Christmas Kids Sped Up - Roar

[spedupsongs]

Song name
Christmas Kids
Roar
App name
Apple Music
Capcut

[estelacasstro]

"I'll be back wait for me here"
"Okay!"
*Offline for 23 years*

[calco]

“My moms calling me to eat bye”
“Bye”
*offline for 14 years*

[SkylerTheSilly]

The backstory of this song (for those who don’t know): the song is about Ronnie and Phill Spector, long story short, Phill LITERALLY turned their house into a prison, and didn’t let Ronnie leave, for Christmas, Phill adopted twin children, and gave them to Ronnie, hints the name “Christmas kids” speed up a few years or so, Ronnie escaped Phill, and changed her first name.

[Guppsterlikesspace]

The backstory :
Roar is a Phoenix, Arizona, hard rock band formed by Owen Evans in the late 2000s. In 2016, Evans started moonlighting as the touring drummer for fellow Arizona-based folk-punk band AJJ, but he continued to release records as Roar. "Christmas Kids" is a track from Roar's 2010 debut EP, I Can't Handle Change.
The song is about producer Phil Spector's abusive relationship with his wife Ronnie Spector. Phil Spector was a music producer who was known for his innovative "Wall of Sound" production technique that was popular in the 1960s. He was married to Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett, who was the lead singer of the girl group, The Ronettes, between 1968 and 1974.
According to Ronnie, Phil Spector was controlling and jealous, and he would often physically and emotionally abuse her. She described incidents where he would pull her hair, hit her, and even threaten her with a gun. She also said he would isolate her from her friends and family and force her to stay at home and not work on music.

Appearing unsightly
With devils inside me
If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie

"Phil Spector was said to have hidden his wife Ronnie's shoes so that she couldn't run away, " Evans detailed to The Phoenix New Times. "He was rumored to have threatened his wife with a glass casket he kept in the house, saying that he would display her corpse in it if she attempted to escape. Spector was simultaneously writing and producing trite, catchy, pop songs for teens."
The title refers to the twins Louis and Gary Spector that Phil reportedly coerced Ronnie into adopting one Christmas in an attempt to revive their marriage.

The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift
And love is a tower where all of us can live
Ronnie eventually filed for divorce from Phil Spector, citing irreconcilable differences. The singer later wrote in her 1990 memoir Be My Baby that she feared for her life during their marriage, and her mother helped her to escape from him. Louis and Gary Spector also accused their adopted father of engaging in likewise behavior towards them.
Roar released "Christmas Kids" as a single on March 14, 2010. It entered the UK singles chart for the first time in 2023, 13 years later, after it trended on TikTok.

[erinmccord]

This song could really make people cry soon And bring back memories when they was a kids

[Ralte]

it has a terrifying backstory but ITS SO BEAUTIFUL!!

[__.STRYY__.]

People who don't know:😁
People who know:😔

[-Laverdadnose-]

The lorax: *grabs his butt and flies away*

[ktcaliber]

reminder that this song is about a real life abuse case that actually

[BrieHere]

"Hey I gotta go to school tomorrow bro."
"Ok"

*inactive for 17 years*

[fayebaughman]

For everyone who is saying “what’s the backstory?” Here it is
Ronnie, a pop-star (I think) married Phil a songwriter (I think) and Phil was abusing her and I’m pretty sure he adopted twins for Christmas to save the relationship (that’s why it’s called Christmas kids) so a couple years after him abusing Ronnie she broke a window and escaped! They then divorced and Ronnie died in 2022 and Phil died in 2021.

[Olivaplayzz]

Ronnette, my dear, don't ever disappear
Do what you want as long as you stay here
I need you now, I love you so much, more than you could know
The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift
And love is a tower where all of us can live
You'll change your name or change your mind
And leave this fucked up place behind
But I'll know, I'll know
I'll know, I'll know
I'll know, I'll know
I'll know, I'll know
Appearing unsightly with devils inside me
If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie
If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie
If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie
If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie
I'm leaving, Phil, I'm leaving now
I'm going to escape, but you won't know how
Or where to find me when I'm gone
I'll drink myself to death inside this prison cell
This prison cell
So get me out of here
Get me out of here
Get me out of here
Get me out of here
You'll change your name or change your mind
And leave this fucked up place behind
But I'll know, I'll know
I'll know, I'll know
I'll know, I'll know
I'll know, I'll know

[naomisastra]

This song hits way different when you know the backstory😬...

[gooferngoober]

this reminds me of my kindergarten friends...

[Qwerty-uiop]

i remember, in April this song was so poplular

[chans_big_gyatt]

THE BACKSTORY IS ACTUALLY SO DISTURBING 😭 IDK WHY BUT IT STILL GIVES ME A WHOLESOME VIBE

[Dinsrdabmb]

“Oh I have to go to bed sorry”
“Okay bye!”
Offline for 80. Years
I’m 1000 now 😢💀✨

[flap]

“Pearl it’s my birthday today!”
“Oh, happy birthday”
*offline for 3 years*

[hungariancartman]

My volume is fully down but the song plays in my head perfectly.