Charli XCX with new music: “House” was created with John Cale from The Velvet Underground and will be part of the soundtrack for the remake of “Wuthering Heights”.
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New single “House” on November 10th
Fans will soon get a taste of the new sound the hyper-pop star has been working on: Charli XCX announced a new single on November 6th. Set for release on November 10th, “House” is a collaboration with John Cale of The Velvet Underground.
The artist shared a video teaser for the single on Instagram. This includes horror movie-like sound effects and haunting violin sounds, and shows Charli XCX in the grip of a wrinkled hand. “Can I speak to you privately for a moment?” an ominous voice asks as a raven-like bird flashes on the screen.
Part of the soundtrack for the remake of “Wuthering Heights”
Charli XCX confirmed on social media that she had been asked by director Emerald Fennell to contribute a song to the soundtrack for the new film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel. Fennell called her on Christmas 2024, she said. This inspired her to work on a whole series of pieces.
“House” is “the first single from my album for Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of ‘Wuthering Heights’”. In a lengthy statement on social media, the “Brat” icon wrote that she “immediately” felt inspired to compose music for the film.
Passion and pain, determination and perseverance
“After spending so much time on my last album, I was excited to dive into something completely new and completely different,” she wrote on Instagram. “When I think of Wuthering Heights, many things come to mind. I think of passion and pain. I think of England. I think of the moors, I think of the mud and the cold. I think of determination and perseverance.”
Collaboration with John Cale from The Velvet Underground
In her post about the song “House,” Charli XCX called herself a “huge fan” of the Velvet Underground and recalled a quote from Cale from the documentary about his band: “Every song had to be both elegant and brutal.”
Charli The phrase came back to her when she was composing the music for ‘Wuthering Heights’. She decided to ask the 83-year-old for his opinion – and a collaboration finally came about.
“That voice, so elegant, so brutal. I sent him some songs and we started talking specifically about ‘House.’ We talked about the idea of a poem. He recorded something and sent it to me. Something only John could do. And it was…well, it made me cry,” she wrote. “I’m so happy I got to work with John on this song. I’ve been so excited to share it with you all and have been quietly waiting with anticipation.”