Charli XCX has officially announced that her new album, Music, Fashion, Film, will arrive July 24, marking her first full-length release since the cultural and commercial dominance of BRAT.
She revealed the news directly to fans with a concise post: “new album Music, Fashion, Film is out july 24th. 11 songs, 30 minutes, 5 seconds. available to pre order now, love you xx.” The project will feature 11 tracks, including previously released singles “Rock Music” and “SS26.”
The announcement lands just one day after Charli made it clear this era is not designed to recreate the formula that made BRAT a phenomenon. In a TikTok, she warned listeners that the new material sounds “really different” from her 2024 breakout. “And you might not [love it]. And that’s cool,” she said, underscoring her refusal to chase expectations after the career-defining success of her last record.
That stance has shaped the rollout from the start. Lead single “Rock Music,” released May 8, immediately divided listeners with its jagged structure and chaotic production choices. Follow-up track “SS26,” which dropped May 21, expanded that pivot even further, leaning into colder, sharper textures that suggest Charli is pushing beyond the rave-heavy aggression that powered BRAT.
The album artwork offers another clue to the project’s conceptual direction. Featuring visual tributes to John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese, the cover positions Music, Fashion, Film as a collision point between three creative industries that have long informed Charli’s aesthetic universe. It also signals a broader multimedia ambition, connecting the record to fashion-world iconography and arthouse cinematic references.
That shift carries extra weight given what BRAT accomplished. Released June 7, 2024, the album debuted at No. 1 in the U.K., reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 — her highest U.S. chart debut — and became one of the most critically celebrated projects of the decade. It earned three Grammy wins, including Best Dance/Electronic Album, and sparked the “Brat Summer” cultural wave that extended far beyond music.
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