News Summary

• The nihilistic lyrics in Charli xcx’s new album, Music, Fashion, Film, felt chillingly relevant.
• In some ways, we are the perfectionist generation, created by an imperfect economic storm.
• We grew up being told – and genuinely believing – that if we did everything right, we would have a successful life.
• For many of us, the banking crash happened at the least opportune of moments: just as we’d graduated from university or were embarking on the world of real, grown-up work for the first time.