Charli XCX has revealed that her next still-in-the-works eighth studio album will be a rock album.
In a new interview with British Vogue, Charli XCX revealed that she's moved away from the electronic sound of Brat for rock music.
"I think the dance floor is dead, so now we're making rock music," she said. "If I'd made another album that felt more dance-leaning, it would have felt really hard, really sad."
In her recent works, Charli scored Emerald Fennell's new Wuthering Heights adaptation and also released a companion album.
"I've been making music since I was 14. It's nearly 20 years. I feel very spoiled saying this, but there is not much that can thrill me within music anymore," she explained of the reason behind her shift to rock music. "For me, it's fun to flip the form. We know there's gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that's fine."
"I'd always rather have style than be vague. Which is the biggest crime, in my opinion," she added.
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