{"id":597859,"date":"2026-05-22T10:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/597859\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:57:11","slug":"charli-xcx-walks-paris-runway-straight-to-hell-on-gritty-new-single-ss26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/597859\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli XCX walks Paris runway “straight to hell” on gritty new single ‘SS26’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charli XCX<\/a> has shared another new single, \u2018SS26\u2019. Check out the official video below.<\/p>\n

The song follows on from recent track \u2018Rock Music\u2019<\/a>, and arrives after the pop artist revealed the full lyrics on her Substack<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cSpring Summer \u201926\/ When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it\/ Yeah, we\u2019re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell\/ Nothing\u2019s gonna save us, not music, fashion or film,\u201d Charli sings, paying homage to high fashion.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpring Summer \u201926\/ When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it\/ Yeah, we\u2019re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell\/ I know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The breezy single opens with a simple guitar line and subtle electronic drums before introducing a grittier, distorted tone. \u2018SS26\u2019 flicks between these two sounds, bringing in some subtle, bouncing synths.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hacked\/ It was taken out of context, obviously\/ But I didn\u2019t do it\/ Even if I did\/ Wrote a really good notes app apology,\u201d Chari later adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink my politics could work as a press strategy\/ And my heritage could give me quite the USP\/ Can\u2019t hide the fact I\u2019d rather take the easy road\/ Yeah, I think I\u2019ll be alright if I look good in the clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The glamorous music video for \u2018SS26\u2019, directed by Torso, finds Charli walking a runway at a fashion show in Paris. Torso previously helmed the visuals for \u2018Von Dutch\u2019 from the cultural phenomenon<\/a> that was her 2024 album, \u2018Brat\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After showing off various outfits in the new clip, Charli follows a group of models off the end of the runway and into a dark, bottomless pit. In one dramatic scene, her dressing room begins to explode in sparks and flames.<\/p>\n

Charli posted a black-and-white video of herself \u201cin the studio writing \u2018SS26\u2032\u201d in Paris on social media. The song was co-produced and co-written by A. G. Cook<\/a> and Finn Keane.<\/p>\n

\"CharliCharli XCX live at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Derek Bremner for NME<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the artist shared a pensive B-side called \u2018I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day And Night\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Charli\u2019s latest material sees her stray from the club vibe of \u2018Brat\u2019, which was named NME\u2018s Number One album of the year in 2024<\/a>. This year, she released the gothic pop \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019 soundtrack record<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her team recently confirmed that she was finishing work on her new album<\/a>. Later, Charli teased the lyric \u201cI think the dance floor is dead, so now we\u2019re making rock music\u201c<\/a> before clarifying: \u201cI never said I was making a rock album.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

She told Vogue<\/a>: \u201cIf I\u2019d made another album that felt more dance-leaning, it would have felt really hard, really sad. What\u2019s interesting for me is to bend the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Last week, Charli responded to the reactions to her stylistic shift<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s all kind of fascinating,\u201d she explained. \u201cI love talking about music and art with my friends, so I\u2019m happy people are throwing out thoughts.<\/p>\n

\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 and that\u2019s what I feel about a lot of the things I make.\u201d<\/p>\n

This summer will see Charli headline Reading & Leeds 2026<\/a> alongside Fontaines D.C.<\/a>, Florence + The Machine<\/a>, Dave<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n

In other news, Madonna has seemingly taken a swipe at Charli\u2019s \u201cdancefloor is dead\u201d lyric<\/a>, saying: \u201cIf your dance floor feels dead, maybe you\u2019re playing the wrong music.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charli XCX has shared another new single, \u2018SS26\u2019. Check out the official video below. The song follows on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,1581,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-597859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597859","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=597859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}