{"id":2427276,"date":"2026-05-22T00:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2427276"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:08:02","slug":"charli-xcx-drops-new-synth-stunner-ss26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charli-xcx-drops-new-synth-stunner-ss26\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX Drops New Synth Stunner &#8216;SS26&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>New single follows the divisive &#8220;Rock Music&#8221; and its sugary B side \u201cI Keep on Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/charli-xcx\/\" id=\"auto-tag_charli-xcx\" data-tag=\"charli-xcx\">Charli XCX<\/a> is ringing in the warmer months on her new single \u201cSS26.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cSpring Summer 26\/When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it,\u201d Charli sings over subtle synths. \u201cYeah we\u2019re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell.\u201d The song\u2019s video is directed by Torso, who previously worked with Charli on the airport-themed \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-drops-von-dutch-video-1234978454\/\">Von Dutch<\/a>\u201d video during the<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/commentary-charli-xcx-pop-girl-moment-brat-lorde-1235045384\/\"> Brat<\/a><\/em> era. It features Charlie walking in various devastating outfits down a runway flanked by spotlights and a shadowy audience before the star eventually walks off the end and into the abyss.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charli xcx - SS26 (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/twLhSqabby0?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<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCharli revealed \u201cSS26\u201d earlier this week, when she posted the lyrics <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/itscharlibb.substack.com\/p\/ss26?r=6tkhbg&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnGoSiqe7O72ny_1P0IndxcunjDv-kCJeNibdWScwJ8VW4HRAoO10g2yKyIVQ_aem_olqEJvU4NyYZwrQXzJvypA&amp;utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv6_a1dennhayvr5hm&amp;triedRedirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on her Substack<\/a>. On Thursday, hours before the release, she<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYmqC0mxa7g\/\" target=\"_blank\"> posted a video <\/a>of her cutting the track in Paris, alongside her collaborators A.G. Cook and Finn Keane. Charli sings into the mic, while the crew orders Japanese whiskey, a bottle of Sancerre, and a bucket of ice into the studio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cSS26\u201d follows Charli\u2019s recent single \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-rock-music-single-1235556390\/\">Rock Music<\/a>,\u201d and its B side \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-thinking-bout-you-day-night-new-song-video-1235560252\/\">I Keep on Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night<\/a>\u201d (the latter only available on vinyl and Instagram). The reaction to \u201cRock Music\u201d was divisive, specifically the line where Charli declared that \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-new-album-rock-less-auto-tune-british-vogue-1235548189\/\">the dance floor is dead<\/a>,\u201d across blistering riffs.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDays later, when she dropped a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-behind-the-scenes-rock-music-video-1235561938\/\">behind-the-scenes look<\/a> at the video, she addressed the internet\u2019s reaction. \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,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what I feel about a lot of the things I make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tShe\u2019s doubled down on this in recent tweets, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charli_xcx\/status\/2056790494202802402?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">writing<\/a> that she\u2019s \u201cnot trying to repel people away\u201d or convince them into liking her. \u201cIf you get me, you get me,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charli_xcx\/status\/2056790254993174761?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said.<\/a> \u201cAnd if you don\u2019t, you don\u2019t. And thats ok <\/p>\n<\/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.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New single follows the divisive &#8220;Rock Music&#8221; and its sugary B side \u201cI Keep on Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night&#8221; Charli XCX is ringing in the warmer months on her new single \u201cSS26.\u201d \u201cSpring Summer 26\/When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it,\u201d Charli sings over subtle synths. 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