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Charli XCX Hints At Major Musical Pivot For Next Era: ‘What If I Made a Record With Guitars?’


Charli XCX hinted that next era could be very different and maybe include an album with Clairo featuring guitars, strings and a 'Lou Reed era' vibe.

After headlining the second weekend of Australia’s Laneway Festival — where she shared the bill with Remi Wolf, Beabadoobee and Clairo, among others — the Grammy-winning “Von Dutch” singer said she’s considering swerving into yet another new musical lane. One of the co-producers of Charli’s career-defining 2024 Brat album, Finn Keane, recently told Grammy.com that the 32-year-old singer is itching to “ do the complete opposite thing again” on her next LP. It’s the iconoclastic impulse to rebuild something completely different, to show that you actually could do this other thing,” said Keane, who noted that a big turn from the club aesthetic of Brat is “very in keeping with her ethos.”

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