Bad Girls

Party Pupils & Kaleena Zanders

Release: December 4, 2026  ·  Single  ·  Electronic / House

Milk & Honey Records c/o The Orchard

Yacht House pioneer Party Pupils and powerhouse vocalist and DJ Kaleena Zanders join forces on a groovy re-work of Donna Summer’s iconic “Bad Girls.” Party Pupils has a Las Vegas residency with Tao Group. Kaleena Zanders sings on records by GRiZ, Breathe Carolina & Dropgun and Chris Lake, and DJs at festivals including EDC Las Vegas and Outside Lands. The two first worked together on “Me Without U” in 2022.

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Overview

The original “Bad Girls” was a Billboard Hot 100 #1 for Donna Summer in 1979. This version keeps the song and puts it on a four-on-the-floor house beat, in the style of Party Pupils’ other reworks. Kaleena Zanders sings the full vocal, so it is a new recording of the song rather than a sample.

Party Pupils’ reworks of Christopher Cross, The Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, KC & The Sunshine Band and Looking Glass have done well on TikTok, Instagram and Spotify, and he has released a single with Mayer Hawthorne. “Bad Girls” is a song most listeners already know, which suits both dance playlists and broader feel-good playlists.

Party Pupils has 677K monthly listeners, 252K Instagram followers and 55M+ views across Instagram and TikTok in the past 12 months. He has sold out shows in major markets this year and plays Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Florida in November. Kaleena Zanders has 591K monthly listeners and features with GRiZ, Breathe Carolina & Dropgun, Shift K3Y and Sunday Scaries, and plays Breakaway Houston on November 13.

Similar Songs

Each pick comes from an artist on Party Pupils’ “Fans also like” list on Spotify, and each one reworks a soul, disco or dance classic, as “Bad Girls” does.

• ABC (Disco Dom Refunk)  The Jackson 5, Disco Dom, Dombresky: Jackson 5 refunk, co-produced by Dombresky.
• More Than A Woman (SG’s Paradise Edit)  Bee Gees, SG Lewis: a Bee Gees re-edit from an artist with 4.3M monthly listeners.
• Feeling Good (Austin Millz Remix)  Nina Simone, Austin Millz: Nina Simone reworked as a house record.
• Gypsy Woman  Stolen Gin, ADLR, Different Hits: a rework of the 1991 Crystal Waters hit.
• Sunshine (My Girl)  Wuki: his most-played track on Spotify.

Spotify for Artists Pitch

Playlist Targets

Marketing At A Glance

• TikTok UGC campaign (primary): creators get the song before release and post videos using the “Bad Girls” hook through release week.
• Pulse Agency ad campaign (primary): paid ads aimed at Spotify saves and streams, with spend increased on the ads that perform best.
• Instagram Collab posts: at least two joint posts from Party Pupils and Kaleena Zanders.
• Organic short form: regular posts on Party Pupils’ accounts (252K Instagram, 93K TikTok) before and after release.
• Live: Party Pupils’ Tao Group residency in Las Vegas and November dates in Los Angeles and Florida; Kaleena Zanders at Breakaway Houston on November 13.
• Editorial and UGC playlist pitching: the targets above, plus independent playlist curators.
• Budget: $15,000 marketing fund committed

About Party Pupils

Party Pupils is a DJ and producer who started the Yacht House sound: house remixes of yacht rock, disco and soul songs. His remixes of “Ride Like The Wind” by Christopher Cross, “What A Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers and “I Can’t Go For That” by Hall & Oates went viral and brought those songs to dance music audiences.

He released “Baby Come Back” with Mayer Hawthorne and official remixes of KC & The Sunshine Band’s “That’s The Way” and Looking Glass’ “Brandy,” and has more remixes that have gone viral before release coming out officially. Since early 2026 he has sold out shows in major markets, signed a Las Vegas residency with Tao Group, and is booking larger venues through 2027.

About Kaleena Zanders

Kaleena Zanders is a vocalist, songwriter and DJ from San Jose, now based in Los Angeles. Her grandmother was a choir leader, singer and pianist, and gospel is the root of her singing. She has sung on records with Chris Lake, AC Slater, Loud Luxury, GRiZ (“Nobody Else”), Sunday Scaries (“Dance No More”), Breathe Carolina & Dropgun (“Rhythm Is A Dancer”) and Shift K3Y (“V I B R A T I O N”).

She taught herself to DJ and now sings live over her own sets, with dates at EDC Las Vegas, Beyond Wonderland and Outside Lands. Her song “Stronger Than I’ve Ever Been” ran in a Toyota ad during Super Bowl LII. She has worked with the Ad Council, GLAAD and Best Buddies, and released the album Anything Goes in 2026.

Socials & Streaming

Party Pupils

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4F61H4lx1js4wtWfb2Rfnt
• Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/party-pupils/1158467787
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/partypupils/
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@partypupils
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChj1ghUTWfOzQVTpl0fXaOg

Kaleena Zanders

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Sz2jslaxjcw2VM5zYh2jK
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaleenazanders/
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kaleenazanders

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