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\n\tCharli xcx<\/a> is stepping onto the rock scene \u2014 literally. In a new teaser for her upcoming song \u201cRock Music,\u201d the pop star stomps on an electric guitar, breaking the base and neck apart with one swift motion.<\/p>\n \n\tThe black-and-white clip arrived on Instagram on Thursday (May 7) after weeks of Charli teasing her new era. Only her feet \u2014 wearing impossibly high black stilettos \u2014 are visible in frame. The moment she makes impact with her sharp heel, a blast of fuzzy guitars and drum hits sounds off. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201crock music. song and video out tonight. 9pm pst,\u201d she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n \n\tThe singer first teased that she was embracing an edgier vibe on her next album in an April interview<\/a> with British Vogue<\/em>, which premiered one of the new song\u2019s lyrics: \u201cI think the dance floor is dead, so now we\u2019re making rock music.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIf I\u2019d made another album that felt more dance-leaning, it would have felt really hard, really sad,\u201d she told the publication at the time. \u201cThat\u2019s interesting for me is to bend the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tCharli has since clarified<\/a> that she isn\u2019t necessarily fully pivoting genres. On Instagram, she recently shared a clip of herself in the studio and wrote, \u201ca video of me making a song called \u2018rock music\u2019 that is not actually rock music which is funny because i never said i was making a rock album.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cRock Music\u201d will mark the musician\u2019s first release since her Wuthering Heights<\/em> companion album arrived in February, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard 200<\/a>. Before that, her magnum opus Brat <\/em>peaked at No. 3 on the chart and launched Charli into mainstream stardom.<\/p>\n \n\tWatch Charli\u2019s \u201cRock Music\u201d teaser below.<\/p>\n