Crash

Track 1 on CRASH

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“Crash” is the opening track to Charli XCX’s fifth studio album of the same name. The highly charged and 80’s-inspired song was brought to life after the album’s title was… Read More

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Crash Lyrics

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[Verse 2]
I don't know if I'll be coming back to life again
All or nothing, burn in hell or go up, heaven-sent, yeah
Wheels up on the curbside, put it in speed drive

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm about to crash, I'm about to crash
I'm about to crash, I'm about to crash
I'm about to crash, I

[Chorus]
I'm about to crash into the water
Gonna take you with me
I'm high voltage, self-destructive
End it all so legendary
I'm about to crash into the water
Gonna take you with me
I'm high voltage, self-destructive
End it all so legendary

[Outro]
I'm about to, I'm about to crash
Come watch me, baby
I'm about to, I'm about to, I'm about to crash
Come watch me burn it all down
I'm about to, I'm about to crash into the water
Take you with me
I'm high voltage, self-destructive
End it all so legendary, yeah

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About

“Crash” is the opening track to Charli XCX’s fifth studio album of the same name.

The highly charged and 80’s-inspired song was brought to life after the album’s title was changed from Sorry If I Hurt You to CRASH, as revealed by Charli to Apple Music, and is a fitting start to what the English singer calls an “emotionally chaotic” record.

While it seems that “Crash” frames her tendencies to self-destruct after a breakup, fans also speculate that the track hints at XCX’s departure from Atlantic Records, as CRASH is her final album to be released under the label.

Before the song’s release, Charli teased “Crash” on multiple occasions, sharing short previews of the the track on social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok.

Q&A

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What have the artists said about the song?

Until maybe a week before I made this song, the album was going to be called Sorry If I Hurt You. But one day, I was driving in my car and “CRASH” just came to me, and I called A. G. Cook. Even though he wasn’t a huge part of this record, he’s still very much my creative confidant. He agreed it made sense with the constant car references in my work—and I like the onomatopoeia, I like how it references [2014 single] “Boom Clap” and I like how it feels much more punchy and in-your-face than how i’m feeling now. I felt that the title needed a song, so A. G. and I got in the studio pretty quickly and knew we needed to make it sound extremely ‘80s—if you could bottle the album into one song, this is it. We—plus the song’s co-producer George Daniel—had been sending a lot of new jack swing beats back and forth, and I knew I wanted this guitar solo, and to add these crazy Janet-esque stabs.

—via Apple Music

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