Kim Kardashian releases Travis Barker-produced ‘Santa Baby’ cover with Macaulay Culkin-starring video

23 December, 2024

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian has surprise released a cover of festive classic ‘Santa Baby’ produced by brother-in-law Travis Barker.

The lo-fi take on the song has Kardashian singing in a low, breathy whisper backed by a saxophone and piano.

Notably, the accompanying music video – directed by Nadia Lee Cohen and Charlie Denis (who has previously worked with Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky) – features a cameo from Macaulay Culkin. It features Kardashian crawling her way through an unhinged Christmas party, including some rather unfriendly-looking Santa’s helpers, models playing Twister and a person in a creepy reindeer costume.

Culkin appears at the end of the music video, where Kardashian crawls up to him while he’s seemingly filming the whole nightmare party with an old-fashioned camcorder.

Check it out below:

The song and visuals have been widely slated online by fans who were both confused by the entire release or believed it was poor quality.

“Wow this is so fucking stupid. When cornballs think they can make art.,” one X/Twitter user wrote.

“We need a way to communicate with the general public that just because something is lofi doesn’t mean it’s good,” said another.

A third wrote: “Why is Kim looking or trying to look like Marilyn Monroe idk cause that’s not who sings the song”

“This is one of the weirdest things you will ever watch,” another wrote.

It’s not the first time Kardashian has released music, having previously dropped the critically panned single ‘Jam (Turn It Up)’ in 2011 in aid of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Kardashian later admitted that she regretted releasing the track.

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