It’s no longer a BRAT Summer, but Charli XCX is back with her seventh studio album, Music, Fashion, Film. And she’s taking a completely different approach with this album, as she told British Vogue, “it’s a rock reinvention.”
It’s been a busy couple of years for Charli. From BRAT turning into a global phenomenon, Charli hit the festival circuit, won three GRAMMY Awards, and embarked on a world tour. Back in February, she also released her soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s version of “Wuthering Heights,” starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie.
Charli surprised the world in June by announcing the album with cover art featuring John Cale of Velvet Underground for music, Marc Jacobs for fashion, and Martin Scorsese for film.
The 11-track, 30-minute-and-5-second album is a shift musically for her. She told Rolling Stone, “All of my albums work in opposites,” she said. “They repel against each other, and that’s the connective tissue. I knew when I was making it that I was never going to make that record again. It’s not creatively rewarding for me to make the same thing twice.”
To celebrate the new album, Live Nation announced the “Music, Fashion, Film” Tour this fall. Charli is introducing ‘Angel Tickets’ for this tour with a limited number of $20 tickets, which will be made available in August. Learn more about how to secure tickets.
Personally speaking, I agree with Charli on this. Albums are a moment in time, a reflection of the inspiration that strikes an artist in that moment. If every album an artist puts out always sounded exactly the same, the listener doesn’t see the growth in their artistry.
Charli XCX knows how to evolve in her career. She’s built it through reinvention, collaboration, and an approach to artistry influenced both by sound and the visual language of society today. Today, that’s also now presenting itself in fashion and in film.
Listen to Music, Fashion, Film today.
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