NEW YORK (AP) — This is the way Brat summer ends, not with a bang, but with a Twitch livestream.

Thursday afternoon, hours after her deluxe, remixed double album version of her culture-changing album ‘Brat’ leaked – this one is called “Brat and it’s completely different, but still brat” – and hours before it was officially released, Charli XCX held a listening party/DJ event/livestream deep inside New York’s Storm King Art Center, as fall leaves poured down next to giant art installations. She stood beneath one of her own—a macro version of the vinyl’s gatefold sleeve, done up in her signature Brat green—and pressed play on a phone, leading an energized crowd.

This album (not to be confused with her previous reissue, “Brat and It’s the Same but There’s Three More Songs So It’s Not”) transforms a number of pre-existing songs through features with star collaborators such as Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Gentleman, Robyn and her traveling companion Troye Sivan. That’s the great thing about dance music anyway: it has the ability to reinvent itself.

Some are complete overhauls; others remain faithful to the original. It’s up to the listener to find their favorites. Until then, here’s a ranking of the new songs.

16. “Rewind,” feat. Bladee

Swedish rapper-singer Bladee adds a listless flow to ‘Rewind’, underscoring the original’s bleeding nostalgia.

15. “I Might Say Something Stupid,” feat. The 1975 and Jon Hopkins

The piano ballad of ‘Brat’ loses its hyper-present vocal effects until the last minute and a half, when the song culminates in a light electro-emo vocal.

14. “Average Girls” feat. Julian Casablancas

For her remix of “Mean Girls,” Charli XCX recruited New York City’s original mean girl: Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, patron saint of any commercialized “indie sleaze revival” cultural marketing movement, has taken some corners of the internet by storm. It’s too appropriate.

13. ‘Apple’, feat. The Japanese House

Who knew ‘Apple’ needed a glossy, synth-y indie pop edit? Charli XCX and The Japanese House, apparently.

12. “Talk Talk,” feat. Troy Sivan

An unmentioned one Dua Lipa and her multilingual tongue highlight this reinterpretation of “Talk Talk,” a clubby remix with Charli’s “Sweat Tour” buddy Troye Sivan. It’s definitely sexy, but perhaps gets lost in this overstuffed release.

11. “360”, performance. Robyn and Young Lean

Who would have expected this inspired combination of Robyn and Young Lean? Moreover, Charli has long considered herself a Robyn-esque figure: a pop star with a cult following, perhaps a little too cool for full mainstream appreciation. Of course, Brat Summer disputes that idea, but it’s fall now and the connections are still there.

10. ‘B2b’, performance. Tinashe

Another improvement over the original, the innate, smooth R&B pop of Tinashe’s verse here is a welcome addition.

9. “Von Dutch,” AG Cook remix feat. Addison Rae

Addison Rae an actor and TikTok star who bears a striking resemblance to the queen of all things Y2K – Britney Spears – is experiencing a second wind in her young career, thanks in part to Charli’s dedication to making her a pop star. On this “Von Dutch” remix, a confident, boastful and sometimes screechy treatise on celebrity, Rae’s overly sweet vocals create tension.

8. ‘Club Classics’, feat. BB Trickz

The new “Club Classics” accelerates Charli

7. “Everything is Romantic,” feat. Caroline Polachek

A meeting of shared musical minds! Still a love song for platonic relationships presented in a new way, this song demonstrates the kind of religiosity you find in an early morning conversation with a close friend rather than at the club.

6. “I Think About It All The Time”, feat. Bon Iver

Bon Iver has long experimented with electronic music, and his work on the album’s emotional core – ‘I think about it all the time’ – allows Charli XCX to express her concerns at a crossroads in life. He launches them into an ethereal space, as if he were throwing them into the universe in a lighted lantern.

5. “365”, achievement. shy girl

Party girls, meet shy girl. The original “Brat” closer reintroduced the club after an introspective moment; in this “365” version they never left. It’s four in the morning in Berlin, hearts are racing, palms and everything else are sweaty, the lights are dizzying.

4. “Sympathy is a Knife,” feat. Ariana Grande

In the original ‘Sympathy is a knife’ Charli XCX gives room to self-doubt. Is she famous? Is she successful? Why does it seem like more and more commercial artists are looking down on her? Do they do that, or is that a projection? In this version, longtime Ariana Grande fan Charli brings in one of pop’s biggest stars for an Imogen Heap-esque recasting of that story: What happens when you reach a certain level and every part of your life is questioned by strangers?

“It’s a knife when you’re so beautiful that they think you’re fake,” Grande adds her twist. “It’s a knife when they dissect your body on the front page.”

A remix of a bonus track featuring one of the world’s biggest pop stars, ‘Guess’ featuring Billie Eilish is indulgent, flirty electro-trash, the kind that could convince anyone that Brat Summer isn’t temporary, but a state of mind. Produced by the Dare, it’s a refreshing new way to hear Eilish’s whispers. This time it blooms.

2. “So I,” feat. AG Cook

‘So I’, a tribute to the late, great, future-seeking producer Sophie, could only have one collaborator: AG Cook, fellow member of the PC Music collective, and someone who worked closely with the innovator who disappeared far too soon. No dry eyes here, in this version that far surpasses the original. “So I” on “Brat” is a guarded monument; on “So I” with AG Cook, Charli tells stories about her friend Sophie with the hyper-specificity of the greatest narrative songwriters.

1. “Girl, So Confusing,” feat. Gentleman

As if there was another option for the number 1 spot. “Girl, So Confusing” ends a potentially long-standing and certainly private rivalry between Charli XCX and Lorde, two distinctly different artists who were once often mistaken for each other. And for a song about environmental and internalized insecurities, which certain genders know all too well, it’s reassuring to hear these two powerhouses work it out on the remix.

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