Snoopy is officially on the naughty list — and he’s bringing some serious jazz with him to get off it.

Apple TV’s brand-new Peanuts special, Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy, premieres tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 13 — and the soundtrack is already stealing the show. Saxophone giant Kamasi Washington and soul crooner Leon Bridges just teamed up on a brand-new original song, “Trying to Get There,” written for the special. It’s jazzy, it’s warm, it’s big-band Christmas energy, and honestly? It’s the most grown-up-sounding Snoopy song ever.

Here’s the setup: Snoopy lands on Santa’s naughty list and gets 12 days to turn it around. Along the way, the special asks what the season is actually about — and it’s not just the presents under the tree.

And Washington and Bridges aren’t the only heavy hitters on this soundtrack. John Legend contributes “Get Ready,” produced by Raphael Saadiq, and Laufey — yes, that Laufey, the Gen-Z jazz darling — sings “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” That’s a lineup that would sell out any jazz club in the country, let alone a cartoon beagle’s holiday special.

For Toledo, this one hits different. A Charlie Brown Christmas is the soundtrack of a million Northwest Ohio childhoods — the Vince Guaraldi piano, the aluminum tree, the whole thing. This new special is Peanuts and WildBrain betting that the next generation deserves its own version, with music that parents will actually want to hear on repeat.

The song dropped Nov. 11, two days before the premiere, so consider this your heads-up: if your kids (or your inner kid) need a new holiday watch this weekend, Snoopy’s got you covered — and the playlist is a banger.

Source: MusicTimes

Kamasi Washington performing in 2015. Photo: Steven Pisano, via Wikimedia Commons.