Charli XCX has shared the first of what will apparently be many original songs for Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming Wuthering Heights movie. “House” is a collaboration with composer and Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale. The accompanying video was directed by Mitch Ryan , who also helmed Charli XCX’s belated “ Party 4 U ” clip earlier this year. Watch it below.

“A few years ago I watched Todd Haynes' documentary about The Velvet Underground,” Charli XCX wrote in a note posted to X last week. “As many of you know I’m a huge fan of the band and was really taken by the documentary. One thing that stuck with me was how John Cale described a key sonic requirement of The Velvet Underground. That any song had to be both ‘elegant and brutal.’”

She continued, “When the summer ende

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