{"id":2318462,"date":"2026-03-08T16:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T16:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2318462"},"modified":"2026-03-08T16:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T16:28:15","slug":"charli-xcx-says-she-wants-to-quit-music-and-pivot-her-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charli-xcx-says-she-wants-to-quit-music-and-pivot-her-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX Says She Wants to \u2018Quit Music\u2019 and Pivot Her Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<hr data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"1.0\">THE RUNDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"2.0\">\n<p>Charli XCX appeared in a new interview with Quenlin Blackwell.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"2.1\">\n<p>The <em data-node-id=\"2.1.0.1\">Brat<\/em> singer revealed she is thinking about \u201cquitting\u201d music.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"2.2\">\n<p>Charli is interested in pursuing acting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In a recent episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/movies-tv\/a69513930\/quen-blackwell-i-love-la-guest-star-interview-2025\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/movies-tv\/a69513930\/quen-blackwell-i-love-la-guest-star-interview-2025\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Quenlin Blackwell\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">Quenlin Blackwell<\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oZ6WuIvsljI\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oZ6WuIvsljI\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Feeding Starving Celebrities\" data-node-id=\"4.3\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"4.3.0\">Feeding Starving Celebrities<\/em><\/a> series, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/fashion\/shopping\/a62581919\/charli-xcx-brat-store-amazon\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/fashion\/shopping\/a62581919\/charli-xcx-brat-store-amazon\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Brat\" data-node-id=\"4.5\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"4.5.0\">Brat<\/em><\/a> singer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/beauty\/hair\/a70260169\/matt-benns-hairstylist-charli-xcx-interview-the-moment\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/beauty\/hair\/a70260169\/matt-benns-hairstylist-charli-xcx-interview-the-moment\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Charli XCX\" data-node-id=\"4.7\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">Charli XCX<\/a> made a surprising comment about her career in the music industry: she\u2019s thinking about giving it up.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">During the interview, Blackwell asked if Charli wanted to \u201cact more,\u201d to which she replied, \u201cYes, are you kidding? I want to quit music, babe, and act.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Blackwell jokingly answered, \u201cWhat else is there to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"recirculation\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Charli made an appearance in the recent mockumentary <em data-node-id=\"9.1\">The Moment<\/em>. Her most recent musical project was producing the soundtrack for Emerald Fennell\u2019s <em data-node-id=\"9.3\">Wuthering Heights<\/em>. She also has some songs on the soundtrack for the upcoming film <em data-node-id=\"9.5\">Mother Mary,<\/em> starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The star expanded on another idea she had for a film that she first shared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@charlixcx\/video\/7509127527420431638\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@charlixcx\/video\/7509127527420431638\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"TikTok\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"2fa2d2b6-5387-46ce-a23e-33ca9b979337\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-node-id=\"10.1\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@charlixcx\/video\/7509127527420431638\" data-product-url=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@charlixcx\/video\/7509127527420431638\" data-affiliate=\"false\" data-affiliate-network=\"\" data-vars-ga-product-brand=\"Programme\" data-vars-ga-product-price=\"$0.00\" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id=\"a7849c2d-ff87-491e-a5fc-212f74d8eec0\" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand=\"Programme\" data-vars-ga-link-treatment=\"(not set) | (not set)\" class=\"body-link product-links css-1xnf0nh e1aq0z090\">TikTok<\/a> in May. The horror movie concept is an \u201cit-girl <em data-node-id=\"10.3\">Final Destination<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cWe would be being killed by machinery or something like that,\u201d she told Blackwell. \u201cAnd I feel like if it was an it-girl thing, all the deaths would be on the runway. I would probably die at some kind of a rave. You know what I mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Charli also serves as the executive music producer on the Prime Video series <em data-node-id=\"12.1\">Overcompensating<\/em>, which stars comedian Benito Skinner. She popped in for an appearance on the show\u2019s first season. She is additionally set to star in <em data-node-id=\"12.3\">I Want Your Sex <\/em>from director Gregg Araki, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/08\/charli-xcx-joins-i-want-your-sex-olivia-wilde-gregg-araki-1236073945\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/08\/charli-xcx-joins-i-want-your-sex-olivia-wilde-gregg-araki-1236073945\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Deadline\" data-node-id=\"12.5\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"12.5.0\">Deadline<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">And in July 2024, in a <em data-node-id=\"13.1\">Billboard<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/charli-xcx-brat-billboard-cover-story-interview-1235732025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/charli-xcx-brat-billboard-cover-story-interview-1235732025\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"profile\" data-node-id=\"13.3\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">profile<\/a>, Charli said she planned to go to Poland and \u201cwrite a film there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cWell, I don\u2019t really know if I should say because I also don\u2019t know if we\u2019re going to do it,\u201d she added. \u201cWe might actually just go to Poland and not do that, but that is the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"15\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-gnc8y1 e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.elle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE RUNDOWN Charli XCX appeared in a new interview with Quenlin Blackwell. The Brat singer revealed she is thinking about \u201cquitting\u201d music. Charli is interested in pursuing acting. In a recent episode of Quenlin Blackwell\u2019s Feeding Starving Celebrities series, Brat singer Charli XCX made a surprising comment about her career in the music industry: she\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2318463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[274717,449251,285977,285684,441834,449250,436397],"class_list":["post-2318462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-d878b1a4-2edc-414d-90c3-e8072604fd74","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-read_time-2","tag-shorttitle-charli-xcx-says-she-wants-to-quit-music-to-act","tag-subsection-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Charli-XCX-Says-She-Wants-to-\u2018Quit-Music-and-Pivot.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2318464,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318462\/revisions\/2318464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}