Kit Wilson On His Theme Song, Singles Run, Pretty Deadly, "TOXIC!"
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What inspired Kit Wilson's catchy new theme song?
Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Vliet!
What a theme song. What a theme song. And me. And me. Thank you. It's been stuck in my head ever since I heard it.
Yeah, it's super catchy. That was what I was going for. That was what I was hoping for. I didn't think I realized how catchy it was going to be and how much it's kind of clicked on and sat with people. I'm not complaining.
How much input did you have into the song?
You know, so I ended up having a fair amount of input. I was pushing for new music when I kind of found out what the situation was going to be. And maybe I was going to go solo. I started messaging a lot saying I would love new music. Can I get new music? Then eventually I got into contact with Neil, I believe. And then he called me. We had a little discussion on the phone. He said, what kind of thing are you looking for? So I said, can I send you an email? Got off the phone and I started writing this email just with all my references, with all the songs I like, with all the ideas I had. lyrics, kind of the theme of it, the vibe of it. So I had so much I had. There's a Charlie XCX and Billie Eilish song called Guess, and that opens with a phone call.
Actually, there's no phone call, but it opens and it goes, hey, Billie, are you there? That I loved. I really wanted that. So that was my first thing. I wanted a phone call. I wanted a ring. I wanted to pick up. I wanted to take it. Are you there? I originally wanted an English voice, and I still would like to have it with an English voice. We're American for now, but I think we'll be okay with that. So that was a big one. We got that.
How much creative input did Kit Wilson have in his theme song?
And then there was just so many other influences. There's another Charli XCX song called Speed Drive, which I really liked. Jenny from Blackpink has a song called Like Jenny. That is very poppy. There's a lot of girly pop music at the moment that's come out that's just very catchy. It's very iconic. It's very chorus, chorus, chorus. Chapel Roan, Feminine Almanon, very good song. That was a big one I pushed for. There's also some Harry Styles influence. 1975 was a big band that I liked and Pretty Deadly actually used their song on the Indies for a theme. Which one? I love that band. Love Me. Yeah. And there's kind of a guitar riff in that we used to really like. And I feel like I can kind of hear that in this song.
And then what else do we have? What else do we have? Oh, Jade, who's a UK artist. I don't know if you know her. She's put out a fantastic album this year. She used to be in the band Little Mix. So there's just so many references there. I sent them all. I timestamped the bits that I liked, the choruses, the here, the here.
Oh, you were right into this.
Yeah, yeah. I'm always trying to give as much as I can. So as much of me is there. And then they came back, gave me the first draft. It sounded great. A few tweaks, a few tweaks, a few tweaks. And we kind of, I felt like we hit it, you know?
This is different from the story you hear from a lot of people where it's like, here's your song. They hit play and it's like, Okay. Like this was really collaborative for you.
Yeah. And again, I just wanted to put my best foot forward. I knew I wanted a female singer. I've always been big on that. Uh, And it just feels different. I wanted to make sure it was different. I wanted to make sure it was me. So as long as I had an opinion to give, I was going to give it.
So here's the thing. That song's been around now. You've had this theme song for a few months.
Yeah, a little bit.
People I don't feel like really heard it for the first time until that SmackDown match at the start of 2026 with Matt Cardona. Yeah, yeah. But you had had it for a few months before that.
Yeah, I feel like this character and this new iteration of Kit Wilson has kind of been brewing and we've been kind of like testing a few things, working on a few things. The theme song was one of those, you know, and we created the Tron. We had that loaded for a little bit of time, but I was doing those main event matches, the tapings before SmackDown, using the song, just kind of getting used to it, trying to figure out what my entrance was.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What inspired Kit Wilson's catchy new theme song?
0:00–1:45
2
How much creative input did Kit Wilson have in his theme song?
1:45–4:52
3
What challenges did Kit face during his solo run?
4:52–9:00
4
What was the experience of wrestling against Matt Cardona like?
9:00–11:49
5
How did Kit Wilson's character evolve in WWE?
11:49–18:55
6
What are Kit Wilson's thoughts on toxic masculinity in wrestling?
18:55–23:43
7
What plans does Kit have for a potential musical?
23:43–28:28
8
Who does Kit Wilson aspire to wrestle against in the future?
28:28–1:05:25
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