Blink-182’s Travis Barker Produces Kim Kardashian Christmas Song
Kim Kardashian is known for being everything from a reality TV star to a business owner, and now she has a Christmas song out. – Author: Cat Badra, Image via DTA Records and Columbia Records
Kim Kardashian is known for being everything from a reality TV star to a business owner, but she’s certainly not known for her music. However, Kardashian is getting in on the Christmas spirit and has released a last-minute Christmas cover of the Eartha Kitt classic, “Santa Baby.” What’s interesting is that Travis Barker of Blink-182 produced the song.
Barker, of course, is married to Kim’s sister, Kourtney Kardashian. The two got married on May 15, 2022, in Santa Barbara, California, and had a special religious wedding ceremony in Portofino, Italy, on May 22, 2022. So, it makes sense that Barker would help Kim bring her Christmas song to life.
Kim Kardashian Releases ‘Santa Baby’
The song comes with a music video, which is a bit disturbing. The video, directed by Nadia Lee Cohen and Charlie Denis, features Kim in a blonde wig and acting as a out-of-sorts party host crawling through the Christmas wreckage. Musically, the song has Kim’s vocals breathy and hard to decipher, making it a lo-fi take on the holiday classic. Oh, and in the video, somehow, some elves and models are playing Twister in their unmentionables.
“Exhaling the lyrics in a husky whisper, Kardashian’s vocals are well-buried in the mix of the noisy video,” Billboard notes, “which mostly focuses on the outré guest list, including deal-making stock bros yelling into corded landlines, a passed-out, man-sized elf and models playing Twister in their underwear.”
It’s a very strange video, but it also gets attention, which is a good thing. Kardashian’s take on the classic is fascinating, and if makes one wonder why she picked this particular song to cover. Maybe it has something to do with Marilyn Monroe famously singing the song? Either way, it’s a last-minute addition for anything with a pop culture-savvy holiday playlist.
Macaulay Culkin of ‘Home Alone’ Makes An Appearance
A familiar face to Generation X Christmas fans is in the video, too, in the form of Macaulay Culkin. Kardashian is 44, so she’s right on the line of being a Millennial and Generation X.
“The video ends with Kardashian looking directly at the camera before revealing that it’s being held by “Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin wearing a Santa Claus outfit,” People notes. “Piano music plays lightly and people mutter in the background having been captured on his camcorder.”
The official release for the video states, “The sultry, breathy tribute to Santa Claus produced by Travis Barker is accompanied by a cinematic visual featuring a surprise cameo from Macaulay Culkin, depicting Kim navigating a fantastical, fever-dream Christmas party.”
Watch the official music video for Kim Kardashian’s “Santa Baby” below.
Kardashian’s take on “Santa Baby” was released through Barker’s DTA Records and Columbia Records. It marks her first new music release in more than 13 years and follows up her The-Dream and Tricky Stewart-produced debut single, 2011’s “Jam (Turn It Up).”
“Is this Kim’s return to music? Who’s to say?” states Karlie Rogers of Exclaim in a December 23 feature. “But according to Kim, nothing rings in the holiday cheer better than writhing around on the floor while your houseguests box each other in the background.”
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