New Shapes

## Audio

**New Shapes** is a single by Charli XCX, Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek. It is the second single from Charli's fifth studio album *Crash*.

The song was produced by Deaton Chris Anthony and Lotus IV. It was written by Charlotte Aitchison, Jonnali Parmenius, Héloïse Letissier and Caroline Polachek.

## Background

A snippet of the song was performed on March 19th, 2021 by Charli on BandsInTown's virtual concert.

On November 2nd, Charli posted a snippet of the song on Twitter and a couple hours later, the track was officially announced. It was also announced that a music video was going to be released on November 12th.

On an interview with Apple Music, Charli XCX said:

> Caroline, Christine and I had worked together many times in different forms, and it was time for the three of us to come together. And actually, this song was recorded a long time ago—pre-pandemic. I like how it’s an anti-hero song. We’re saying to the love figure, ‘I haven’t got what you need from me, because I am not typical. I don’t operate in the way that you want me to. I want multiple partners. I want somebody else. I want no convention within sex and love.’ And I like that as a statement right after the sound of a car crash in the previous song. To do that song with them—two artists who I really feel have such a unique, defiant and topsy-turvy vision of what pop music is—felt really classic and right for us. There’s a true connection between us now, in music and in our personal lives.
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## Lyrics

[Intro: Charli XCX]

What you want

I ain't got it

What you want

What you want

I ain't got it

What you want

I ain't got it

[Verse 1: Charli XCX]

I don't know why I got a tendency to run away

Don't know why I'm always pushing for a sweet escape

Even though I feel so close, I just can't control how I feel

And I gotta be free, need to breathe

[Pre-Chorus: Charli XCX]

But sometimes I need all night, all day

We could fall in love in new shapes

New shapes

And when the morning comes

I'm sorry, I stayed

Tell you honestly, I can't change, can't change

[Chorus: Charli XCX]

What you want

I ain't got it

What you want

What you want

I ain't got it

I ain't got it

[Verse 2: Christine and the Queens]

What if I created places for you to let go?

What if you wanted to watch because we both know?

That now we are so close

We don't have to fight how we feel

When the lights and the skins are cold

[Pre-Chorus: Christine and the Queens]

I surrender to it all night, all day (All night, baby)

Then we fall in love in new shapes (New shapes, baby)

New shapes

Then the morning comes all misty, we fade (Misty, baby)

'Cause we fell in love in new shapes (What?)

In new shapes, oh

[Chorus: Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens]

What you want

I ain't got it (Got it)

What you want (We could go on)

What you want

I ain't got it

I ain't got it

[Bridge: Caroline Polachek]

Thinkin' of me, but you're stuck on the west side again

Maybe we're meant for another dimension, babe

Deep in the dark of your brain like a star in space

You call it art, but you pulled on my heart

And you twisted it into a new shape

Yeah, I'm dive bar-ing again and again

Trying to get up close to you

Fucked if I know how it's gonna end

But honestly, life would be better if I never

Met you in the first place

[Chorus: Charli XCX, Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek]

What you want (Oh)

I ain't got it (Yeah)

What you want (I ain't got it)

What you want

I ain't got it (Charli, Caroline, Chris)

What you want (What you want, what you want)

What you want

I ain't got it

What you want (Ah-ha, ha, yeah)

What you want

I ain't got it (I ain't got it, baby)

I ain't got it

## References

1. ↑ Charli XCX on Twitter: a delicious new shape
2. ↑ "CRASH" on Apple Music