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==Promotion==
==Promotion==
Petras first revealed the song on [[TikTok]] in September 2022, before revealing the release date on social media on 1 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/kim-petras-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar-single-comes-out-next-week|title=Kim Petras' "If Jesus Was A Rockstar" single comes out next week|website=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|last=Kenneally|first=Cerys|date=1 November 2022|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>
Petras first revealed the song on [[TikTok]] in September 2022, before revealing the release date on social media on 1 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/kim-petras-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar-single-comes-out-next-week|title=Kim Petras' "If Jesus Was A Rockstar" single comes out next week|website=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|last=Kenneally|first=Cerys|date=1 November 2022|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Tukoh Taka"
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2022&month=12&day=05|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of November 30, 2022|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|access-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>
| 19
|}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:24, 30 November 2022

"If Jesus Was a Rockstar"
Single by Kim Petras
Released11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)
Length2:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kim Petras singles chronology
"Unholy"
(2022) 		"If Jesus Was a Rockstar"
(2022)

"If Jesus Was a Rockstar" is a song by German singer Kim Petras, released as a single from her upcoming album on 11 November 2022 through Amigo and Republic Records.[1] It was written by Petras, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Omer Fedi and Peter Svensson, with Ilya, Martin and Fedi serving as producers. The song serves as the follow-up to Petras' collaboration with Sam Smith, the worldwide number one "Unholy".[2]

Background and recording

Petras expected to write the song with just Savan Kotecha and Ilya, but Max Martin was also present when she met with the writers, and he ended up co-writing and producing the song as well as providing backing vocals on it. Petras and the three "talked about the song" then tried out things "to see what stuck".[2]

The song was described as "guitar-driven" and a "new era" for Petras, with Petras calling it "fun" but "also really lyrically intense", as it was written after she "struggled with her spirituality over the [COVID-19] pandemic" and reflected on her feeling "excluded" from religion growing up.[2] Petras also spoke about wanting to "switch things up" from the "gay club music" she had become known for and "sing about something deeply meaningful, something that I struggle with and something that is just honest".[2]

Petras elaborated that "the song kinda says maybe if religion was cooler, then I would wanna be a part of it. So, if Jesus was a rockstar, maybe I'd want to be just like him."[3]

Promotion

Petras first revealed the song on TikTok in September 2022, before revealing the release date on social media on 1 November.[4]

Charts

Chart performance for "Tukoh Taka"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[5] 19

References

  1. ^ "Kim Petras is releasing a new song next week". DIY. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Ackroyd, Stephen (10 November 2022). "Kim Petras: "No one's heard anything like this from me before"". Dork. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ Daw, Stephen (18 October 2022). "Kim Petras Broke Records With 'Unholy' — Now She Wants to 'Break The Cycle' for Fellow Trans Artists". Billboard. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ^ Kenneally, Cerys (1 November 2022). "Kim Petras' "If Jesus Was A Rockstar" single comes out next week". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of November 30, 2022". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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