{"id":2407937,"date":"2026-05-08T17:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2407937"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:01:38","slug":"listen-charli-xcx-releases-rock-music-first-single-from-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/listen-charli-xcx-releases-rock-music-first-single-from-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: Charli xcx releases &#8216;Rock Music,&#8217; first single from new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">May 8 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Charli xcx is back with new music.<\/p>\n<p>The singer-songwriter, 33, released a single and music video for the song &#8220;Rock Music&#8221; on Friday.\n<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Rock Music&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ox1Eemj8FDo\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> shows Charli xcx party, smoke cigarettes and rock out as she sings, &#8220;I think the dance floor is dead \/ So now we&#8217;re making rock music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The song is the first to debut from Charli xcx&#8217;s forthcoming eighth studio album, which is not a rock album, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXzUxkTRssY\/\" target=\"_blank\">clarified<\/a> last week on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;a video of me making a song called &#8216;rock music&#8217; that is not actually rock music which is funny because i never said i was making a rock album,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><emb><\/p>\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<p><\/emb><\/p>\n<p>Charli xcx discussed the album in an interview <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/article\/charli-xcx-british-vogue-interview\" target=\"_blank\">with British Vogue<\/a>, explaining she is bending &#8220;the possibilities of what my perspective&#8221; on rock music could be.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her new music, the singer and actress recently appeared in a remake of the horror film <i>Faces of Death<\/i> and serves as a producer on the Prime Video series <i>Overcompensating<\/i>.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"slide-image-container\" onclick=\"st_ss_sh640();\">\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stph_caption\">Singer Charli XCX attends the Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 18, 2014. Photo by Jim Ruymen\/UPI | <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/lp\/76d563e44c644328328e14a80f805b92\/\" target=\"_blank\">License Photo<\/a><\/div><\/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 www.upi.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 8 (UPI) &#8212; Charli xcx is back with new music. The singer-songwriter, 33, released a single and music video for the song &#8220;Rock Music&#8221; on Friday. 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