Charli XCX shares cryptic new album teaser amid rumoured Taylor Swift feud

Charli XCX has offered fans a cryptic first glimpse of her upcoming album, sharing a behind-the-scenes studio video just as speculation around her rumoured feud with Taylor Swift continues to dominate online conversation.

The British pop star posted a two-minute clip on X showing herself developing lyrics, discussing the album’s concept and recording in the studio.

In the caption, Charli wrote that she was making “a song called rock music that is not actually rock music,” while joking that she never claimed to be producing a full rock album. The teaser instantly sparked fresh curiosity among fans about the sonic direction of her next project.

In one scene from the video, possible lyrics appear on her phone screen, reading: “me and my friends / we go out / we take pictures / we make stuff together / we sometimes cry...” The intimate and diary-like lines prompted mixed reactions online, with some praising her return to personal music after recent soundtrack work, while others questioned the provocative tone.

The teaser arrives amid continued fan theories that Charli may be responding to Taylor Swift’s track “Actually Romantic,” a song many listeners believe contains veiled references to Charli and their long-rumoured rivalry.

The speculation stems from perceived lyrical parallels between Swift’s song and Charli’s earlier Brat-era track “Sympathy Is a Knife,” which also fueled discourse about tension between the two artists.

Online communities remain sharply divided over the alleged feud, with Reddit users continuing to dissect lyrics from both camps and debate whether Charli’s latest studio teaser is subtle commentary or simply a preview of a new creative era.