With 'Music, Fashion, Film,' Charli XCX channels the raw energy of rock 'n' roll
ATLANTIC RECORDS Known for always looking ahead, has Charlotte Aitchison – better known as Charli XCX – turned her gaze to the past in her seventh album, Music, Fashion, Film? But does it come at the risk of turning her back on her roots? After Brat's vibrant green, the black-and-white cover of this new album seems to confirm a nod to nostalgia.
- ▪ATLANTIC RECORDS Known for always looking ahead, has Charlotte Aitchison – better known as Charli XCX – turned her gaze to the past in her seventh album, Music, Fashion, Film?
- ▪But does it come at the risk of turning her back on her roots?
- ▪After Brat's vibrant green, the black-and-white cover of this new album seems to confirm a nod to nostalgia.
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Charli XCX, April 27, 2026. ATLANTIC RECORDS Known for always looking ahead, has Charlotte Aitchison – better known as Charli XCX – turned her gaze to the past in her seventh album, Music, Fashion, Film? In "Rock Music," the lead single, she declares: "I think the dancefloor is dead / So now we're making rock music." After shaking up the pop world in 2024 with Brat – a high point of festive, transgressive electronica that sparked such a cultural and commercial phenomenon that the word "brat" was named "word of the year" by the Collins Dictionary – the British artist has once again demonstrated her knack for doing an unexpected pivot.
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