"In the catalogues of rock and pop artists, film soundtracks usually seem like interstitial releases. For every career highlight Shaft or Superfly, there's a plethora of soundtrack albums that carry the tang of the side-hustle. It was doubtless flattering to be asked in the first place who doesn't want to feel like a polymath? but the results are doomed to languish in the footnotes, alongside the compilations of B-sides and outtakes, where only diehard fans spend extended amounts of time."
"In 2024's Brat, she made an album you could genuinely call era-defining without fear of embarrassment: if an album makes an impact on the US presidential campaign and its title ends up refashioned as an adjective in the Collins English Dictionary, then it's definitely era-defining. But Charli has spent the last year declaring said era over, which seems a very smart move indeed"
Film soundtracks often occupy a secondary place in rock and pop catalogues, producing many side-hustle albums that linger in footnotes alongside B-sides and outtakes. Charli XCX used the Wuthering Heights soundtrack as an intentional reset after 2024's Brat, which had been widely perceived as era-defining and even entered political and lexical spheres. The single House adopts a darker, small-gothic tone with Nine Inch Nails influence and clear Velvet Underground echoes, amplified by John Cale's spoken-word presence. Much of the rest of the soundtrack retains Charli's Auto-Tuned vocals and smart pop melodies while shifting toward a different sonic palette.
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