Charli xcx Details ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ Album, Out July 24

Charli xcx will release her new album, Music, Fashion, Film, on July 24 via Atlantic. The 11-track record runs just 30 minutes and 5 seconds, a concise burst after the extended afterlife of BRAT. The cover, shot by longtime collaborator Aidan Zamiri, is a black and white portrait that includes the Velvet Underground’s John Cale, designer Marc Jacobs, and director Martin Scorsese, each standing in for one element of the title.

The name comes from a lyric in the single “SS26,” where Charli sings about a runway leading straight to hell: “nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion or film.” That track and “Rock Music” have already surfaced as singles. The latter became the center of a minor discourse cycle this spring when Charli told British Vogue, “I think the dancefloor is dead, so now we’re making rock music.” She later teased the statement on Instagram, clarifying that the song “Rock Music” is not actually rock music and that she never claimed to be making a rock album.

The album title, cover, and genre playfulness extend a period of heavy cross-disciplinary movement for Charli. In the past year, she’s acted in several films and contributed music