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Charli XCX drops fifth album ‘CRASH’—listen

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

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

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The 12-track record features Christine and The Queens, Caroline Polachek and Rina Sawayama.

Ahead of the album’s release, the artist released her fourth and final single for the album, “Baby,” 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 such as failed relationships and friendships helped her create CRASH.

“People do fall out of relationships, people do lose friends, etc.,” Charli says. “And that’s really happened on many levels for me doing this album.”

She continued to talk about the comforting nature of pop music for herself as well as others.

“I like that with pop music, the listener can apply the meaning to their own life and experience grief or a breakup or love in their own way and apply it to their personal situation,” she adds. “When I listen to this album back, I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, this is so specific 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 such as Baby Tate, ELIO, Yeule, Magdalena Bay and A.G. Cook.

Check out CRASH and tour dates below.

CRASH tracklisting

1. “Crash”
2. “New Shapes” (feat. Christine and The Queens and Caroline Polachek)
3. “Good Ones”
4. “Constant Repeat”
5. “Beg For You” (feat. Rina Sawayama)
6. “Move Me”
7. “Baby”
8. “Lightning”
9. “Every 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 Live at The Moody Theater
04/09 – Houston, TX
04/10 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas
04/12 – New Orleans, LA @ Orpheum Theater
04/13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
04/15 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
04/16 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
04/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
04/20 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
04/22 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
04/23 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
04/25 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall 
04/26 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
04/28 – Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
04/29 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
05/13 – Dublin, Ireland @ 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 City
05/25 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
05/27 – Brussels, BE @ La Madeleine
05/28 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg (Ronda Hall) 
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