{"id":2407155,"date":"2026-05-08T04:56:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2407155"},"modified":"2026-05-08T04:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:56:48","slug":"charli-xcx-releases-surprise-new-rock-music-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charli-xcx-releases-surprise-new-rock-music-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX releases surprise new \u2018Rock Music\u2019 single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pop sensation Charli XCX has unveiled her latest single, &#8220;Rock Music,&#8221; accompanied by a striking new music video. The track, released on Friday, is anticipated to be the lead offering from the 33-year-old artist&#8217;s forthcoming album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Born Charlotte Aitchison, the &#8216;Brat&#8217; hitmaker&#8217;s new song arrived with an official video, helmed by Aidan Zamiri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shot predominantly in black and white, the visuals open dramatically with Charli launching a speaker from a window, followed by scenes of her smoking multiple cigarettes simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Confirming the release, she shared on social media: &#8220;Rock music. song and video out now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It comes after an interview in Vogue appeared to suggest the 360 singer was \u201cmaking rock music\u201d for her follow-up to 2024\u2019s Brat, before she said in a post on Instagram: \u201cI never said I was making a rock album.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She told the fashion magazine: \u201cIf I\u2019d made another album that felt more dance-leaning, it would have felt really hard, really sad, but what\u2019s interesting for me is to bend the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new album will not feature her trademark auto-tune, according to the Vogue piece. It will follow her Wuthering Heights companion album to Emerald Fennell\u2019s film of the same name, released earlier this year, and also the Brat album, which sparked a cultural phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cBrat summer\u201d trend, which caused a frenzy on social media, incorporated sultry fashion choices inspired by the neon green and black album cover.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Charli XCX coined the term brat, sparking the brat summer which became one of the biggest TikTok trends in 2024 (Ian West\/PA) (PA Archive)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Of her new record, she added: \u201cWe were doing our version of analogue, which is so silly and funny, but putting it through our lens, and making sure that nothing felt too macho was important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She said the new album would be inspired by her love of art and \u201cwhat would happen if that was taken from me\u201d, and how it gives her purpose in life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charli added that she did not want to mention her husband, The 1975 drummer George Daniel, on the album after he was referenced on a number of tracks on Brat, including Club Classics and Sympathy Is A Knife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She said: \u201cI don\u2019t really want to write songs about my husband forever. I\u2019m not sure how interesting that is, and he knows that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf I write about our relationship, I\u2019m probably only really interested in writing about some of the more obscure feelings of being married.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The singer starred in The Moment, a semi-fictional film looking at the release of Brat and the world tour that followed, earlier this year, and also appeared in other film projects including Pete Ohs\u2019 Erupcja and Julia Jackman\u2019s 100 Nights Of Hero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charli has had two UK number one singles and three number one albums, and is best known for tracks such as Boom Clap, Guess and I Love It with Swedish duo Icona Pop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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 uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop sensation Charli XCX has unveiled her latest single, &#8220;Rock Music,&#8221; accompanied by a striking new music video. The track, released on Friday, is anticipated to be the lead offering from the 33-year-old artist&#8217;s forthcoming album. Born Charlotte Aitchison, the &#8216;Brat&#8217; hitmaker&#8217;s new song arrived with an official video, helmed by Aidan Zamiri. 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