Olivia Rodrigo Releases New Christmas Song “take me home (4 christmas)”
Pop-star by day, rock-star by night, Olivia Rodrigo is plunging into yet another genre tonight with her new Christmas song “take me home (4 christmas).”
This catchy, somewhat sarcastic new holiday song is the complete polar opposite from what its title would make you think.
Released on November 5th alongside a new music video, “take me home (4 christmas)” sounds like it could be another little love song about visiting home and kissing in the snow and whatnot. Instead, it's a mildly satirical plea for love, overflowing with irony and the narrator’s insecurity.
The song essentially follows a narrator who is practically begging her partner to bring her to his family’s house for Christmas. She wants to meet the parents, fully assimilate into the family, and be ridiculously adored by everyone in the house.
If it weren’t for the music video, the song could potentially come off as simply a girl so in love that she wants to fully be a part of her partner's entire life. Afterall, there’s nothing particularly, overbearingly crazy about the lyrics themselves. Maybe the narrator just wants to do a few nice things like buy gifts, cook food, and experience the holidays with another family.
Or maybe, as the incredibly designed and delightfully humorous music video would suggest, the "thoughtful, merry, and kind” narrator is actually just chasing affection however she can get it, if not a bit desperately.
"take me home (4 christmas)" Single Cover - Olivia Rodrigo 2026
SNL cast member Ben Marshall plays the guy who, in Rodrigo’s fantasy, takes her home to his parents’ for the holidays. (In reality, Marshall’s character is passed out drunk in a bare-bones trashed apartment.)
The main point the music video seems to bring to the song is that the narrator isn’t really looking for love in the relationship with her partner but rather, with his family. Sure, this could mean that the relationship is stable and she doesn’t feel a need to work for it, but the extreme focus on the surrounding family including parents, siblings, and even a grandma, instead of on Marshall's character, seems to challenge that idea.
In fact, the video seems to sort of rip on the narrator's partner throughout the story. He starts off passed out on a couch and is teased for not being able to use an axe. There aren’t many moments in the video where Rodrigo’s character actually seems to care even a little bit about the boy who’s parents she’s becoming besties with.
Whether this song actually is a fun little love song or if it's the humorous, slightly delusional story that I think it is, the song is certainly a fun, catchy, new addition to your Christmas playlist.
