Charli XCX: “My next album will probably be a flop”

A year after printing his sixth studio album “Brat”, among the most acclaimed and chatted records of 2024, Charli XCX is now talking about his possible next record project. The pop star therefore declared in a recent interview that she is ready for the fact that His seventh study work could prove to be “a flop” And he stressed that “honestly for me it’s okay“.

The 32 -year -old British singer -songwriter, who has been experiencing a sudden new popularity since last year, spoke with “Culted” on the occasion of his participation in the Cannes 2025 Festival and the question if He feels pressure in creating a successor at “Brat” He said:

“I really don’t feel the pressure of having to create another album like ‘Brat’, because while I was doing it, even if I believed it a lot and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it, I had no idea how it would be welcomed. I was doing it really for myself, and I was promoting it as I wanted, but I had no idea that people would have connected to it in that way”.

After letting you dream of dreaming “a Lou Reed style album”, Charli XCX has again understood that his next album could go in a completely different direction, with the concrete risk of being a flop. He said: “You can never really do the same thing twiceand my next album will probably be a flop. And honestly for me it’s okay. “

Last February, as resumed by Nme, also the producers of the Popstar – AG Cook, Finn Keane and George Daniel (the latter also his boyfriend), had already anticipated that the new album is taking a different turn from the 2024 album: “speaking with Charli now, there is in her the desire to do exactly the oppositewhich is perfectly in line with its philosophy. Some of the conversations we are having, and the music with which we have been experimenting for a few months, are completely the opposite “, they had revealed. Shortly after, Charli had reiterated the desire already expressed last year:” I am definitely thinking about it … I am so immersed in ‘Brat’ that I can’t see further, but it’s funny. In fact, I would like to make a record at the Lou ReedReally. It would certainly be a good risk. “