Charli XCX Follows “Rock Music” With a Vinyl-Only Ballad

The second piece of Charli XCX’s new era landed quietly yesterday. “I Keep Thinking About You Every Single Day And Night,” the b-side to her recent single “Rock Music,” exists exclusively on 7-inch vinyl and her b.sides Instagram account. A video shot in Kyoto with frequent collaborator Aidan Zamiri accompanies the release, but the song itself is deliberately untethered from streaming platforms. In the caption, Charli invited listeners to “rip the audio if you want it,” setting the tone for a looser, less controlled rollout than the tightly choreographed campaign behind her last album.

Where “Rock Music” leaned into aggressive, almost taunting energy, this track sits at the opposite end. It’s a slow, repetitive ballad built around a single line of devotion, its title refusing to be abbreviated. The straightforward yearning in the lyrics puts it close to the kind of sapphic love song that’s become a fixture in pop’s recent memory, but Charli’s delivery rarely lets you settle into a clear reading. Her history suggests the line between heartfelt confession and performance is deliberately thin, and the song’s obsessive refrain only deepens the ambiguity.

The decision to withhold the track from streaming and keep it within a closed ecosystem feels less like a minor gift for hardcore fans and more like an extension of the single’s own logic. “Rock Music” was a blunt, provocative reset. This b-side, hushed and physically bound, offers a necessary second chapter before whatever comes next. It demands a little patience. For an artist often defined by speed and abundance, that’s a notable shift.