Charli XCX’s ‘Sucker’ Album Has New Cover Art, Release Date Pushed Back Two Months
Charli XCX‘s sophomore album won’t be out next month after all. After originally announcing a release date of October 21 for Sucker, the British singer has pushed the LP back two months, to December 16 (and even longer in the UK: January 26) — though she insists it’s nothing to do with any trouble behind the scenes.
“‘Boom Clap’ is still getting so much love all over the world, which is crazy, and it just makes sense, so I have proper time to focus on the album launch,” Charli wrote on Facebook today.
Additionally, the original cover art for Sucker has been amended — the main update being that Charli actually appears in the image now, along with the red lollipop from the original artwork that was doing the rounds.
Below are tweets from Charli explaining the release date change in further detail:
Ok so it wouldn’t be a charli xcx album without a date change…….
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) September 22, 2014
it’s all COOL nothing’s WRONG the albums DONE but it’s just no one really knew boom clap would do as well as it’s doing….
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) September 22, 2014
I’m overwhelmed by the love for boom clap & the support from all u angels, I need to put the date back so I can launch the album properly…
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) September 22, 2014
(i had no idea boom clap would hang about for so long… It’s mind blowing and cool so thank u for that!)
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) September 22, 2014
SUCKER will be released DEC 16TH in the USA and JAN 26TH in the UK and EUROPE ❤️❤️
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) September 22, 2014
all other countries tba very very soon
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) September 22, 2014
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