{"id":491669,"date":"2019-10-28T08:48:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=904458"},"modified":"2019-10-28T08:48:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T14:48:37","slug":"john-legend-is-revamping-troublesome-christmas-classic-baby-its-cold-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/john-legend-is-revamping-troublesome-christmas-classic-baby-its-cold-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"John Legend Is Revamping Troublesome Christmas Classic, \u2018Baby It\u2019s Cold Outside\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JohnLegend.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-legend\/\">John Legend<\/a> will be releasing a deluxe version of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/christmas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_christmas\" data-tag=\"christmas\">Christmas<\/a> album,&nbsp;<em>A Legendary Christmas<\/em>, on November 8th.<\/p>\n<p>The expanded LP will include four new tracks, including a duet of \u201cBaby It\u2019s Cold Outside\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kelly-clarkson\/\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a> with updated lyrics by Legend and comedian Natasha Rothwell (<em>Insecure<\/em>). The \u201creimagined\u201d duet aims to modernize the song\u2019s outdated and sometimes troubling lyrics, with the male suitor now graciously calling his female partner a cab: \u201cI really can\u2019t stay (Baby it\u2019s cold outside)\/I\u2019ve gotta go away (I can call you a ride)\/This evening has been (So glad that you dropped in)\/So very nice (Time spent with you is paradise)\/My mother will start to worry (I\u2019ll call a car and tell \u2019em to hurry).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three other new tracks include \u201cThis Christmas,\u201d \u201cMy Favorite Things\u201d and \u201cChristmas in New Orleans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legend and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/chrissy-teigen\/\">Chrissy Teigen<\/a> will appear on the cover of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2019\/10\/john-legend-and-chrissy-teigen-cover-story\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the December issue of&nbsp;<em>Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a>, with a profile published Monday.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/john-legend-a-legendary-christmas-deluxe-904458\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Legend will be releasing a deluxe version of his Christmas album,&nbsp;A Legendary Christmas, on November 8th. The expanded LP will include four new tracks, including a duet of \u201cBaby It\u2019s Cold Outside\u201d with Kelly Clarkson with updated lyrics by Legend and comedian Natasha Rothwell (Insecure). The \u201creimagined\u201d duet aims to modernize the song\u2019s outdated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-22 04:15:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}