Just a few days ago, Charli XCX shared the John Cale collaboration ‘House’, the first preview of the music she wrote for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights. She’s already back with the achingly cinematic, True Romance-coded ballad ‘Chains of Love’, which features in the film’s official trailer. (‘Everything Is Romantic’ soundtracked the teaser.) She recorded the track with longtime collaborator Finn Keane, formerly known as Easyfun, with additional production by Justin Raisen. Will it grant Charli her ‘What Was I Made For?’ moment? Venture for yourself below.
Wuthering Heights hits theaters February 13. The soundtrack album comes out the same day through Atlantic. In a new post on Substack, Charli XCX wrote: “I called Emerald and asked her what she was hoping for from my read of the script. 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 and full of actual real sentences, punctuation and grammar. Without a cigarette or a pair of sunglasses in sight, it was all totally other from the life I was currently living. I was fucking IN.”
