Mikey Madison Calls Charli xcx the ‘Coolest, Sexiest, Smartest’ but Admits, ‘I Had a Nerd Girl Summer’

“I did not have a brat summer because I learned what brat was too late,” Madison told PEOPLE at the Gotham Awards Monday, Dec. 2

Mikey Madison is a Charli xcx fan!

During a chat with PEOPLE at the Gotham Awards in New York City on Monday, Dec. 2, the actress was asked about fans comparing her titular Anora character to the pop star — specifically calling her “brat,” a descriptive term made popular by Charli over the summer.

Asked whether she can see Anora (a.k.a. Ani) as “brat,” Madison, 25, replies, “I love Charli. Doesn’t everyone love her? I think she is the coolest, sexiest, smartest.”

“I don’t know. I did not have a brat summer because I learned what brat was too late,” she adds. “So hopefully I’ll have a brat summer next year. I had a nerd girl summer, but next year.”

Madison also admits she’s “not a party girl,” telling PEOPLE, “I’m like, a stay-at-home-with-my-pets kind of girl. But I admire the party girls and I just never felt in my body that attempting to twerk would be something that was natural to me. I never even touched that because I was like, ‘I’m going to leave that for the cool, sexy girls.’ “