Last week, as I penned articles about increasingly extreme, apocalyptic weather events and how much of Europe is literally on fire as a result of climate change, the more nihilistic lyrics in Charli xcx’s new album, Music, Fashion, Film, felt chillingly relevant.
The “end of days” vibes are palpably scattered across the British singer-songwriter’s eighth studio album, which swaps Brat’s club-pop stylings for rocky guitar.