Charli XCX is entering a brand new world: raw, gothic, tortured, cinematic, and she’s inviting us all inside. The pop futurist has officially announced her next album, “Wuthering Heights,” arriving February 13th via Atlantic Records.

The project was born straight out of Charli’s creative work on Emerald Fennell’s upcoming film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights.” What began as a conversation about possibly writing “a song” quickly spiraled (in iconic Charli fashion) into an entire album.

“I called Emerald and asked her what she was hoping for from my read of the script,” Charli shared on her newly released Substack yesterday. “She coyly suggested ‘A song?’ and I suggested ‘An album?’ because why not? I wanted to dive into persona, into a world that felt undeniably raw, wild, sexual, gothic, British, tortured… it was all totally other from the life I was currently living. I was fucking IN.”

The result? An album that blends intensity with elegance, literally following the creative rule John Cale used with The Velvet Underground: everything must feel “elegant and brutal.”

Charli created the album primarily alongside producer Finn Keane (Easyfun). “From the very start we were discussing the Todd Haynes Velvet Underground documentary,” she explained.

The 12-track album opens with “House,” her haunting collaboration with Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale, and continues the artistic momentum of Brat, but in a completely different emotional universe.

Charli also released a brand-new track from the project, “Chains of Love,” a dark, immersive taste of what’s to come. With Wuthering Heights, Charli isn’t just reinventing herself. She’s building a full cinematic, literary, pop-goth empire, and doing it with the confidence of an artist who knows exactly when to turn left.

The “Wuthering Heights” album drops February 13th!