The ever social media-savvy Kim Kardashian has ensured that her eldest child, North West, is primed for world (or at least TikTok) domination.
Should North West stay the course she appears to be on—toward spotlight-stealing stardom, that is—the world best get ready.
But mom Kim Kardashian has had a front-row seat to the North show.
Because while 10 was a formative age for her, the kid has really doubled down on 11 when it comes to building her public profile—on her own terms.
“I like taking pictures of myself, but I don’t like when paparazzi do,” North explained to her mother during a recent exchange for Interview, featuring the child on the cover. “When I just woke up and there’s so much paparazzi, I’m like, ‘Yo, I’m going to sue you.’ If I’m ready, if I’m not tired, if my outfit’s good, I’m like, ‘Okay, I could take a picture.'”
Hmm, sounds like a certain Libra turning 44 on Oct. 21 whose personal brand-building operation remains unparalleled.
Aside from countless cameos on her sprawling family’s Instagram pages over the years, North has a considerable TikTok presence, thanks to the account she shares with her mom that boasts 19.2 million followers.
“She teaches me patience,” Kim quipped last year on The Kardashians of Saint, 8, Chicago, 6, and 5-year-old Psalm‘s big sister. “She has taught me a lot about life.”
Moreover, North’s already got multiple aliases, including a rap name—Miss Westie—and has said she’s planning to release an album called Elementary School Dropout, a nod to her dad Kanye West‘s seminal 2004 release The College Dropout. She’s not sure yet when her addition to the West family canon will be ready, only promising when a 13-year-old reporter caught up with her at the Rolling Loud California music festival in March that “it’s gonna be great.”
Because she also already has rapper swag.
And she appeared in a special production of The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl in May, so now she knows what a standing ovation feels like.
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“I like singing. Performing is my favorite,” North told i-D in October, listing rapper, basketball player (she plays hoops and loves a courtside Lakers game) and artist as future occupations she’d like to tackle.
You can also add business owner to the list. “One day,” North noted, “I want to own Yeezy and SKIMS,” her dad and mom’s respective companies.
Before that day comes, however, the tween doesn’t plan to just rely on her allowance to furnish her dreams.
“When I’m, like, 13, I want to walk dogs, to make money to buy art supplies,” North said, “because everything around here is so expensive.”
They grow up so fast.
But as evidenced by her ease in front of the camera and how preternaturally comfortable she appears out in public—enough to signal to photographers at a fashion show to quit paying so much attention to her so as not to take away from the clothes—North is on her way.
“I already do a lot of stuff that I want to be when I grow up,” she told her mom for Interview. “I just want to pursue my careers now.”
So before she goes off in a whole new direction, check out North’s mother-applauded sassiest moments:
