"In Emerald Fennell's lush and seductive adaptation of Wuthering Heights, complicated heroine Cathy (Margot Robbie) sleeps in a luxurious bedroom where the padded walls aren't just pink, but the exact pink of her own skin, mottled with faint veins and moles for the slightly unsettling feel of flesh. At one key moment in the movie, Cathy, consumed by longing, presses herself against the walls as a poor substitute for the sensations she really craves."
"The original text is often referred to as a gothic masterpiece, and thus it's quite apt that the album opens with "House," a track so goth it's got a Hot Topic rewards card. John Cale of the Velvet Underground narrates a desperation for illusive perfection over an ambient hush punctuated by sharp strings. It's a haunting beginning, one that culminates in the discordant prophecy sung as a duet with Charli that "I think I'm gonna die in this house." (Spoilers!)"
"In the press notes for Wuthering Heights, Fennell revealed that she's been a longtime fan of the pop star's work, writing "Boys" into the script for her debut feature, Promising Young Woman. Fennell sent Charli the script for Wuthering Heights to see if she might be interested in doing a song for the soundtrack - it was Charli who came back to her with the request to do a full album."
A sensual, gothic aesthetic pervades Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights, embodied by Cathy’s padded-room imagery and longing-driven actions. Charli XCX created an original soundtrack album that channels that same fleshlike, yearning vibe through lush pop production. Fennell has long admired Charli, previously embedding Charli’s "Boys" in a past script, and sent the Wuthering Heights script to Charli, who proposed a full album. The record opens with "House," featuring John Cale, delivering an ambient, string-punctuated desperation and a discordant duet line, while subsequent tracks like "Wall of Sound" explore romantic hope and accompanying doubt.
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