{"id":2148156,"date":"2025-11-11T04:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2148156"},"modified":"2025-11-11T04:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:43:27","slug":"review-of-priyanka-chopras-desi-version-of-wham-last-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/review-of-priyanka-chopras-desi-version-of-wham-last-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Priyanka chopra\u2019s desi version of wham! Last christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>My honest reaction when I first heard a clip from the \u2018desi\u2019 version of Last Christmas was that it&#8217;s probably an ad or a parody of something. A few minutes later, the algorithm gods blessed me and my social media feed was all about this video. Still don\u2019t know what I am talking about? Okay, let\u2019s listen and watch this gorgeous looking video before we dive into some intrusive thoughts which you shall read.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blockquote-container twitter \">\n<div class=\"blockquote-content\">\n<blockquote contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"background-color: #fff;padding: 10px;display: inline-block;border: 0;box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border-radius: 3px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:15px; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); margin: 0;\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last Christmas\u2026 deh diya dil \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Get in the festive spirit and listen now to Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Nitin Sawhney and Anoushka Shankar\u2019s brand new version of Last Christmas &#8211; a reimagined classic with a Desi twist, featured in the upcoming <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChristmasKarma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#ChristmasKarma<\/a> movie and perfect for\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v8ZPvsFkh2\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/v8ZPvsFkh2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sony Music Soundtracks (@SonySoundtracks) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonySoundtracks\/status\/1986720668709261495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>So we all know that there are Christmas covers of a lot of songs, and then now there\u2019s whatever Priyanka Chopra just did to <em>\u201cLast Christmas.\u201d<\/em> It\u2019s sparkly. It\u2019s very dramatic. It\u2019s a little confusing as well to me, but somehow, it\u2019s completely impossible to stop watching it. It\u2019s like someone added a degi mirch tadka to my risotto, it\u2019s like that one packet of Kurkure I open on binge watching night where I will not stop cursing myself, reading its ingredient list YET not putting it down. I have a strong reaction to this <em>desification <\/em>of <em>Last Christmas b<\/em>ecause it is one of those iconic numbers that were a part of what is now my childhood. My mother would keep singing Wham! Songs to me, one by one, and a little me, in the hope of learning and picking tunes, would repeat words and add them to my daily lexicon.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wham! - Last Christmas (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8gmARGvPlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I want to take a moment and firstly talk about the killer collaboration we get to listen to. Priyanka\u2019s smooth, controlled vocals meet the beautiful talent of Anoushka Shankar. This version is a cocktail fit to represent transcontinental glamour. It is a full on global pop experiment. Watching PC croon the lyrics in Hindi and English is imagining her auditioning for a rom com that is going to be written and directed by Richard Linklater and Imtiaz Ali. It\u2019s the kind of festive music that is hovering between art and cringe for me, and I don\u2019t mean it in a bad way at all. And I will tell you exactly WHY. the thing is, we don\u2019t tolerate intellectual cringe anymore, rather, we celebrate and start enjoying it.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n                        <span class=\"source_link picCaption\">\u00a9 Box Office Guru Media <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This version has actually dared me to stop pretending I am too intellectual or too cool for it, and just shut up and let it play in the background as I choose my dinner recipe to try. It is the kind of pop chaos that is gloriously global and reminds me that the holiday season is all about being EXTRA.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n                        <span class=\"source_link picCaption\">\u00a9 Box Office Guru Media <\/span><\/p>\n<p>So yes, Priyanka Chopra\u2019s <em>\u201cLast Christmas\u201d<\/em> might be a global pop oddity, but I firmly believe that it is exactly why it works. It\u2019s festive chaos, it\u2019s global glam, it\u2019s Priyanka after all, and honestly, I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. I feel if Christmas had a passport and a penchant for drama, it would sound exactly like this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mensxp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My honest reaction when I first heard a clip from the \u2018desi\u2019 version of Last Christmas was that it&#8217;s probably an ad or a parody of something. A few minutes later, the algorithm gods blessed me and my social media feed was all about this video. Still don\u2019t know what I am talking about? 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