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Alaska Thunderfuck in 2013. Alaska competed on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, under the mononym Alaska instead of her full drag name Alaska Thunderfuck. [8] [16] She had previously auditioned for every season of the show, and filmed her audition tape for the fifth season while on a cruise paid for by Sharon Needles' Drag Race winnings.
The majority of the album was written during COVID-19 lockdowns. [4] In an interview with Thrillist, Alaska said that the album was inspired by the sounds of 1990s and 2000s music, citing Weezer, Aqua, Toni Braxton, and Britney Spears as specific touchpoints. [4]
In parallel with Alaska's cultural renaissance, crime began to grow in numerous pockets of Anchorage in the 1990s and 2000s. As was similarly the key influence in such genres as gangsta rap and hardcore hip-hop, artists such as 'Out Tha Cut (ODC)', 'Baydilla' or 'Joker the Bailbondsman' with ties to known drug traffickers began to see a flourishing first wave scene of underground hip-hop among ...
Drag legend Alaska Thunderfuck is bringing together a cast of unforgettable characters for a new musical!The cast recording of DRAG: The Musical (The Studio Recording) drops next week -- featuring ...
The song's title refers to ROYGBIV, an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up a rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet), plus the addition of "BBT" to represent black, brown and trans. [3] Alaska Thunderfuck co-wrote the song and said:
The album's title and the song "Puppet" refer to the "foul-mouthed" puppet Lil' Poundcake, a "deranged and angry" beauty pageant "competitor from hell" created by Alaska and Lineysha Sparx on the fifth season (episode "Draggle Rock") of RuPaul's Drag Race; [1] [2] Alaska later dressed like Lil' Poundcake on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and sold plush dolls of the character.
In his review for Noisey, John Hill simply stated "Anus is a really fucking good album." [12] In his list of "The Best and Worst Music of RuPaul's Drag Divas" for Pitchfork, Andy Emitt praised "Your Makeup Is Terrible", writing that "If any 'Drag Race' diva rivals the immaculate confection of "Supermodel (You Better Work)", it is Alaska Thunderfuck with 'Your Makeup Is Terrible'.
Drag: The Musical was originally released as a concept album written by Alaska Thunderfuck, Tomas Costanza, and Ash Gordon. [4] In May 2022, Drag: The Musical (Studio Cast Recording) was released, and featured Alaska Thunderfuck, Bob the Drag Queen, Divina de Campo, Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Lagoona Bloo, Peppermint, Monét X Change, Margaret Cho, Fortune Feimster, Michelle Visage, Max von Essen ...