Kylie Jenner Faces Backlash Over Autotuned Debut Single

Kylie Jenner released her first music single, “Fourth Strike,” under her stage name King Kylie, prompting mixed reactions from fans and critics. The song features Jenner singing and rapping over a quirky pop beat, with lyrics like “One strike, two strike, let me get the mood right” and “Touch me, baby, tell me I’m your baby.”

Jenner shared snippets of her recording process, collaborating in the studio with the duo Terror Jr., who previously released the song “3 Strikes” in 2016—a track that once appeared in a campaign for her Kylie Cosmetics lip gloss. Despite her efforts, the reception was largely negative. Fans on social media criticized her for excessive autotuning, with comments such as “how embarrassing king autotune” and pleas to unrelease the track.

Some viewers felt the song sounded like “a Sephora ad with a beat,” while others regard her musical debut as a “recession indicator,” implying that her pivot to music might be more about fame than talent.

Despite the criticism, Jenner celebrated the release on social media, sharing a video of her daughter Stormi singing along to the song and clips of herself recording vocals in the studio. Interestingly, she addressed longstanding rumors that she might have been the one singing background vocals in her earlier song “3 Strikes,” clarifying that she was not the vocalist—though she had jokingly suggested the idea of being featured herself in “Fourth Strike.”

Overall, the debut was met with widespread disapproval, with some fans urging her to stick to her successful beauty brand rather than venturing into music which many deemed “awful.”