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Music, Fashion, Film arrives on 24 July 2026, and it already feels like Charli XCX deliberately swerving away from expectations once again. Coming after the cultural explosion of Brat, the new record looks less interested in chasing another viral moment and more interested in pulling together all the worlds she’s been inhabiting lately — music, high fashion and cinema — into one tightly packed statement. The album is 11 tracks long and features recent singles “Rock Music” and “SS26,” both of which hint at a sound that leans further into guitars, art-pop experimentation and a slightly more structured approach than the chaotic club energy that defined much of Brat.
Even the album artwork feels like a manifesto. Instead of putting herself on the cover, Charli has chosen three cultural heavyweights — John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese — representing the three pillars named in the title. It suggests a record that's as much about cultural influence and artistic identity as it is about pop songs.
What makes Music, Fashion, Film especially intriguing is that Charli herself has hinted it may divide opinion. She’s been careful to distance it from being a straightforward sequel to Brat, describing it instead as a playful but disruptive project that follows its own instincts. After a year spent moving between soundtrack work, film projects, fashion campaigns and festival stages, this album feels like the first time all those interests have collided in one place.
If Brat was the sound of Charli taking over pop culture, Music, Fashion, Film looks like it might be the sound of her stepping outside pop altogether and seeing what happens when all her creative obsessions are allowed to share the same room. Ambitious, slightly confrontational and impossible to predict — which is usually when Charli is at her most interesting.
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