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  • Summary: Charli xcx's latest full-length release features contributions by A. G. Cook, David Cronenberg and Finn Keane,
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  1. Positive: 20 out of 25
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  1. Jul 23, 2026
    100
    A candid, introspective triumph that leaves just enough of the dancefloor well and truly alive.
  2. Jul 24, 2026
    91
    Using a rock-oriented palette and once again focusing on subverting expectations, Charli xcx crafts an album that destabilizes itself as often as it soars, resulting in an exceptional new chapter in her discography.
  3. Jul 24, 2026
    90
    Its unsettling brilliance is there to be savoured in quiet privacy, not under the bright lights of a club. All the same, it really is brilliant, and it deserves a very different kind of attention from its artist’s previous output.
  4. Jul 24, 2026
    80
    The proudly prickly, satisfyingly scuzzy eighth album by Charli XCX.
  5. Jul 27, 2026
    80
    There's a lot to be said for capturing inspiration while it's still raw, especially when it sounds as inquisitive and invigorated as Music, Fashion, Film.
  6. Jul 24, 2026
    70
    This won’t be an album that straddles the zeitgeist like BRAT did, and with just 30 minutes running time, some fans may feel a bit short-changed. Yet however close it sails to self-indulgence, it cements Charli XCX’s status as one of our most compelling pop stars.
  7. Jul 23, 2026
    40
    Music, Fashion, Film is vacuous in the extreme. On more than half of its 11 songs, ugly, distorted synths drown out any semblance of emotional clarity; the lyrics deal in cringeworthy, surface-level platitudes; and the brilliance of her last studio album, 2024's Brat, continues to cast a long shadow over an artist who was thrust into the big leagues against her will.

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