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Charli XCX Pivots From ‘Brat’ Club Sound to a Rock-Driven Next Album

The British Vogue cover signals a reset toward guitar-led production with a rawer vocal take.

Overview

  • Charli XCX disclosed in a British Vogue cover story on Thursday that she is making a rock album and said, “the dance floor is dead.”
  • She described a guitar-first approach with far less Auto-Tune, working again with producers A. G. Cook and Finn Keane.
  • Her team said earlier this month the project, often referred to as xcx8, was close to finished, though there is no title or release date yet.
  • She wiped her Instagram and switched to a dark profile image in recent days, which points to the start of a new era.
  • After the Brat tour’s nonstop schedule and reported neck nerve damage, she questioned returning to arena shows and cast the stylistic shift as a personal reset.