Charli xcx‘s new era is officially upon us.
The “Brat” singer revealed on Monday that her seventh studio album is titled “Music, Fashion, Film” and releases July 24. Charli surprise announced the album by posting its cover on Instagram, featuring a black-and-white photo of John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese to represent each aspect of the title.
“My new album Music, Fashion, Film is out july 24th,” Charli wrote in the caption. “11 songs, 30 minutes, 5 seconds. available to pre order now, love you xx.”
Charli has already released two singles from the album, “Rock Music” and “SS26.” The title is taken from the lyrics of the latter, where Charli sings: “We’re walkin’ on a runway that goes straight to hell / Nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion or film.”
The electro-pop artist, who broke through to the mainstream in 2024 with her hit album “Brat,” has teased that her next release will be very different from her signature dance beats and Auto-Tune. In an April cover story with British Vogue, Charli said: “For me, it’s fun to flip the form. We know there’s gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that’s fine.”
Indeed, her first single “Rock Music” divided opinion, with fans and critics arguing over the new sound — and whether or not it’s actually rock ‘n’ roll.
“The tone of the tune leans more electronic than guitar-based, but not to the extent that the title actually seems like a lie,” Variety‘s chief music critic Chris Willman wrote in an analysis of the track. “The most immediate debate, actually, is not so much about whether the song is rock as whether it is truly meant as a First Single. It’s on the experimental side of Charli’s ouevre, although at this point in her popularity she may be primed to make the uncommercial commercial, with or without a radio- or TV-friendly track.”
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