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\u201cI\u2019m really nervous,\u201d Charli XCX laughed shyly, addressing a room of 150 die-hard fans (otherwise known as her Angels) at Metrograph in Manhattan on Thursday evening. Every seat of the indie cinema\u2019s theater 1 was occupied\u2014and all eyes were transfixed on the star. The undivided attention was not just because it was a strictly no-phones-allowed event, but also because it would be the first time anyone heard her new material, which is slated for release on July 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was serious about the no camera rule, too. \u201cDon\u2019t f*cking film,\u201d the Grammy winner said, only half-jokingly, before relenting, \u201cI mean\u2026it\u2019s going to leak somehow.\u201d Between July 9 and 11, the British artist\u2019s highly-anticipated seventh studio album\u2014Music, Fashion, Film<\/em>\u2014will be played exclusively in independent cinemas in 25 cities around the world. And for those lucky enough to score a spot at the New York City stop, it meant that the listening party came with a side of Charli herself.<\/p>\n Dressed in a sharp-shouldered black leather jacket, a sheer lace top, and velvet pants with a gold rope belt (even in the July heat), her inky raven hair grazed her shoulders in polished waves. To the surprise of the room, her omnipresent sunglasses were absent.\u00a0\u201cI am so proud of this body of work,\u201d she began, explaining that she made the videos and the footage that was about to be projected with the help of her friends.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s kind of like a big theme throughout the record\u2014me and my friends, you know, controversially, so,\u201d she quipped, referencing lyrics from her divisive latest single, Rock Music<\/em>. Some of those friends lined the walls of the theater as she continued: \u201cThis album is about how lucky I feel to be able to do what I do. I feel so indebted to art and getting to create things. It\u2019s such a huge part of who I am. Actually, without being able to make things, I kind of don\u2019t know who I would be. The fact that I probably don\u2019t know who I am without being able to make songs and write and create is, I guess, a little bit weird, and depressing. But luckily right now I\u2019m doing that, so it\u2019s fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Just a few hours earlier, the Lower East Side had been drenched in a torrent of unpredicted rainfall. But by the time the barricades had been erected on either side of Ludlow Street, the skies had cleared and a colorfully dressed crowd snaked down the block. Tellingly, there wasn\u2019t a single sighting of electric Brat<\/em> green in the mix. Avid fan Alex, 24, was wearing a sold-out Urban Outfitters concert t-shirt from the Brat<\/em> era, though. \u201cThis new album already feels so different from the last one, but it still has that Charli attitude. She reveals a little bit more about herself with each record,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sydney, 29, was another guest buzzing with adrenaline. She was wearing a t-shirt from Charli\u2019s Conversations event back in May, where ten fans were chosen to speak to her about her songwriting process. Sydney wasn\u2019t part of that group, but she did get a shirt for queuing up. \u201cWhen other artists get bigger, they price us out, so it\u2019s interesting to see her take the opposite approach. She\u2019s giving us a peek behind the curtain and is also being a lot more vulnerable than we\u2019ve seen in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.vogue.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI\u2019m really nervous,\u201d Charli XCX laughed shyly, addressing a room of 150 die-hard fans (otherwise known as her Angels) at Metrograph in Manhattan on Thursday evening. Every seat of the indie cinema\u2019s theater 1 was occupied\u2014and all eyes were transfixed on the star. 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