{"id":545869,"date":"2026-07-27T07:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/545869\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:57:07","slug":"charli-xcx-begrudgingly-releases-music-fashion-film-b-sides-on-itunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/545869\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX “begrudgingly” releases \u2018Music, Fashion, Film’ B-Sides on iTunes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charli XCX<\/a> has \u201cbegrudgingly\u201d released \u2018Music, Fashion, Film<\/a> (B-sides Edition)\u2019 on iTunes.<\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0Charli XCX \u2013 \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019 review: delicious gothic pop for a winter of yearning<\/a><\/p>\n

Three tracks previously shared with fans on Charli\u2019s @b.sides alt-account on Instagram \u2013 \u2018I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night\u2019, \u2018Playboy Bunny\u2019 and \u2018If You Take the Music Then What Has She Got?<\/a>\u2019 have now been uploaded to iTunes as part of a digital deluxe version of her latest album.<\/p>\n

The songs initially served as actual B-sides on limited-edition, physical 7\u2033 single releases for \u2018Rock Music<\/a>\u2019,\u00a0\u2018SS26<\/a>\u2019, and \u2018Camera<\/a>\u2019, as well as on a \u2018Music, Fashion, Film\u2019 physical box set \u2013 and weren\u2019t officially available to purchase as digital downloads until Sunday (July 26).<\/p>\n

Charli had previously told fans they were \u201cnever gonna go on streaming \u2026 I don\u2019t think,\u201d but had said that might change. \u201cYou can call me a hypocrite, i don\u2019t mind,\u201d she wrote with a winky face on Sunday\u2019s announcement of the iTunes release \u2013 which you can find here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made b sides for each of the songs released ahead of Music, Fashion, Film because it felt natural to pair each songs with a fitting counterpart \u2013 something that\u2019s adjacent to the album but not entirely part of it,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraditionally, b sides often become fan favorites\u2026 and i guess in the case of some of the b sides for this album, that has proven to be true. i felt adamant i wouldn\u2019t put them on streaming because it sort of felt counter intuitive to the whole ethos of those songs, but i know you all really wanted them so i\u2019ve begrudgingly put them on itunes lol.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Music, Fashion, Film\u2019 arrived on Friday (July 24), along with the online release of the theatrical short film Charli created alongside the record.\u00a0The\u00a0album\u00a0film was previewed through listening events held in cinemas across 25 cities earlier this month<\/a>, allowing fans to hear the record alongside its accompanying visuals before its official release.<\/p>\n

The new album was produced by Charli, Cook and Keane and features the previously released singles \u2018Rock Music\u2019,\u00a0\u2018SS26\u2019, \u2018Wink\u00a0Wink<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018Camera\u2019.<\/p>\n

It marks Charli\u2019s first conventional studio album since 2024\u2019s\u00a0all-conquering\u00a0\u2018Brat<\/a>\u2019, although she also created\u00a0the soundtrack for Emerald Fennell\u2019s\u00a0Wuthering Heights<\/a>, which arrived in February.<\/p>\n

Charli will headline Lollapalooza in Chicago next Friday (July 31), before\u00a0making her headline debut at Reading & Leeds in August<\/a>. She will then begin\u00a0a North American arena tour with Underscores<\/a>\u00a0in Philadelphia on September 11.<\/p>\n

In other news,\u00a0Charli recently named her five\u00a0favourite\u00a0songs from her back catalogue<\/a>, selecting \u2018Stay Away\u2019,\u00a0\u2018Next Level Charli\u2019,\u00a0the\u00a0Shygirl<\/a>\u00a0remix of \u2018365\u2019, \u2018Track 10\u2019 and her\u00a0SOPHIE<\/a>\u00a0collaboration \u2018Vroom\u00a0Vroom\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charli XCX has \u201cbegrudgingly\u201d released \u2018Music, Fashion, Film (B-sides Edition)\u2019 on iTunes. Read More:\u00a0Charli XCX \u2013 \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69,4913],"class_list":["post-545869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545869","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=545869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}