{"id":422290,"date":"2026-02-12T19:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422290\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:39:08","slug":"new-music-friday-charli-xcx-cruz-beckham-perrie-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422290\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: Charli xcx, Cruz Beckham, Perrie and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of his first-ever European tour with his band The Breakers, kicking off in Birmingham on February 25 and concluding with three nights in London, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/50641\/cruz-beckham\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cruz Beckham<\/a> drops For Your Love. It serves as the follow-up to last October&#8217;s double release,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/cruz-beckham-optics\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">OPTICS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/cruz-beckham-lick-the-toad\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">LICK THE TOAD<\/a>, and was\u00a0co-written and produced by Justin Raisen and Lewis Pesacov.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off the back of her Top 5 debut album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/perrie\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Perrie<\/a> delivers a Valentine&#8217;s Day treat with Woman In Love. Already a favourite among fans, the track will be included on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/record-store-day-2026-full-list-of-releases\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Record Store Day 2026<\/a> exclusive ice blue Fan Edition vinyl of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/perrie-perrie\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Perrie<\/a>, available from participating independent record shops on Saturday April 18.<\/p>\n<p>After teasing the track in her recent B2B set with Eats Everything at La Discotheque at London&#8217;s Drumsheds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/59712\/jodie-harsh\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jodie Harsh<\/a> unleashes The Night Is Yours, a euphoric celebration of self-expression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/59473\/mimi-webb\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mimi Webb<\/a> readies the deluxe version of her second album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/mimi-webb-confessions\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Confessions<\/a>: An Unexpected Turn of Events with Eyes Closed, as Nashville rock outfit Here Come The Mummies launch their latest EP Road Trip with focus track DTF.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, we find big new releases from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/7431\/damon-albarn\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Damon Albarn<\/a>, Grian Chatten,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/62390\/kae-tempest\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kae Tempest<\/a>\u00a0and War Child Records (Flags),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/50890\/muna\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">MUNA<\/a> (Dancing On The Wall), LIGHTHOUSE (Animal),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/57051\/fred-again\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fred again..<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/1777\/jamie-t\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie T<\/a> (Lights Burn Dimmer), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/ella-langley\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Langley<\/a> (Be Her),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/45282\/meghan-trainor\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Trainor<\/a> (Get In Girl), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/51732\/luke-combs\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Combs<\/a> (Be By You) and Morgan Evans (Steel Town), SLAG (Losing) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/erin-lecount\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Erin LeCount<\/a> (DON&#8217;T YOU SEE ME TRYING?).<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s talk albums.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/21419\/charli-xcx\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Charli xcx<\/a> follows up the chart-topping, zeitgeist-creating\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/charli-xcx-brat-0\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BRAT<\/a> with the soundtrack to the Emerald Fennell-directed\u00a0Emily Bront\u00eb adaptation Wuthering Heights, starring\u00a0Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Can Charli earn an eighth Top 40 album with the record?<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Charli&#8217;s bestie\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/26371\/troye-sivan\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Troye Sivan<\/a> celebrates a decade of his debut album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/troye-sivan-blue-neighbourhood\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Neighbourhood<\/a> with its Ten Years On edition. The reissue includes\u00a0brand-new, reimagined artwork from original illustrator Hsiao-Ron Cheng and two fan-requested tracks &#8211; Strawberries &amp; Cigarettes and Swimming Pools.<\/p>\n<p>Cork five-piece Cardinals &#8211; aka brothers Euan, Finn and Darragh Manning, Oskar Gudinovic and Aaron Hurley &#8211; offer up their long-awaited debut Masquerade, housing recent singles including I Like You, Barbed Wire and The Burning of Cork.<\/p>\n<p>London-born producer and composer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/48960\/danny-l-harle\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Danny L Harle<\/a>\u00a0delivers Cerulean, the follow-up to 2021 debut Harlecore.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/9424\/jill-scott\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jill Scott<\/a> returns with her sixth studio record To Whom It May Concern. Her first full-length release in 10 years, it features collaborations with\u00a0Ab-Soul, J.I.D., Tierra Whack and Too $hort.<\/p>\n<p>You can also expect new LPs from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/26676\/chet-faker\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Chet Faker<\/a> (A Love for Strangers), Remember Sports (The Refrigerator), Congratulations (Join Hands) and Angel Du$t (Cold 2 the Touch).<\/p>\n<p>New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for February 13 2026:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of his first-ever European tour with his band The Breakers, kicking off in Birmingham on February 25&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[5357,21902,96,128,14376,42262,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-422290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-charli-xcx","9":"tag-cruz-beckham","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-new-releases","13":"tag-perrie","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}