Charli XCX won two Grammys for her zeitgeist-defining 2024 album BRAT (Best Dance/Electronic Album, as well as Best Dance Pop Recording for "Von dutch"), and with the artist launching a pile of film projects, her producers have shed some light on her next musical move.
Charli's frequent collaborator Finn Keane (f.k.a. easyFun) — who has credits on six BRAT tracks and is the sole producer of "Von dutch" — told Grammy.com that she wants to make the "anti-BRAT."
Keane said, "Chatting to Charli now, there is a desire in her to do the complete opposite thing again, which is very in keeping with her ethos. Some of the conversations we're having and music we've been playing around with the last couple of months have been completely the opposite. I love that spirit. It's the iconoclastic impulse to rebuild something completely different, to show that you actually could do this other thing, this whole other side of your artistry."
He added, "It's been really funny, in the months after finishing the remix album, any other musical discussion that has taken place has been kind of anti-BRAT. I doubt that'll stick, but that's been a really interesting thing to observe and makes me very optimistic and excited about [what's next]."
A. G. Cook was a little more vague, as he emphasized that Charli hasn't properly started working on a new album yet. When asked if she has been working on new material, Cook said, "Not truly, it's just loose chatting about things. [For Charli] the genesis of things is really about having an idea but then being very impulsive. I think you need a certain amount of space to do that."
Charli's 2025 plans include acting in several films and shows, and starring in an A24 film based on her own idea.