Charli XCX writes songs for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights starring Robbie and Elordi

Charli XCX has joined the creative team behind Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell’s hotly anticipated adaptation of Emily Brontë’s gothic classic, contributing original songs to the film.

Warner Bros. Pictures released the first teaser this week, confirming the British pop provocateur’s involvement. The announcement adds a new twist to Fennell’s third feature, which stars Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. The film is scheduled to reach cinemas on 14 February 2026.

The choice of Charli XCX signals a bold stylistic departure from the traditional approach to Brontë adaptations, which have often favoured orchestral or period-appropriate scores. Known for her brash, club-ready sound and recent chart triumph with Brat, Charli brings a contemporary sensibility that could transform the story’s tempestuous romance and destructive obsession into something startlingly modern.

Her songs will appear alongside the score by Anthony Willis, Fennell’s long-time collaborator who also composed for Promising Young Woman (2020) and Saltburn (2023). The partnership suggests the music will mix lush cinematic themes with Charli’s experimental pop edge, amplifying the story’s emotional turbulence.

The teaser itself offers a first glimpse of Robbie and Elordi inhabiting Brontë’s doomed lovers against the windswept Yorkshire backdrop. Though only seconds long, it hints at the heightened, stylised approach that has become Fennell’s signature.

Robbie, fresh from the global success of Barbie, takes on one of literature’s most complex heroines, torn between passion and respectability. Elordi, whose rising profile spans Saltburn, Priscilla and HBO’s Euphoria, plays Heathcliff, a role defined by intensity, cruelty, and unfulfilled longing.

Fennell’s decision to cast two of the most recognisable faces in contemporary cinema as Brontë’s ill-fated pair has already raised expectations that this will be a Wuthering Heights unlike any before it. With Charli XCX attached, the adaptation now carries the promise of colliding 19th-century melodrama with 21st-century sonic chaos.

It also marks another bold career step for Charli, whose musical persona has long embraced disruption and reinvention. She has worked across genres, from mainstream pop hits to underground hyperpop, and recently became the defining face of what fans dubbed “Brat Summer”. Her collaboration with Fennell underscores her growing influence not just as a hitmaker but as an artist shaping the cultural landscape of film and fashion.

For Fennell, Wuthering Heights extends a run of projects that take familiar stories or genres and infuse them with biting wit and modern provocation. Promising Young Woman tackled sexual violence and revenge with acid humour; Saltburn dissected class and obsession in a gilded English mansion. Both sparked passionate debate, and both were defined by striking soundtracks.

By combining Robbie and Elordi’s star power with Charli’s restless creativity, Fennell appears to be signalling that Wuthering Heights will not be a museum-piece period drama but a cultural event: a gothic love story recast through the lens of contemporary spectacle.

Fans will need to wait until Valentine’s Day 2026 to see the full vision realised, but for now, the teaser has already ensured that Fennell’s third feature will dominate conversations across cinema, music and pop culture