Charli XCX Names Gracie Abrams ‘Apple Girl’ at Glastonbury Headline Set

Charli XCX crowned Gracie Abrams as her ‘Apple girl’ during her Glastonbury headline slot on Saturday. 

The Dance The Night hitmaker, 32, has made it a tradition to have a special surprise guest perform the viral TikTok dance to her track Apple. 

While performing on The Other Stage, Charli clutched a glass of white wine as she said: ‘You know what time it is, now who the f**k is going to be ‘Apple girl’ at Glastonbury?

‘Who did you find out there? Someone cute?’ 

The camera then panned to singer Gracie, 25 – the daughter of director J. J. Abrams – who was quick to showcase the dance that made the ‘under-appreciated’ song on Charli’s 2024 album Brat a viral sensation.  

Created by TikTok star Kelley Heyer, the simple dance features several moves including, famously, pretending to hold an apple. 

Charli XCX (pictured) crowned Gracie Abrams as her ‘Apple girl’ during her Glastonbury headline slot at Worthy Farm on Saturday 

The camera panned to singer Gracie, 25, who was quick to showcase the dance that made the ‘under-appreciated’ song on Charli’s 2024 album Brat a viral sensation. 

The Dance The Night hitmaker, 32, has made it a tradition to have a special surprise guest perform the viral TikTok dance to her track Apple – and this time it was Gracie  

Gracie threw herself into the challenge, playfully performing the moves and miming along to the track. 

The That’s So True hitmaker previously took to the Glastonbury stage herself on Friday night as a headliner at The West Holts Stage, with Charli in attendance in the crowd. 

Previous ‘Apple girls’ have included Chappell Roan, Charli’s fiancé The 1975 drummer George Daniel, Rosé from Blackpink and Chicken Shop Date podcaster Amelia Dimoldenberg. 

Reactions to Charli’s choice of Apple girl at this weekend’s festival were mixed on social media, with one commentator even making a viral meme to imply that Gracie’s director father had paid for her to get the position. 

Others remarked: ‘GRACIE ABRAMS WAS THE APPLE GIRL AT GLASTONBURY OH MY F**KING GOD SHES INSANE.’;  

‘I wasn’t Charli xcx’s Apple girl at Glastonbury so I blocked Gracie Abrams #glastonbury.’ 

But many had positive reactions such as: ‘gracie as the apple girl shut up this is everything to me.’;

‘U WERE LEGENDARY TY FOR BEING APPLE GIRL TOO BTW MADE MY NIGHT [sic].’ 

Reactions to Charli’s choice of an Apple girl were mixed – one commentator even made a viral meme implying that Gracie’s director father had paid for her to get the position

Many had positive reactions such as: ‘gracie as the apple girl shut up this is everything to me’

Following the performance, Charli hit back on social media at claims she is a ‘fraud’ after being criticised for her headline Glastonbury set. 

The singer performed to a packed crowd at Worthy Farm but came under fire after many said they were convinced she was miming or using autotune.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Charli referenced the ‘boomer vibe’ comments as she hit back at claims. 

She wrote: ‘Like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a ‘real artist’ is like, the most boring take ever. yawn sorry just fell asleep xx

‘But to be honest… I enjoy the discourse. imo the best art is divisive and confrontational and often evolves into truly interesting culture rather than being like kind of ok, easily understood and sort of forgettable.’

She added: ‘Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my Glastonbury performance. It’s super fascinating to me,’ before thanking those who gave her five star reviews. 

It comes after viewers called the energetic performance ‘truly terrible’ and claimed she was the ‘worst headline act’ at the festival.

Charli XCX hit back on social media at claims she is a ‘fraud’ after being heavily criticised for her headline Glastonbury set on Saturday night

The singer performed to a packed crowd at Worthy Farm but came under fire after many said they were convinced she was miming or using autotune

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Charli referenced the ‘boomer vibe’ comments as she hit back at claims

It comes after viewers called the energetic performance ‘truly terrible’ and claimed she was the ‘worst headline act’ at the festival

They wrote: ‘Can’t be just me? Charlie xcx is truly truly terrible? This is not actual music is it? Who is listening to this on a playlist seriously it’s torture sounds. Gotta be one of the worst headline acts ever at Glastonbury’;

‘This Charlie xcx thing is the worst headline act in Glastonbury history. There may be headliners that you don’t like. 

‘But at least they try and fkn sing. Her fee should be withheld, as tbh, you could have put a stripper on stage with a Spotify speaker and got the same results’;

‘This Glastonbury set by Charli XCX is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life. Barely singing, autotune in the rare moments she does sing a bit and horrendous dancing. Be fuming if you spent ages getting into that crowd only to see that’. 

During her performance, Charli put on a very racy display showing off her toned figure in tiny black leather hot pants and a mesh skull crop top.

Charli accessorised with a floaty Alexander McQueen scarf, and hid her eyes behind oversized dark sunglasses.

As well as playing Apple, the crowd went wild as she performed hits including Party 4 U, Speed Drive, Sympathy Is a Knife, and 360.