"Tea Party" is a song by Estonian recording artist Kerli. It is featured on the album Almost Alice, a multi-artist compilation album which features music that is inspired by the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland released on March 2, 2010.Almost Alice debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and topping Billboard's Digital Albums and Soundtracks charts.

"Tea Party" was released as a single from the Almost Alice soundtrack through a maxi single featuring the song and six remixes that was released on June 15, 2010.

The music video, which is directed by Justin Harder, premiered on March 10, 2010.

Kerli stated she wanted to create something "psychedelic [and] twisted" and inspired by the Alice in Wonderland film.

Kerli stated it was intended that the song would never see its proper release as a single as she feels her upcoming second studio album is better and she "didn't want the label to fully go with something like 'Tea Party' as a single and then not push all the other stuff if 'Tea Party' didn't do everything they needed it to." However, a remix single was given a digital release on June 15, 2010.

USA Today gave "Tea Party" a positive review while criticizing the Almost Alice album as a whole, citing it as "curiously meek" and stating the album lacked an Alice in Wonderland theme with the exception of "Tea Party": a "bouncy, innuendo-packed slice of dance pop that will have parents wondering how it slipped past Disney censors."

About.com opined that the track "meld[s] the styles of Avril Lavigne and Lady Gaga for an energetic electro-pop number that seems uncharacteristic for her, despite how much fun it is."

The Houston Chronicle gave Almost Alice a negative review along with "Tea Party", saying the song could have "benefited from a more adventurous arrangement".

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