Written last summer and saved for the season, her New Wave-inspired holiday track arrives with a star-studded video and a surprise bonus song on vinyl. Here’s everything to know.
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With the holidays creeping around the corner, Christmas music is in full swing. Rolling Stone reported several artists have joined the bandwagon this season, releasing their own holiday songs, from Hilary Duff to Alanis Morissette, Sufjan Stevens, and more.
Among them is Olivia Rodrigo, whose first-ever holiday song, “take me home (4 christmas),” was just released on Friday, November 6.
Olivia Rodrigo from her music video for "take me home (4 christmas)" | Source: instagram/oliviarodrigo
The song, about her wish to to be brought home by her romantic partner for the holidays, was written last summer by the hitmaker with Dan Nigro and Amy Allen. Announcing the song’s launch, she wrote on Instagram, “I’m so happy it’s finally close to Christmastime so I can share it with you guys lol.”
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A music video was also released, featuring “Saturday Night Live” cast member Ben Marshall as Rodrigo’s love interest and Cynthia Nixon as his mom, with Rodrigo calling them her “favorite canonical red heads.”
Ben Marshall, Cynthia Nixon, and Olivia Rodrigo for "take me home (for christmas) music video | Source: instagram/oliviarodrigo
The video begins with Rodrigo cleaning up after what appeared to be a house party, with Marshall asleep on the couch. Then the scene shifts to the couple arriving at Marshall’s family home, where they’re welcomed by Nixon, complete with a holiday meal, gingerbread houses, family photos, and games.
The video ends with a twist, as Rodrigo realizes it was all her imagination and Marshall was still asleep on the couch.
Nixon shared on Instagram that she “had so much fun playing mom to the hilarious and adorable [Ben Marshall] and imagining what it would be like if the great Olivia Rodrigo showed up on our doorstep for Christmas.”
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Meanwhile, another band had an interesting story to tell about the holiday tune, which is reminiscent of the Waitresses’ 1981 hit, ‘Christmas Wrapping.” The band’s lead guitarist, Christopher Butler, revealed he had given his blessing, but with a funny story behind it.
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In a Facebook post, Butler shared that he got an email about two months ago “from someone claiming to be Olivia Rodrigo,” and he thought it wasn’t real. “It was filled w/ Waitresses gush, and just had to be fake,” he wrote, adding, “Said she’d written a Christmas song, and invited me to hear it. ?????”
Butler continued that he “didn’t know who OR was,” so he decided to do some digging and realized what an amazing career Rodrigo had. So he wrote her back, praising her music and agreeing to listen to the song. He later saw her perform on her Unraveled Tour in Columbus, Ohio, then met her after the show. He described her new holiday song as a “fantasticbangersmash,” adding, “I wish her monster success with it.”
But there’s more. The vinyl version of “take me home (4 christmas)” includes an unreleased B-side, “Miss This Christmas,” giving fans a second holiday song from Rodrigo.
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