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\n\tCharli XCX<\/a> has been taking in all the contrasting reactions to her latest song, \u201cRock Music.\u201d <\/a>The artist\u2019s divisive new track arrived last week alongside an Aidan Zamiri-directed video that plays on classic rock tropes. \u201cI think the dance floor is dead,\u201d Charli sings on the glitching chorus. \u201cSo now we\u2019re making rock music.\u201d Rock and dance music defenders alike have reached for their pitchforks, but Charli isn\u2019t interested in debating or explaining the song to them. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019m not gonna explain where i was coming from with \u2018rock music,\u2019 but all i know is that things can be funny, earnest, sincere, and joyful all at the same time and that\u2019s what i feel about a lot of the things i make,\u201d Charli wrote on Instagram<\/a>. In the post, the artist compared the discourse around the song to how people reacted to A.G. Cook\u2019s PC Music, particularly \u201chow the label was deemed as almost critiquing or looking down on pop music or something.\u201d<\/p>\n