Charli XCX has revealed the primary of what’s anticipated to be quite a few authentic songs for Emerald Fennell’s upcoming Wuthering Heights movie. Titled “Home,” the monitor is a collaboration with John Cale, the co-founder of The Velvet Underground and a famend composer. The accompanying music video was directed by Mitch Ryan, who beforehand directed Charli XCX’s late-release “Get together 4 U” music video earlier this yr. Watch the video beneath.
In a notice posted on X final week, Charli XCX shared the story behind the track. She defined, “A couple of years in the past, I watched Todd Haynes’ documentary about The Velvet Underground. As lots of you understand, I’m an enormous fan of the band, and I used to be actually struck by the movie. One factor that caught with me was how John Cale described a key sonic ingredient of The Velvet Underground’s sound—{that a} track wanted to be each ‘elegant and brutal.’” She continued, “After summer season ended, I saved fascinated by John’s phrases. I made a decision to succeed in out to him to get his opinion on the songs that his phrase had impressed, and to see if he may wish to collaborate. I despatched him some songs, and we began discussing ‘Home’ particularly. We talked concerning the thought of a poem. He recorded one thing and despatched it to me—one thing solely John may do. And it was… nicely, it made me cry.” Scroll right down to learn her full message.
Since releasing her album Brat final yr, Charli XCX has been concerned in varied movie tasks. She additionally served as each host and musical visitor on a current episode of Saturday Evening Stay. In the meantime, John Cale launched his newest studio album, Poptical Phantasm, in 2024.
The movie Wuthering Heights is about to premiere in theaters on Saturday, February 14, 2026. Directed by Emerald Fennell, the difference options Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. The rating consists by Anthony Willis, who additionally scored Fennell’s earlier movies, Promising Younger Lady (2020) and Saltburn (2023).
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