{"id":2407603,"date":"2026-05-08T13:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2407603"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:16:08","slug":"charli-xcx-starts-new-era-with-release-of-rock-music-single-and-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charli-xcx-starts-new-era-with-release-of-rock-music-single-and-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli xcx Starts New Era With Release of &#8216;Rock Music&#8217; Single and Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/charli-xcx\/\" id=\"auto-tag_charli-xcx\" data-tag=\"charli-xcx\">Charli xcx<\/a> has released her new single and video, \u201cRock Music,\u201d and at two minutes, its brevity stands in stark contrast to the outsize amount of discussion it will spark about her new direction in the post-\u201cBrat\u201d era. Most crucially, fans now have a chance to decide whether she was being closer to the truth when she was indicating it would be rock music or when she was laughingly suggesting it wouldn\u2019t be rock at all. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charli xcx - Rock Music (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ox1Eemj8FDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe answer to all these questions seems to be: yes. And whatever it is or isn\u2019t, her followers are coming together in unison in saying they are ready for a lot more than a minute and 55 seconds of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAmong the immediate comments on the YouTube link for the track: \u201cThe concept of a song titled rock music that isn\u2019t rock music but it\u2019s still rock music. Charli queencx.\u201d \u201cxcx-ified indie sleaze HALLELUJAH.\u201d \u201cHYPEROCK IS BEING BORN TODAY.\u201d Genre issues aside, some fans looked to past eras for comparisons: \u201cReturning to Sucker omg.\u201d \u201cSounds like the stuff from Myspace era Charli to me, amazing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThere were comments on the electronically staccato way the title phrase is rendered: \u201cThe lyrics: ROROROROROROCK MUSIC.\u201d Some looked for Easter eggs in the lyrics or imagery: \u201cCorset as the neck brace is so real.\u201d And the song length itself came up for discussion: \u201cCome on! Just <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ox1Eemj8FDo&amp;t=115s\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">1:55<\/a>!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe music video stretches to a hefty 2:04 with a bit of silent footage at the beginning and end. It starts with Charli smoking in a building\u2019s overhead window and then smiling at the camera as she pushes a TV tube set onto the street below \u2014 honoring two of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll\u2019s most time-honored delinquent activities. At the climax, the music, seemingly stuck in a digital rut, comes to a halt as a static image of Charli is busted through by a bunch of young men seemingly bringing a mosh pit out into the open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn-between, in the mostly but not entirely black-and-white footage, there is much, much, much more smoking, from a sexily dressed Charli stubbing her cigarette out in a man\u2019s room-service meal to the singer posing amid small mountains of cigs. She also is seen cavorting in the street in Times Square \u2014 in fleeting footage that the intersection was probably not actually shut down for \u2014 and rocking out (or is it \u201crocking out?\u201d) \u2014 with a trio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAidan Zamiri is the video\u2019s director, and Imogene Strauss is credited as creative director. A press release issued for the song in Friday morning\u2019s wee hours contained simply a pair of links and the message: \u201cCreated by Charli, Alex and Finn,\u201d aka A. G. Cook and Finn Keane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe tone of the tune leans more electronic than guitar-based, but not to the extent that the title actually seems like a lie. 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\u2019s on the experimental side of Charli\u2019s 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. It may be true that a second release from the album really tells the tale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier, Charli had gotten the discussion going when a British Vogue cover story quoted a new lyric: \u201cI think the dancefloor is dead, so now we\u2019re making rock music.\u201d Talking with journalist Laura Snapes for a cover story in British Vogue, Charli said of her forthcoming eighth album, \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\u2026 For me, it\u2019s fun to flip the form. We know there\u2019s gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that\u2019s fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut in response to the \u201cCharli goes rock\u201d meme she\u2019d created, she clarified, or un-clarified, things by posting a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXzUxkTRssY\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">making-of video on Instagram<\/a> with the caption: \u201cA video of me making a song called \u201crock music\u201d that is not actually rock music which is funny because i never said i was making a rock album.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnd now everyone knows what she means. Sort of. Maybe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.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 variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charli xcx has released her new single and video, \u201cRock Music,\u201d and at two minutes, its brevity stands in stark contrast to the outsize amount of discussion it will spark about her new direction in the post-\u201cBrat\u201d era. Most crucially, fans now have a chance to decide whether she was being closer to the truth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2407604,"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":[25179],"tags":[28272],"class_list":["post-2407603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-charli-xcx"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Charli-xcx-Starts-New-Era-With-Release-of-Rock-Music.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407603","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=2407603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407605,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407603\/revisions\/2407605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}