Olivia Rodrigo announces her first Christmas song, “take me home (4 christmas)”

Olivia Rodrigo announced on 2 November her first Christmas song, “take me home (4 christmas)”, due on Thursday, 5 November, at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT). She shared the news on Instagram along with the single’s artwork, a photo by Lizzie Klein showing her sitting on the floor in a red Santa hat and matching lipstick.

According to Consequence, the track was co-written with Dan Nigro and Amy Allen and produced by Nigro. Its music video arrives the same day and stars Cynthia Nixon and Saturday Night Live’s Ben Marshall. The single also gets an exclusive 7-inch vinyl and cassette, both available for pre-order; according to Clash, the vinyl reaches North American stores on 6 November, with UK and European shops to follow.

Rodrigo is an American singer-songwriter and actress, born in 2003 in Murrieta. Her third studio album, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love”, came out in June, topped the charts in 17 countries according to Clash, and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while its single “Drop Dead” reached No. 1 on the Hot 100.

In August she launched her Daisy Chain Fields festival, which raised $20 million for women’s charities, according to Billboard, before starting The Unraveled Tour in September. In October mbuzz reported on her new version of “expectations” with Chappell Roan, released with a video featuring David Byrne; Billboard says the song climbed to No. 3 on the Hot 100.