Decoding Charli XCX's new album, Music, Fashion, Film

The star's new album strips away artifice to examine her life after the phenomenal success of Brat.

With 'Music, Fashion, Film,' Charli XCX channels the raw energy of rock 'n' roll

After shaking up the world of pop with 'Brat,' the British musician takes a nostalgic turn, without abandoning her inventiveness.

Charli xcx: does the new album live up to Brat? - The Latest

After a decade in the pop fringes, Charli xcx’s 2024 album Brat propelled her to global stardom: an acid-green ‘Brat summer’, a Glastonbury headline slot and brat as Collins’ word of the year. But how do you follow up the album that made you a star? Charli’s latest album Music, Fashion, Film has now been released – and as Guardian deputy music editor Laura Snapes tells Lucy Hough: it’s a pivot to guitar and a “meta masterpiece about the instability of identity.” Continue reading...

By Presented by Lucy Hough with Laura Snapes ; produced by Angus Neale and Belinda Gurung ; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin ; executive producer Zoe Hitch

Why David Cronenberg’s Feature on Charli xcx’s ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ Gets to the Heart of What the Album Is Really About

It’s no secret that Charli xcx is a cinephile, so it wasn’t a shock when the avant-garde pop star revealed that her latest album would feature iconic horror auteur David Cronenberg — especially considering its title is “Music, Fashion, Film.” But what is surprising is just how impactful his contribution is to the wider meaning […]

By Ellise Shafer

Music, Fashion, Film is Charli xcx at her subversive best

The singer's latest album plucks sounds from grunge, Britpop and 2010s indie rock

By Ella Dorn

Charli XCX Brings in the Post-‘Brat’ Era With ‘Music, Fashion, Film’

The pop star released her much-anticipated seventh album on Friday after officially announcing the album in June.

By Ethan Millman

Charli XCX’s New Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ Is Here

"It’s not creatively rewarding for me to make the same thing twice," British pop star says of her Brat follow-up

By Angie Martoccio