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Drawing upon her love of '60s- and '70s-style power pop, drag star
dives into the ebullient, escapist fun of her 2022 double-LP
. Long before rising to fame as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2018,
(aka
) was an aspiring singer/songwriter with a sound steeped in '90s acoustic pop, country, and early-2000s alt-rock. As a drag performer,
has made music an integral aspect of her work, juxtaposing her high-camp visual style with her knack for folky, country-tinged balladry, as on 2020's
and 2018's
. While there are certainly folky acoustic moments here,
is primarily a burst of pure guitar-pop, unapologetically evoking the infectious rock and new wave of iconic groups like
,
, and
.
explicitly underlines the influences with a faithful cover of
's classic "I Want You to Want Me," one that doesn't so much reinvent the song as re-frame it, pulling it into
's aesthetic and transforming it into an anthem for drag queen empowerment. It's a wry trick she pulls off from the start with her own "Goner," a breezy, '90s-meets-'70s acoustic pop anthem in the
fashion that celebrates the cheeky, can-do drag queen pageant attitude.
sings, "She's so hypnotizing/She's so stunning/She's out here monetizing, oh honey hi/Guess I never really sawâ??itâ??coming/She got theâ??game again, so stunning." Equally engaging tracks follow, including "Boyfriend," "C'Mon Loretta," and "Love You in Hi-Fi."
also pairs with singer
for the twangy "White Rabbit'' and dips back into her folky roots on "This Town" with
. Part of
's appeal is that while her drag style is often over-the-top high-concept glam, her music is charmingly straightforward and
are hooky, sugar-coated pop fun. ~ Matt Collar