{"id":791509,"date":"2018-12-21T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T17:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=771585"},"modified":"2018-12-21T10:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T17:37:52","slug":"swae-lees-christmas-at-swaes-shouldnt-work-but-it-really-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/swae-lees-christmas-at-swaes-shouldnt-work-but-it-really-does\/","title":{"rendered":"Swae Lee\u2019s \u2018Christmas at Swae\u2019s\u2019 Shouldn\u2019t Work, But it Really Does"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christmas songs are really emo songs: the holidays are hard and emotions tend to run deep (or, maybe more likely, I\u2019m just projecting my personal experience onto a day that most people would pump into their veins if that were option). Somber and haunting, yet hopeful, Swae Lee<\/a>\u2018s \u201cChristmas At Swae\u2019s\u201d borders on the edge of love and regret. That such an understated song was birthed from such a cheesy viral moment \u2014 Lee posted the original video to social media in 2017 \u2014 is a Christmas miracle.<\/p>\n

The backbone of the song is the year-old chorus mixed with the melancholy keys. In a strained tenor, Lee sings, \u201cI didn\u2019t have you under my tree this Christmas \/ But I had you all over my wish list \/ Ho ho ho ohhhhh \/ You\u2019re not under my mistletoe.\u201d It works, partially because Lee never strays from the bit. What are the holidays without a little melodrama and lobbing half court, horny texts to your ex?<\/p>\n

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I wrote this Christmas carol imma be outside peoples houses singing this shit Merry Christmas ?? pic.twitter.com\/NoXPQP9WVr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rae Sremmurd (@RaeSremmurd) December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There simply isn\u2019t another Christmas song that will commit to a Paramore-esque lyric like, \u201cDisappear into my nightmare \/ I expected you to stay there.\u201d However, that\u2019s what makes \u201cChristmas at Swae\u2019s\u201d distinct in a marketplace so stuck in its ways<\/a>. As the song hits its crescendo and Lee\u2019s reverb-soaked vocals morph into the Ghost of Christmas Past it\u2019s important to remember what the holidays are all about\u2026 Safeguarding your home from creepy poltergeists trying to teach you morals.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christmas songs are really emo songs: the holidays are hard and emotions tend to run deep (or, maybe more likely, I\u2019m just projecting my personal experience onto a day that most people would pump into their veins if that were option). Somber and haunting, yet hopeful, Swae Lee\u2018s \u201cChristmas At Swae\u2019s\u201d borders on the edge […]<\/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":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-791509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 20:29:35","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}