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Charli XCX has just announced her upcoming album Crash with a huge new collaboration with Caroline Polacheck and Christine and the Queens in the form of ‘New Shapes’. Crash arrives 18 March next year. She also announced an extensive world tour which will come to the UK next May.

It looks like nostalgia for ‘80s pop is going to remain a big part of the charts in the new year, since ‘New Shapes’ is brimming with that retro synth sound we’ve had on repeat. On the new track, Charli XCX, Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polacheck make quite the dream team. She also shared a slightly sinister statement in which she wanted fans, “If you don’t stream New Shapes or purchase tickets to the tour you will most definitely burn in hell”. If you insist, Charli…

Crash is set for release 18 March 2022. See Charli XCX on tour in the UK and Ireland next year:

May 2022

13 – Dublin, Olympia Theatre

15 – Glasgow, O2 Academy

17 – Manchester, Victoria Warehouse

18 – Birmingham, O2 Academy

19 – London, Alexandra Palace

21 – Norwich, UEA

22 – Sheffield, O2 Academy

23 – Nottingham, Rock City

More about: Charli XCX