Charli XCX debuts a grit-forward era with Music, Fashion, Film

Charli XCX transitions from Brat Summer to a darker, guitar-driven era with the new album Music, Fashion, Film (out today), recorded during Paris Fashion Week with producer A.G. Cook. The project features singles like Rock Music, SS26, Wink Wink, and Camera, and its cover—shot by Aidan Zamiri—puts Charli alongside John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese to symbolize the album’s three pillars: music, fashion, and film. Charli stresses the record isn’t a rock album and emphasizes a more intimate, melancholic sound, a deliberate shift away from her lime-green Brat era, reflecting on fame, anxiety, and a wish to let the music speak for itself.