Charli XCX Has Been 'Creative In Quarantine' As She Works On Her New Album

because the world grapples with concerns about the coronavirus, people have begun to widely practice self-isolation and social distancing to combat its spread. Lady Gaga has called it "the kindest/healthiest thing we can do," and Taylor Swift and her cat Meredith seem to have it down pat.


Charli XCX, meanwhile, has been keeping a "social distancing diary" to chronicle what she's been doing throughout her time alone. Moreover to thinking out loud and guessing what will happen to the music industry, she's recently unveiled something astonishing in her latest entry: She's nearly complete with the writing of her new album. As well as this exhilarating reveal, there really are also some first specifics about who it'll feature as well.


Her latest entry came by means of the Twitter on Monday (March 17). "So I've Been thinking about how to be creative in quarantine," she started. "A few of my frequent collaborators are currently experiencing indications of the virus and we've canceled a lot of our session plans for this week sort in attempt to give them to rest and to prevent the virus from spreading further."


"This self-quarantine is coming at a time where I was almostttttt finished with the writing method of my next album," she continued. "I had one song left to write and then it was all about finishing and production and artwork etc. Needless to say things have slowed right now although I do feel excited to wrap this up and be releasing new music soon, certainly only any time it's ready."


It's that insufficient to get you excited about what's coming next for Charli, there's more. "What can I tell you about this album.... Well, there really are much less collaborations, Chris and I have been talking about reuniting (alongside someone else), it has felt very quick to create, AG [Cook] is involved, I want it to be quite short in comparison to CHARLI, there really are a lot of songs about sex and physicality." And then she ends with another bombshell that sounds like a Grimes announcement: "There is a song about the world ending."


Charli's first diary entry noticed her talking about "planning out ideas for videos" and more throughout isolation. Moreover to her plans, Charli also opened up about how she feels about the lockdown for now. "I'm feeling a little purposeless," she wrote. "As so several things get canceled as well as a lot of things come to a halt around me, I begin wondering - what if this change is permanent - or at least semi-permanent."


Charli's self-titled album came out last September. The feature-packed safari of sounds, with visitors like Lizzo, Troye Sivan, and Haim, was Charli at her most comfortable, exploring anxiety, isolation, and more. "The cool part about writing it basically day-to-day, continuous, was that my mood would switch constantly," she told MTV News at the time.


Take a look at Charli's two diary entries up above, and check her Twitter feed for presumably more to come.