Who Is Gabbriette? Meet the Model ‘Brat.’

“Call me Gabbriette, you’re so inspired,” sings Charli XCX on “360,” the intro track to her new album “Brat,” which has become such an instant hit that it has taken over an entire season. The line is a reference to Gabbriette Bechtel, a model and singer known as Gabbriette, whose goth-light aesthetic, defiant gaze and “brat” attitude have made her an “it” girl, particularly in the era of indie-sleaze revival.

Having spent much of her career in the cool-girl fringes, Gabbriette recently rocketed to mainstream popularity with an engagement, a booming modeling career and several famous friendships.

Here’s more about Gabbriette.

What’s her background?

Gabriella Leigh Bechtel, 26, was born in Orange County, Calif., to a Mexican mother and a German father. “The majority of students at my high school were beautiful, strictly white blond girls, and my sister and I were Hispanic,” she told British Voguein 2023. “I was called some pretty awful things. But then I just learned to laugh at it.”

Initially intent on pursuing ballet, Gabbriette moved to Los Angeles after high school, where she started appearing in small modeling gigs and music videos. She is currently signed to IMG Models and has starred in campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Nike and Savage X Fenty.

But she also does music?

Yes. In 2018, Charli XCX tapped Gabbriette to be the lead singer in the all-female punk band Nasty Cherry. The band was the subject of a Netflix documentary, “I’m With the Band: Nasty Cherry,” which followed its inception and subsequent success. Nasty Cherry hasn’t released new music since its 2021 EP, “The Movie.”

Gabbriette still remains close with Charli XCX, as per the “360” reference. She also appeared in the “360” music video, alongside Julia Fox, Chloë Sevigny, Rachel Sennott, Chloe Cherry and Richie Shazam.