Charli XCX Drops Music Fashion Film B-Sides on iTunes
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- Charli XCX released three B-sides for her album Music, Fashion, Film exclusively on iTunes just three days after the album's debut, each accompanied by a black-and-white music video matching the album's visual style.
- The three new tracks are "I Keep on Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night," "Playboy Bunny," and "If You Take Away the Music Then What Has She Got?"
- Charli explained on her private Instagram that she created B-sides as "fitting counterparts" for each pre-release single, and admitted she was initially "adamant" against putting them on streaming because it "felt counter intuitive to the whole ethos of those songs," but relented after fan pressure.
- Music, Fashion, Film is Charli XCX's second full-length album of 2026, following the Wuthering Heights soundtrack earlier this year.
- Charli is set to embark on a short arena tour next month, with festival appearances at Lollapalooza and Outside Lands.
Why it matters: Charli XCX's decision to cave on streaming marks a small but telling reversal—she explicitly framed streaming availability as contrary to the songs' ethos, making the iTunes-exclusive drop a compromise driven by fan demand rather than label strategy.
