the music video for “Boys.”

And there was that point she wore a shirt by Finnish black steel instigators Impaled Nazarene throughout an AskAnythingChat episode.

See each movies under.