Charli XCX appears to tease collaborators on new album

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Charli XCX has shared the lead single from CRASH, her fifth studio album. "New Shapes" features Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens and was produced by Deaton Chris Anthony and Linus Wiklund.

Chris Willman Music WriterCharli XCX has revealed a release date and title for her forthcoming album, along with an accompanying tour, both coming in spring 2022 — preceded today by the release of a collaborative single with her “demonically talented” friends Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek.The album, “Crash,” is set to come out March 18 and, along with the aforementioned guests on the single, will have a list of producers or featured artists that includes Ian Kirkpatrick, Ilya, Ariel Rechtshaid, G.

Charli XCX is coming crashing into the speakers in 2022.

Charli XCX has announced her fifth album ‘CRASH’ and has shared a new single, ‘New Shapes’ featuring Christine And The Queens and Caroline Polachek – listen to it below.The follow-up to last year’s ‘How I’m Feeling Now’ is the pop star’s final album as part of her record deal with Atlantic Records. It is set to be released on March 18, 2022.“Today I, the iconic global pop star Charli XCX, am announcing ‘CRASH’, my highly-anticipated forthcoming album,” Charli said in a statement.“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’s contributors include: A.G.

Charli XCX has announced the release of her fifth studio album Crash, expected to drop March 18, 2022.

Charli XCX has confirmed the release of her next single ‘New Shapes’, which features both Christine And The Queens and Caroline Polachek – listen to a snippet below.Earlier today, Charli XCX (real name Charlotte Aitchison) shared a snippet of the track alongside a tweet that said “a delicious new shape’. The video started with the pop star saying, “This one is pretty good,” before playing 20 seconds of music.The song will be released on Thursday (November 4) and comes after a fair bit of teasing on social media.