Kim Kardashian teamed up with sister Kourtney‘s hubby and blink-182 drummer Travis Barker on a new music video featuring a classic Christmas song, but the vibes are more bizarre than festive.
As the clock struck midnight, a video for “Santa Baby” (originally made famous by Eartha Kitt) popped up on the reality TV star’s Instagram page alongside the caption: “SANTA BABY FILM DIRECTED BY NADIA LEE COHEN & CHARLIE DENIS SONG PRODUCED BY TRAVIS BARKER.”
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The video began with the camera panned on the SKIMS founder, who was wearing a short blonde wig, a light blue cardigan, pink leg warmers, and a pair of flesh-toned tights as she crawled around the set.
As she traveled room to room through a house decorated for Christmas, Kim passed by elves who appeared to be ready to pass out, kids aggressively horsing around, a chaotic scene of lingerie-only Twister, men screaming on phones, a single cheerleader practicing a routine, a real-life nativity scene complete with a donkey and Jesus reaching for something in the fridge. It concluded with the 44-year-old crawling through a frosty winter wonderland to her final scene, which depicted the blonde version of her apparently dead on the floor while a brunette lookalike hung out on a couch as an older man counted money and a woman trimmed a Christmas tree behind her.
If you think that setup sounds like anything but a holiday dream, you wouldn’t be the only one. Social media users immediately expressed profound confusion over the production, with the criticism overpowering the few who touted the clip as “genius” work.
“This looks like every single nightmare I’ve ever had,” one top-liked comment read.
“This is just demonic like what are you doing Kim? And I don’t even dislike Kim but I’m sorry what is this?” they added.
“Idk what I just watched lol,” another quipped.
“This is so f–king unhinged 😂,” a third declared. “What. Am. I. Watching. 👏.”
“Girl you just doing anything because what is this hahah,” a different Instagram user joked.
“What. The. F–k. Did I just watch?” someone else simply asked.
“I hate this,” one more wrote. “Respectfully.”
The discourse even made its way to X (formerly Twitter), where one fan called it “awful” but still “better than everything her ex husband [Kanye West] dropped this year, so props to her.”
Divisive visuals aside, there was an outpouring of admiration for the mom of four’s artistic talents.
“Wait Kim kardashian is giving vocals in her Santa baby cover oh she ended her haters the song is so good,” one X user suggested.
“Her billboard number 1 is coming I fear,” another joked.
Kim isn’t the only member of the Kardashian family to lend her voice to Christmas caroling—her mom, Kris Jenner, worked with Barker in 2021 for a rendition of “Jingle Bells.”
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