Charli XCX clarifies ‘dance floor is dead’ lyric: ‘Dance music is in an incredible place’
The singer opened up in a new RS UK cover story.
By Nick Reilly
Charli XCX has clarified she doesn’t believe dance music is dying, despite sparking debate with the opening line of ‘Rock Music’.
The singer sparked debate when she declared, “I think the dance floor is dead / So now we’re making rock music” on her recent single, prompting even Madonna to react.
“If your dance floor feels dead, maybe you’re playing the wrong music,” wrote Madge on Instagram.
Now, in her new Rolling Stone UK cover story, Charli has affirmed that the lyric was never intended as a criticism of dance music.
“That lyric is very much about my relationship with Brat, and my personal experience with that album,” she said.
Instead, she insisted that dance music is in a healthy place altogether.
“My husband runs a dance-music label,” she said of George Daniel’s dh2.
“There’s been such a wealth of incredible dance/electronic-adjacent records that have been coming out recently, whether it’s Slayyyter or underscores or PinkPantheress.”
“Dance music is in an incredible place,” she added.
Though ‘Rock Music’ headed in a bold new direction, Charli clarified that she is not making a rock album in the conventional sense.
“Obviously, I know that there’s been a lot of conversation around me making a rock album, which is something that I never said,” she explained. “I’ve never thought about genre in a binary way.”
It comes as Charli gears up to release her new album Music, Fashion, Film on July 24.
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