Charli XCX reveals she is struggling with her mental health
Charli XCX has said she is 'in the worst place mentally that I've been in my life,' as she prepares to release her new album.
The singer, 33, is in the midst of promo for her upcoming record, Music, Fashion, Film, which will be released on July 24.
Away from the new music, the Essex-born superstar is also about to celebrate her one-year anniversary after marrying pop band The 1975's George Daniel last summer.
Her new record comes off the back of a hugely successful period for the singer, who created the 2024 zeitgeist with her Brat album.
But coming off the exhausting Brat Tour and her 'complicated relationship' with being onstage, Charli has explained that she is now trying to protect her mental health, taking steps including reducing her social media presence and cutting back on press interviews.
'It's just me trying to do what's good for me, because it got to a place where my anxiety was physically affecting me, and I can't actually proceed in life like that,' she has explained to Rolling Stone.
Charli XCX has said she is 'in the worst place mentally that I've been in my life,' as she prepares to release her new album
'The discourse is loud, and sometimes that can be very overwhelming,' she told the magazine.
She also opened up about how social media impacts her anxiety. 'I have actually been a lot more offline,' she said.
'I don't really look as much anymore. It's just better for my brain. I know people probably won't believe me, because I am inherently, at least in the past, a very online artist.'
'But I recently have been really struggling with my mental health to the point where, if I'm being real, I'm in the worst place mentally that I've been in my life.'
She added though that she can struggle to come to terms with any online comments she does read, admitting: 'I'm finding my emotions are very, very volatile at the minute, I'll be honest.'
Alongside therapy, Charli has been feeling more grounded by spending time with her husband and friends.
She explained that 1975 frontman Matty Healy has also been a sounding board for her struggles, telling Rolling Stone: 'He was being… helpful in his way,' she said.
Charli has changed gears for her new record, embracing a rock band sound with the lead single Rock Music.
The superstar is also about to celebrate her one-year anniversary after marrying The 1975 musician George Daniel last summer
Coming off the exhausting Brat Tour and her 'complicated relationship' with being onstage, Chari explains that she is trying to protect her mental health
She has insisted though that the album isn't a rock record and she doesn't want to define her new music by genre.
Aside from music the multi-talented star is embracing acting, recently appearing in indie film Erupcja.
At the Sundance film festival in January Charli was in fact promoting three films, including her mockumentary film The Moment, and her movie career is only on the rise, with upcoming roles including a part in Dakota Johnson’s directorial debut A Tree Is Blue, and a remake of the 1978 mondo horror film Faces of Death.
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
