North West made headlines on Instagram this week, unveiling new body adornments that stirred more conversation following past criticisms.
The 12-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West shared an image of her hands, showcasing a striking combination of sharp and rounded studs adorning her fingers, wrists, and the backs of her hands.
This eye-catching display coincided with the unexpected release of North’s latest rap track, aptly named “PIERCING ON MY HAND,” which dropped on Friday.
The Daily Mail has sought a response from Kardashian’s representative regarding the reveal.
While North has previously lent her voice to some of her father’s tracks, the credits for her new song on Spotify remain unlisted. In contrast, YouTube notes that she was solely responsible for writing, producing, and performing the piece.
According to a source speaking to the Daily Mail, Kanye West did not contribute to the production of his daughter’s song. Nonetheless, North recently performed it during her appearance with him on stage in Mexico City.
North West took to Instagram this week to reveal even more apparent body modifications after previously being criticized – and she surprised her fans by releasing a new song called PIERCING ON MY HAND on Friday; pictured in the single artwork
The song opens with blasts of soul horns and guitars before female vocals belt ‘love’ and ‘soul’ repeatedly over a bed of synthesizers.
‘Piercing on my hand, the other holdin’ bands,’ North raps as she makes her entrance on the track.
The opening chorus features the line ‘shoppin’ in Japan,’ alluding to family trips North has made to Japan with both of her parents in recent years.
The tune has only one long verse, in which North opens with: ‘Skippin’ school, yeah, I do that only the daily.’
She brags about her ‘Jaded London fits’ and ‘new Ricks,’ and adds, ‘All my songs are hits, you know I’m not lazy.’
North also recites: ‘You are so angry that I’m so mainstream / dissed her once, now she wanna replace me.
‘You can never face me, just erase me,’ she taunts in a subsequent line.
North also declares, ‘I want more piercings and tats / I love blue hair, put it in some plaques.’
While appearing as a guest on sister Khloe Kardashian’s Khloe In Wonder Land podcast in January, her mom revealed that she is homeschooled and involved in a hands-on music course.
‘At home she’ll do an eight-hour music studio session, where she’s producing and writing. I’ll add her writing out all of her lyrics as a part of her spelling tests. We do all of the things at home that she really enjoys and are challenging,’ the billionaire mogul spilled.
Kim Kardashianand Kanye West’s 12-year-old nepo baby posted a photo of her hands on Instagram, showing off what looked like a mix of pointed and round studs protruding from the backs of her hands, fingers and wrist, though it wasn’t clear if they were real or fake
She posed in another photo by flashing her pierced hands and flaunting a square-shaped glossy black manicure
In her latest Instagram photo, North posed with her hands covering the bottom half of her face as she flaunted a square-shaped glossy black manicure.
Although it’s not clear if her new piercings are real or just stickers, the original piercings displayed on the backs of her fingers looked notably red and irritated.
North sported a long, straight, bright-blue wig that was parted down the middle and adorned with face-framing baby hair swoops.
The tween — who regularly wears a full face of makeup — was also dolled up in fluttery lashes.
Recent months have seen the young star and her mom, 45, come under fire for her outlandish fashion and bold self-expression.
North initially debuted dermal piercings on her fingers in November.
Fans swarmed social media comments to call out the ‘high-risk’ body art, prompting the youngster to simply reply, ‘It’s okay,’ with a heart-shaped hands emoji.
And in December, North addressed critics of her finger piercing in a TikTok video.
Recent months have seen the young star and her mom, 45, come under fire for her outlandish fashion and bold self-expression
Last fall North caught flack for sporting fake face tattoos alongside her friends
She filmed a short video with a soundbite saying: ‘Why are you crying? How old are you? Just pull it together.’
Text over the reel noted: ‘This is for everyone that’s mad over a finger piercing.’
Similarly, in October, she replied to naysayers condemning her temporary face tattoos and blue eye contacts, which she sported with friends days before Halloween.
‘This is such a non-issue,’ she wrote on TikTok.
Social media users initially thought the comment was from Kardashian, but the SKIMS mogul clarified that the clap back was masterminded by her daughter.
During an appearance on Complex’s GOAT Talk YouTube series, she shared, ‘She was like, “I don’t get it. It’s a Halloween costume. It’s all fake.”‘
She recalled, ‘She takes my phone, and she writes back to a comment, and she goes, “This is such a non-issue.” Then online, it was like, “Kim defends North to the end on this look.” That’s a good clap back.’
The mom of four added, ‘North, if she ever posts a TikTok, it’s on my phone, so she has to ask my approval, and then I post it, whatever. The comments, all that’s on my phone.’
Kardashian has staunchly defended her firstborn child; pictured in April 2024
In addition to North, Kardashian and West also share sons Saint, 10, Psalm, six, and daughter Chicago, seven.
Elsewhere on the Khloe In Wonder Land episode, Kardashian staunchly defended her firstborn child.
Asked if the scrutiny over her parenting bothers her, she answered: ‘I’m just not a judgmental person like that, so I try not to pay attention to it.’
She elaborated, ‘But I think that no one knows, unless they’re in my shoes, what I’m dealing with and how we have to manage certain things from the outside world.
Kardashian said there’s a misconception that she is trying to be her daughter’s ‘bestie’ and ‘lets her get away with a lot.’
The multihyphenate detailed, ‘No, Northie actually has a lot of rules. The one area [of freedom] is that I do let her express herself.’
