Charli XCX Shares More Music, Film

Last Friday, our great deconstructionist pop star Charli XCX released her new album Music, Fashion, Film. The record gets its title from a line in Charli's song "SS26": "Nothing's gonna save us/ Not music, fashion, or film." But even if those things won't save us, Charli continues to participate in all three arenas. Since the LP release, Charli has already shared more music and a film. No fashion, though, unless the mere act of being Charli XCX and wearing clothes counts as "sharing fashion."The new songs aren't entirely new. Before the release of Music, Fashion, Film, Charli dropped three non-album tracks — "I Keep Thinking About You Every Single Day And Night," "Playboy Bunny," and "If You Take Away The Music, Then What Has She Got?" — on an alternate Instagram account that she has since deactivated. She leaked her own songs, basically, and then she claimed that she'd never put them up on streaming. Thus far, she's held true to that claim. On Sunday, though she released downloads of all three songs. They're available on the "B-Sides Edition" of Music, Fashion, Film that's currently up for sale at iTunes. If you like, you can also buy those B-sides in the box-set edition of Music, Fashion, Film, which Charli is selling for $124.98 on her website. Is that fashion? It's definitely merch. As for the film, Charli XCX directed her own Music, Fashion, Film film, which was posted on YouTube on Saturday. I'd call it a short film, but at 42 minutes, it's actually longer than the album itself. The movie includes tons of behind-the-scenes footage, along with glammed-out photo-shoot imagery and alternate music-video-type montages. Check it out below.And speaking of film! Charli XCX's team should've maybe triple-checked the liner notes of the Music, Fashion, Film physical edition, as she didn't quite nail the famous last name of one of her cover-art models. As someone who routinely publishes typos, I can only wince in sympathy.Music, Fashion, Film is out now on Atlantic.