Charli XCX ‘Crash’ album release

Charli XCX has dropped her much-anticipated album, CRASH.

CRASH is the English artist’s fifth studio album. The mission departs from her earlier hyperpop sound and ventures extra into the realms of dance-pop.

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The 12-track file options Christine and The Queens, Caroline Polachek and Rina Sawayama.

Forward of the album’s launch, the artist launched her fourth and ultimate single for the album, “Child,” accompanied by a music video directed by Imogene Strauss and Luke Orlando. 

In an Apple Music 1 interview with Zane Lowe, Charli XCX revealed how experiences corresponding to failed relationships and friendships helped her create CRASH.

“Folks do fall out of relationships, folks do lose pals, and so forth.,” Charli says. “And that’s actually occurred on many ranges for me doing this album.”

She continued to speak in regards to the comforting nature of pop music for herself in addition to others.

“I like that with pop music, the listener can apply the that means to their very own life and expertise grief or a breakup or love in their very own method and apply it to their private state of affairs,” she provides. “Once I hearken to this album again, I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, that is so particular to me.’”

Charli will kick off her North American tour this month in Oakland, California. 

Following the finale of the North American tour, Charli XCX will embark on a European with supporting acts corresponding to Child Tate, ELIO, Yeule, Magdalena Bay and A.G. Prepare dinner.

Try CRASH and tour dates beneath.

CRASH tracklisting

1. “Crash”
2. “New Shapes” (feat. Christine and The Queens and Caroline Polachek)
3. “Good Ones”
4. “Fixed Repeat”
5. “Beg For You” (feat. Rina Sawayama)
6. “Transfer Me”
7. “Child”
8. “Lightning”
9. “Each Rule”
10. “Yuck”
11. “Used to Know Me”
12. “Twice”

North American and European tour dates

03/26 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
03/27 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
03/29 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
04/01 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
04/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
04/06 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
04/08 – Austin, TX @ ACL Dwell at The Moody Theater
04/09 – Houston, TX
04/10 – Dallas, TX @ Home of Blues Dallas
04/12 – New Orleans, LA @ Orpheum Theater
04/13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Jap
04/15 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
04/16 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
04/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
04/20 – Boston, MA @ Home of Blues Boston
04/22 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
04/23 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
04/25 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Corridor 
04/26 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
04/28 – Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
04/29 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Financial institution Aragon Ballroom
05/13 – Dublin, Eire @ Olympia Theatre
05/15 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
05/17 – Manchester, UK @ Victoria Warehouse
05/18 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy 
05/19 – London, UK @ Alexandra Palace
05/21 – Norwich, UK @ UEA
05/22 – Sheffield, UK @ O2 Academy 
05/23 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock Metropolis
05/25 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
05/27 – Brussels, BE @ La Madeleine
05/28 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg (Ronda Corridor) 
05/30 – Berlin, DE @ Astra
05/31 – Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria
06/02 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera
06/04 – Milan, IT @ Fabrique
06/07 – Madrid, ES @ La Riviera
06/09 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera