Crash (styled in capitals) is the 5th studio album, released on March 18, 2022 through Atlantic Records, and corresponding world tour by English singer-songwriter Charli xcx. Charli announced the album title, release date, and artwork on November 4, 2021. The album was promoted by the lead singles "Good Ones", "New Shapes (feat. Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek)", "Beg for You (feat. Rina Sawayama)", "Baby" and two promotional singles, "Every Rule" and "Used to Know Me". When teasing and promoting the record since May 2021, Charli took on an evil, demonic or soulless persona, so as to play into a deal-with-the-devil idea. Visuals for the album include "femme fatale powers" and a multitude of "dark spells and curses" as well as signature nods to both cars and car crashes. Its title and overall aesthetic was inspired by David Cronenberg's 1996 movie 'Crash'. On May 23, 2021, she indicated that the album was "for the "True Romance" angels" and that she wanted to have a song that is "Stay Away 2.0". Then, on July 8, Charli posted that she was extremely into songs that she did not compose. During this month, Charli began to publish a lot of tweets and Instagram photographs indicating that the album would be her "evil era". One of them reads, "Tip for young artists: sell your soul for money and fame". The sound consists of 80s, 90s & 00s inspired synth-pop, dance-pop & power-pop; songs are produced by a range of collaborators including A. G. Cook, Ariel Rechtshaid