Charli XCX drops latest single ‘New Shapes’ and shares album release date
Crash will be the gay icon's fifth studio album and last with Atlantic Records.
Words: Alastair James; pictures: Instagram/@charli_xcx
Brit pop star and gay icon Charli XCX dropped a load of information on us yesterday (Thursday 4 November), including her next album, a new single, and tour dates!
Even better, the singer’s latest single ‘New Shapes’ features Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek.
Charli also shared that her fifth studio album (and last with Atlantic Records) will be titled Crash and will released on 18 March 2022, with a tour taking place shortly after.
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In a statement the ‘Good Ones’ singer said: “Today I, the iconic global pop star Charli XCX, am announcing Crash, my highly-anticipated forthcoming album.
“I was able to possess and persuade an incredible group of producers and collaborators to contribute to Crash by using my femme fatale powers and a multitude of dark spells and curses.”
The album artwork for Crash features a bikini-clad and bleeding Charli on top of a cracked car windscreen. As for her new single ‘New Shapes’, it follows closely from Crash’s lead single ‘Good Ones’ with its retro-80s sound.
It follows the release of Charli’s latest hit ‘Out Out’ with Joel Corry and Jax Jones featuring Saweetie.
Charli also announced yesterday that she would be going on a tour of Europe and North America tour, including these dates here in the UK in May 2022.
13 May – Olympia Theatre – Dublin, Ireland
15 May – O2 Academy – Glasgow, UK
17 May – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester, UK
18 May – O2 Academy – Birmingham, UK
19 May – Alexandra Palace – London, UK
21 May – UEA – Norwich, UK
22 May – O2 Academy – Sheffield, UK
23 May – Rock City – Nottingham, UK
*Screams in gay!*
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