| My Kink Is Karma | |
| Cover: | Chappell Roan - My Kink Is Karma.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Chappell Roan |
| Album: | The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess |
| Released: | May 6, 2022 |
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| Length: | 3:42 |
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| Producer: | Nigro |
| Prev Title: | Naked in Manhattan |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
| Next Title: | Femininomenon |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
"My Kink Is Karma" is a song by American singer Chappell Roan, released on May 6, 2022 as the fourth single from her debut studio album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (2023). It was produced by Dan Nigro. The song became a sleeper hit in 2024, as one of Roan's seven simultaneously charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100, along with "Good Luck, Babe!", "Casual", "Hot to Go!", "Red Wine Supernova", "Pink Pony Club", and "Femininomenon".[2]
In an interview with Into, Chappell Roan spoke about the origins of the song: "I've been through some pretty gnarly breakups. I was just sitting in the session and I was like, 'Ah, it feels so nice that my ex is doing horrible!' Which is insanely toxic. The song is toxic! I'm very aware that it's not healthy. But that's how I was feeling that day."
"My Kink Is Karma" features synth-laden production[3] and finds Chappell Roan relishing in her ex-partner's misfortune, such as watching them "ruin your life", "losing your mind", "dyeing your hair" and "crashing your car." She also claims, "People say I'm jealous but my kink is karma"[4], using the term kink to describe her extreme desire for karmic justice directed at her ex.
AllMusic's editor Neil Z. Yeung called it a "sardonic, synth-laden" song.[3] Annabel Holman of The Fulcrum listed "My Kink Is Karma" among the best songs from The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, noting its angriness.[5] Writing for David Reviews, Syd Briscoe praised "My Kink Is Karma", calling it a "smooth song", and also applauded the music video for its "gleeful visuals".[6]
The music video finds Chappell Roan wearing excessive clown makeup and portraying a character named "Karma", who has a stark white heart-shaped face, bright blue eyeshadow and devil horns. According to Roan, she made the video with her friends from summer camp. She stated, "I didn't want it to be like a beauty shot necessarily. I wanted it to look kind of scary. And I knew I didn't want it to be fully based around sex, which — the song is called 'My Kink Is Karma.' Like, we could have gone the very easy route of being super sexual." Her makeup took inspiration from clowns, the biggest one being the character Him from The Powerpuff Girls.