Charli XCX Struggles with Mental Health Crisis

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. 

'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. 

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.