Cozy Little Christmas

Katy Perry announced the song on Twitter, posting a four-second audio clip of it on November 14, 2018, with the caption that she was "Bout to sleigh in an hour". It is her second Christmas song after "Every Day Is a Holiday", which was released in 2015. Perry co-wrote and co-produced "Cozy Little Christmas" with Greg Wells and Ferras Alqaisi. She called it "one of my favorite songs I've written". It is a "whimsical" Christmas song featuring jingle bells and lyrics about not needing gifts at Christmas time because love is more important. ==Release==

"Cozy Little Christmas" was first released exclusively on Amazon Music on November 15, 2018. and had a red vinyl distribution on October 22, 2021 containing the original song along with an instrumental version. A green vinyl release will follow on December 4, 2024. ==Music video==

The song's music video was released on December 2, 2019. It opens with Perry decorating a Christmas tree in a festive living room before Santa Claus and animated characters from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer appear. Perry and Santa, who is dressed in a striped bathing suit and Hawaiian shirt, then have a pampered Christmas, relaxing at a poolside and getting massages while the animated characters wait on them. Perry later appears dressed as a candy cane in a giant martini glass full of eggnog. While drunk on eggnog, she talks to the animated characters in a kitchen, and the video ends with all the characters dancing in the festive living room intercut with martini glass and kitchen scenes. ==Critical reception==

Idolator's Mike Wass called it "cute, catchy and utterly adorable", and observed that "the perky bop is every bit as irreverent and fun as you would expect". Marina Pedrosa from Billboard said that "Perry's vocals are velvety as ever as she sings the festive lyrics, 'Just you and me / Under the tree / A cozy little Christmas here with you.'" Zac Gelfand of Consequence of Sound wrote that "Cozy Little Christmas" is an "appropriate step back and a deep breath" for Perry and "a simple, bubbly, holiday love song, serving as a respite after an otherwise tough several months." Writing for MTV News, Madeline Roth praised the "bubbly bop" as "mighty cozy", adding that "this festive little tune will be a crowd-pleaser all around". ==Chart performance==

In the United States, "Cozy Little Christmas" entered the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart at number 10, becoming Perry's ninth track to reach its top 10 and first to do so since "Dark Horse" in 2014. It has since reached number one on that chart and rose to number 22 in the nation the following year. 32 in Germany, 37 in Austria, and 49 in Switzerland. ==Live performances and use in media==

in Chicago Perry performed the song for the first time on December 6, 2019, as part of her set list for the 2019 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour. The performance of the song on December 6, 2019, was broadcast during The CW special on December 19, 2019. On November 30, 2020, she performed the song along with "I'll Be Home for Christmas" at The Disney Holiday Singalong. On December 8, 2024, she performed the song at 2024 Jingle Bell Ball. The song was used in the 2020 Christmas-themed television film The Christmas House and 2021 Netflix Christmas romantic comedy film The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star. ==Credits and personnel==

Credits adapted from Tidal and Rolling Stone India. • Katy Perry – lead vocals, production, background vocals, songwriting • Ferras Alqaisi – background vocals, production, songwriting • Greg Wells – production, songwriting, mixing, bass guitar, celesta, drums, harp, piano • Al Schmitt – record engineering • Ian MacGregor – record engineering • Brian Lucey – mastering engineering ==Charts==

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