Unveiled by Charli XCX on August 18, 2014, this song finds the singer-songwriter unenthused about the impending new school year: I don't want to go to school I just want to break the rules "The song is inspired by a lot of the things I was listening to whilst in Sweden at the end of last year," Charli told Buzzfeed. "I spent about a month making a punk record and covering songs by Swedish punk bands like Snuffed By The Yakuza and stuff." "This song was written when I came out of the other side of that punk phase and translated it into something more pop," she added. "Obviously, it's about not giving a f--k."
The song's music video concludes in a school prom and features Rose McGowan (Scream, Charmed) as a strict teacher. "I was inspired by movies like Jawbreaker and Carrie for the 'Break the Rules' video," said Charli. "I never went to prom when I was at school so this was kind of me living out my weird fantasy of what prom would be like in my head." "I asked Rose McGowan to be in the video and I never ever thought she would say yes, but she did," she added, "so she came to prom too... And she trashed it."
The song was written by Charli XCX with Cashmere Cat, Robopop, Steve Mac and Stargate during a writing camp at Westlake Studios in Hollywood. "I got bad social anxiety because usually I only work with my close friends," the Boom Clap songstress recalled to Billboard magazine. "I went outside and sang this thing into my phone - wrote it in a car park in five minutes."
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