Yesterday, Charli XCX dropped her new track ‘Baby’, accompanied by an awe-inspiring video, directed by Imogene Strauss and Luke Orlando. After the critical success of the album’s first single, ‘Beg For You’ Charli XCX confirmed that ‘Baby’ is one of the first songs she wrote for her upcoming album Crash. The new track has also been noted as one of the pop sensation’s personal favourites on the tracklist. You can watch the video below.
‘Baby’ is a tale of possession and self-assuredness, perfectly summarizing the thought and attitude of the record. The video comes in to illustrate Charli’s desires with an incredible routine, choreographed by Charli’s close collaborator Nathan Kim. Of the song Charli confesses, “The track is about great sex.”. ‘Baby’ debuted on Zane Lowe’s New Music Daily show yesterday, with its debut performance slated to be on SNL this week. This appearance comes 3 months after the star was supposed to appear, but was forced to cancel due to a lack of crew as a result of COVID-19.
Charli’s highly-anticipated forthcoming album, CRASH, will be released on 18th March and is the fifth and final album in her record deal, pre-order information can be found here. Charli kicks off her 21-date North American tour in Los Angeles on 26th March followed by her 17-date UK and European tour which starts in Dublin on 13th May with support from Baby Tate, ELIO, Yeule, Magdalena and A. G. Cook. See full tour dates here.
Another song we know to have made its way onto the album is her recent collaboration with up-and-coming electro-pop superstar Rina Sawayama. In a statement released about the single, Charli had this to say about the track’s meaning, “[it] encapsulates cult theology within popular culture; worship of an image, obsession of a higher power, ritualistic and superstitious practices and the sacrifice for perfection.” The video, filmed in Lancaster, California, the video was directed by Nick Harwood in the same place that the iconic final scene of Se7en was filmed, featuring Brad Pitt having an unfortunate encounter with a box. The press release describes symbolism relating to the cult of celebrities and superstition.
Charli also took to Twitter recently to address some of the poor reception that the new tracks received online. At one point a fan called her ‘mother’, and Charli responded “If u wanna throw around midlife crisis fucking throw it at me. I’m getting older, I’m getting hotter, my tits are stunning, I’m in great shape, I’m dancing, I’m progressing and I’m living my best life – and that the tea.”
OH and finally if u wanna throw around midlife crisis fucking throw it at me – I’m getting older, I’m getting hotter, my tits are stunning, I’m in great shape, I’m dancing, I’m progressing and I’m living my best life – and that the tea
— Charli (@charli_xcx) March 1, 2022
See below Charli XCX’s full UK tour dates:
13/05/2022 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin
5/05 – O2 Academy – Glasgow
17/05 – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
18/05 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
19/05 – Alexandra Palace – London
21/05 – UEA – Norwich
22/05 – O2 Academy – Sheffield
23/05 – Rock City – Nottingham
