{"id":64117,"date":"2026-05-08T04:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/charli-xcx-returns-with-riotous-new-single-rock-music\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T04:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:03:42","slug":"charli-xcx-returns-with-riotous-new-single-rock-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/charli-xcx-returns-with-riotous-new-single-rock-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX Returns With Riotous New Single &#8216;Rock Music&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI think the dance floor is dead\/So now we\u2019re making rock music.\u201d Goodbye <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/commentary-charli-xcx-pop-girl-moment-brat-lorde-1235045384\/\">Brat Summer<\/a>, hello Rock Spring! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/charli-xcx\/\" id=\"auto-tag_charli-xcx\" data-tag=\"charli-xcx\">Charli XCX<\/a> has returned with the new single, \u201cRock Music.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCharli dropped the track hours after her friend, the Dare, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thefader\/status\/2052573433473474574?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">debuted it<\/a> at his opening set for PinkPantheress in Brooklyn. Featuring her collaborators A.G. Cooke and Finn Keane (formerly known as EasyFun), the single erupts with a blazing guitar riff, as Charli takes the mic: \u201cMe and my friends\/We go out, we take pictures\/We make stuff together, and sometimes we cry\/We kiss each other, real incestuous vibes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charli xcx - Rock Music (Official Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ox1Eemj8FDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe new song arrives days after Charli <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXzUxkTRssY\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted footage<\/a> of her recording \u201cRock Music,\u201d inside Paris\u2019 Rue Boyer Studios in Oct. 2025. The cheeky caption read, \u201ca video of me making a song called \u2018rock music\u2019 that is not actually rock music which is funny because I never said I was making a rock album.\u201d She was referring to her recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-new-album-rock-less-auto-tune-british-vogue-1235548189\/\"><em>British Vogue <\/em>cover<\/a>, and the magazine\u2019s description of her next chapter \u2014 the follow-up to the massive <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/charli-xcx-brat-review-1235031414\/\">Brat<\/a><\/em> \u2014 as a \u201crock reinvention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cFor me, it\u2019s fun to flip the form,\u201d she said in the interview. \u201cWe know there\u2019s gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that\u2019s fine \u2026If I\u2019d made another album that felt more dance-leaning, it would have felt really hard, really sad. We were doing our version of analogue, which is so silly and funny, but putting it through our lens, and making sure that nothing felt too macho, was important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cRock Music\u201d follows 2026\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/charli-xcx-wuthering-heights-album-review-1235515939\/\">Wuthering Heights<\/a><\/em>, the companion album to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/wuthering-heights-review-jacob-elordi-margot-robbie-1235507326\/\">Emerald Fennell\u2019s film <\/a>starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/mother-mary-interview-charli-xcx-fka-twigs-1235540693\/\">the soundtrack<\/a> to David Lowery\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/mother-mary-review-anne-hathaway-michaela-coel-1235540700\/\">Mother Mary<\/a><\/em>, which she contributed to alongside Jack Antonoff and FKA Twigs. Last month, her <em>How I\u2019m Feeling Now<\/em> highlight \u201cParty 4 U\u201d was released as a 7\u2033 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/record-store-day-2026-best-vinyl-1235548254\/charli-xcx-party-4-u-7-1235548505\/\">Record Store Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCharli has been increasingly active in the film industry, starring in Pete Oh\u2019s <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/Erupcja\" target=\"_blank\">Erupjca<\/a><\/em> and the <em>Brat <\/em>mockumentary <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/the-moment-charli-xcx-sundance-1235499910\/\">The Moment<\/a><\/em>. Her upcoming projects include Julia Jackman\u2019s\u00a0<em>100 Nights of Hero<\/em>, the Gregg Araki-directed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/charli-xcx-will-star-i-want-your-sex-olivia-wilde-cooper-hoffman-1235092852\/\">\u00a0<em>I Want Your Sex<\/em><\/a>, Cathy Yan\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-jenna-ortega-natalie-portman-the-gallerist-film-1235205574\/\">The Gallerist<\/a><\/em>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-takashi-miike-film-1235328257\/\">Takashi Miike movie<\/a>, the title of which has yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCharli will hit the festival circuit this summer, headlining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lollapalooza-2026-lineup-lorde-charli-xcx-tate-mcrae-1235532200\/\">Lollapalooza<\/a> (July 31), Outside Lands (Aug. 7), and the Reeding and Leeds Festivals (Aug. 28 and 29). In the fall, she\u2019ll headline both weekends of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-lorde-2026-austin-city-limits-fest-lineup-1235557955\/\">Austin City Limits<\/a> in Texas, alongside Lorde and Twenty One Pilots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charli-xcx-rock-music-single-1235556390\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think the dance floor is dead\/So now we\u2019re making rock music.\u201d Goodbye Brat Summer, hello Rock Spring! 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