Overview
- Charli XCX released House on Nov. 10 with a Mitch Ryan–directed video featuring John Cale in horror-tinged, gothic imagery.
- House is the first track from an album Charli wrote for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, following her work reading the script and crafting multiple songs with producer Finn Keane.
- Cale delivers a spoken-word monologue on the track as he and Charli repeat the refrain “I think I’m gonna die in this house,” building to distorted guitars and strings.
- Charli says she sought out Cale after his “elegant and brutal” ethos inspired the project, leading to a collaboration that began over the phone and moved her to tears.
- Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, is scheduled for Feb. 11, 2026 in the UK and Feb. 13 in the US, with House positioned as a tone-setting preview.