North West said in Dazed that she wants a regular job next year, and the one she named was Starbucks. The 13-year-old said she thinks she can do it when she turns 14, putting a very ordinary teen ambition next to a very public life.
Dazed autumn 2026 interview
“I still wanna work. I wanna work at, like, Starbucks next year. I think I can next year 'cause I'm gonna be 14, so... I think I can. I want to have a regular job, I guess.” That is the clearest line in the interview for the autumn 2026 issue of Dazed, and it gives the plan a simple timeline: now she is 13, and next year she expects to be old enough to start.
North West is the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, and she has already spent time around public performance rather than a normal after-school routine. Earlier this year she performed with Molly Santana at Rolling Loud festival in Orlando, Florida, after saying last year that she had been screaming at Santana’s set at Summer Smash. Those details make her wish for “a regular job” more than a casual comment; it is a deliberate shift toward ordinary work.
Starbucks and teen work rules
The practical question is not whether she wants the job, but whether the age line she named fits the rules that would govern it. North West tied her plan to turning 14, so the deciding factor next year would be whether the work she wants matches the minimum-age rules and schedule limits that apply to teenagers. A celebrity name does not change those rules; the job would still have to fit the same legal framework as any other teen role.
That is where the contrast gets sharper. Celebrity Net Worths says she has a $10 million fortune, yet she is describing a paycheck job in a place most readers know by its counter and registers, not by fame. The point is not that she needs the money. It is that she is publicly saying she wants the same first-job experience many teens chase for structure, a routine, and a little independence.
North West and regular work
Her comments also fit the broader picture of how she presents herself in public. In the same interview, she talked about music, rehearsing, and being seen, but the Starbucks line stands out because it is the most concrete future plan she named. If she does turn 14 next year, the story shifts from wish to logistics: whether the job is available, whether the schedule works, and whether the rules allow it.
For now, North West has done the easy part by saying it out loud. The harder part starts when next year arrives and ordinary work has to fit into an extraordinary life.
