MACKLEMORE GETS FESTIVE WITH NEW CHRISTMAS RAP
Ho ho ho! Macklemore has come through with his first holiday song, and what do you know? It's Christmas Time.
The British rapper's new track features soul singer Dan Caplen and Macklemore's 4-year-old daughter Sloane.
Co-produced by Tyler Dopps and Josh Budo Karps, It's Chrismas Time is a wholesome feel-good bop that sees Macklemore reflect on Christmas when he was a child.
On the video Macklemore said; “At some point every holiday season, while watching Home Alone and drinking hot chocolate, the same idea hits me. ‘You are the grown rap version of Kevin McCallister. Now act like it and make a Christmas song.’ So I did. And most people are calling it ‘The 2nd best Christmas song behind "Jingle Bell Rock" and right before "Silent Night" and waaaayyy better than "Little Drummer Boy.”’
While this might be true, it was important for me to make a visual that backed up this claim. So I did. And it’s crazy. It’s like Jurassic Park in the snow without the budget for dinosaurs. But the video doesn’t even need them. It has the holiday spirit in every frame. The true purpose and meaning of Christmas. To give, to celebrate and to take back that sweater and end up with store credit at Macy’s. We must not forget the magic and that in the end it’s all about giving. You’re welcome.”
For more festive fire, be sure to be following Topsify's Kiwi Christmas playlist.