{"id":2466090,"date":"2026-06-18T21:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2466090"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:55:31","slug":"charli-xcx-on-new-album-rock-music-and-not-making-brat-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charli-xcx-on-new-album-rock-music-and-not-making-brat-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX on New Album, ‘Rock Music,’ and Not Making ‘Brat’ Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t<\/span>harli xcx<\/a> believes in ghosts, which is why she tends to keep a safe distance from wherever they might gather. That might be difficult on this mid-May afternoon, considering we\u2019re standing on the grassy 54 acres that make up Hollywood Forever cemetery, where Charli has suggested we film this interview. Roughly 95,000 souls rest here, including those belonging to Judy Garland, Cecil B. DeMille, and Dee Dee Ramone, but Charli isn\u2019t about to grab a Ouija board. In fact, the 33-year-old pop star suspects it might be too late. \u201cWe\u2019re probably possessed now,\u201d she says in her languid British accent, gazing through her signature black wraparound sunglasses.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe\u2019re in an area of Hollywood Forever known as the Garden of Legends, which overlooks a serene lake decorated with weeping willows, palm trees, and towering mausoleums. She\u2019s wearing a custom all-denim Levi\u2019s set of low-waisted jeans and a frayed zip-up jacket. The skies are gloomy and overcast, fitting for a trip among the tombstones. (Strictly speaking, Charli doesn\u2019t need the shades.)<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is Charli\u2019s first time walking among the graves, but she first visited the property \u2014 which regularly hosts screenings, concerts, and even yoga classes \u2014 back in 2021, when she performed at the site\u2019s Masonic Lodge while on tour for her pandemic-era cult classic, How I\u2019m Feeling Now<\/a>.<\/em> Death surrounds us, but there are signs of life, too: Peacocks roam the grounds, fanning their feathers next to the cemetery\u2019s 1962 Rolls-Royce hearse, while turtles, ducks, and feral cats go about their day. \u201cThis gang over here,\u201d Charli says, pointing to a pack of ducks waltzing across the lawn. \u201cI love the sound they make. So cute!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tFour days earlier, Charli released \u201cRock Music<\/a>,\u201d the first taste of her upcoming album, Music, Fashion, Film<\/a>,<\/em> out July 24. The song was a remarkable left turn from her 2024 dance-pop masterpiece, Brat<\/a><\/em> \u2014 a sharp yank of the steering wheel that gave the internet a brutal case of whiplash, as Charli declared, \u201cThe dance floor is dead.\u201d She sang in fragmented Auto-Tune across distorted electric guitar, but the message was clear: \u201cNow we\u2019re making rockkkkkkkkkkk<\/em> music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe response to \u201cRock Music\u201d was loud, and mixed. Some fans loved the curveball; others were convinced Charli was poking fun at classic-rock tropes (she sings about jumping off the stage, and throws a TV out the window in the music video). \u201cVery funny prank, Charli,\u201d posted one fan. \u201cNow where is the actual lead single?\u201d Courtney Love admiringly called her a troll; Madonna subtly captioned a photo \u201cIf your dance floor feels dead\/Maybe you\u2019re playing the wrong music.\u201d (More on that dance-floor line, and the whole \u201crock\u201d thing, in a moment.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

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