New single follows the divisive “Rock Music” and its sugary B side \u201cI Keep on Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night”<\/p>\n
\n\tCharli XCX<\/a> is ringing in the warmer months on her new single \u201cSS26.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSpring Summer 26\/When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it,\u201d Charli sings over subtle synths. \u201cYeah we\u2019re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell.\u201d The song\u2019s video is directed by Torso, who previously worked with Charli on the airport-themed \u201cVon Dutch<\/a>\u201d video during the Brat<\/a> era. It features Charlie walking in various devastating outfits down a runway flanked by spotlights and a shadowy audience before the star eventually walks off the end and into the abyss.<\/p>\n \n\tCharli revealed \u201cSS26\u201d earlier this week, when she posted the lyrics on her Substack<\/a>. On Thursday, hours before the release, she posted a video <\/a>of her cutting the track in Paris, alongside her collaborators A.G. Cook and Finn Keane. Charli sings into the mic, while the crew orders Japanese whiskey, a bottle of Sancerre, and a bucket of ice into the studio.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSS26\u201d follows Charli\u2019s recent single \u201cRock Music<\/a>,\u201d and its B side \u201cI Keep on Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night<\/a>\u201d (the latter only available on vinyl and Instagram). The reaction to \u201cRock Music\u201d was divisive, specifically the line where Charli declared that \u201cthe dance floor is dead<\/a>,\u201d across blistering riffs.<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tDays later, when she dropped a behind-the-scenes look<\/a> at the video, she addressed the internet\u2019s reaction. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna explain where I was coming from with \u2018Rock Music,\u2019 but all I know is that things can be funny, earnest, sincere, and joyful all at the same time,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what I feel about a lot of the things I make.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tShe\u2019s doubled down on this in recent tweets, writing<\/a> that she\u2019s \u201cnot trying to repel people away\u201d or convince them into liking her. \u201cIf you get me, you get me,\u201d she said.<\/a> \u201cAnd if you don\u2019t, you don\u2019t. And thats ok <3\u201d<\/p>\n \t