{"id":318370,"date":"2026-03-07T23:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/318370\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T23:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:44:07","slug":"charli-xcx-wants-to-quit-music-for-new-career-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/318370\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX wants to &#8216;quit music&#8217; for new career path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charli XCX is looking to do a total career \u201c360.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBrat\u201d hitmaker revealed she hopes to \u201cquit music\u201d to pursue more acting roles during her Feb. 22 appearance on Quen Blackwell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oZ6WuIvsljI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cFeeding Starving Celebrities\u201d<\/a> YouTube series. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want to act more?\u201d Blackwell asked the pop star, too which Charli responded, \u201cYes, are you kidding? I want to quit music, babe, and act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charli XCX (pictured above talking with Quen Blackwell) revealed she wants to \u201cquit music\u201d to pursue more acting roles.  Quenlin Blackwell\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>Blackwell then pointed out the singer\u2019s success with her 2024 album, \u201cBrat\u201d which won a Grammy. Pictured above is Charli XCX performing on stage on March 6, 2024. Billboard via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Blackwell then pointed out the star\u2019s obvious success on her latest album, \u201cBrat\u201d \u2014 which won a Grammy for Best Dance\/Electronic Album in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else is there to do?\u201d Charli replied.<\/p>\n<p>As for her dream project, the singer said she would like to do an \u201cultimate it-girl \u2018Final Destination&#8217;\u201d film, adding that she made a TikTok about the potential project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI namechecked you in it,\u201d she told Blackwell of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@charlixcx\/video\/7509127527420431638?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C122122240%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C122122244%2C122122243%2C122122242%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C122223709%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=people.com%2Fcharli-xcx-quit-music-for-acting-11918142&amp;referer_video_id=7509127527420431638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">May 2025 TikTok<\/a> clip. \u201cWe\u2019re all just running around being so hot, but being killed in the craziest ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else is there to do?\u201d Charli (pictured above speaking at the the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin on Feb. 14) said of her choice.  Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>As for her future dream project, the singer (pictured above speaking at Variety\u2019s Hitmakers Brunch on Dec. 7, 2024) said she would like to do an \u201cultimate it-girl \u2018Final Destination.&#8217;\u201d Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In the TikTok, Charli also named Rachel Sennott, Alex Consani, Gabbriette, Romy Mars and herself as possible cast members for the fictional movie.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c365\u201d songstress recently starred as herself in her mockumentary-style film, \u201cThe Moment,\u201d which was released in January.<\/p>\n<p>Also included among the cast was Kylie Jenner, Kate Berlant, Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Rosanna Arquette and Jamie Demetriou.<\/p>\n<p>The movie follows a fictional version of the artist as she struggles with fame and heightened demands of the music industry while also prepping for an arena tour.<\/p>\n<p>The pop star recently starred in her own film, \u201cThe Moment\u201d as a fictionalized version of herself (seen above).  AP<\/p>\n<p>The mockumentary-style movie follows a fictional version of the artist as she struggles with fame, the music industry, and preps for an arena tour. Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>In October 2025, the singer explained that the idea was born out of the pressure Charli faced from her label to record a documentary of her \u201cBrat\u201d album and subsequent tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a tour documentary or a concert film in any way, but the seed of the idea was conceived from this idea of being pressured to make one,\u201d Charli told Vanity Fair at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fiction, but it\u2019s the realest depiction of the music industry that I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charli XCX is looking to do a total career \u201c360.\u201d The \u201cBrat\u201d hitmaker revealed she hopes to \u201cquit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6946,5123,19219,156,409,157,122800,40940,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-318370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-actors","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-charli-xcx","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-music-documentaries","15":"tag-musicians","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-newzealand","18":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}