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Full-Blown ‘Crash Out’: Pop Star Caught Smashing a Car With a Sledgehammer in Broad Daylight

Pop singer Tinashe seemed to be going through real ‘Crash Out’ by sledgehammering a car, but it was just a stunt to promote her new album.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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Pop singer Tinashe was spotted smashing a car with a sledgehammer, but she had a very good reason.

In a viral video spotted on X/Twitter, Tinashe was seen smashing a white car with a sledgehammer. It seemed like a surprising crash-out. That was, until later, when it was revealed that this was a promotional stunt for her new single, fittingly titled “Crash Out”.

The song is from her forthcoming new album, Popstar, out September 25, 2026, via Atlantic Records. You can stream “Crash Out” below.

Tinashe’s newly announced Popstar will mark her eighth full-length studio album. She has released an album roughly every two years since 2014. The most recent was 2024’s Quantum Baby.

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