This Drag Race UK challenge single, starring Season 2’s funniest queens, became an unlikely Top 40 hit in England, in part because it was written to be a campy spoof of the perfect Eurovision song: ridiculous, super-fun, and so stupidly catchy you’ll be slamming your face against the wall weeks later, trying to get the “bing bang bongs” and the “sing sang songs” out of your head.
Trixie Mattel: “Jackson” [ft. Orville Peck] (2021)
Trixie, a beloved talk show host and make-up magnate with doll paint on her eyelids and a neon yellow wig, is also renowned as a music star, releasing four lyrically beautiful albums that range from country to pop-punk. Duetting with secret babe Orville Peck on “Jackson,” she transforms into a bombastic June Carter Cash to Peck’s Johnny, approximating an exasperated partner in a dead-end marriage whose man keeps threatening to have a wild weekend in Mississippi. Their harmonies are like coffee and cigarettes, the upright bass is motoring, and Trixie’s wig is big as hell.
Yvie Oddly: “Hype” [ft. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo] (2020)
The internet knows Miss Vanjie well for her major meme moment—when she exited Drag Race mewling her name like a confused cat—and Yvie is famous for their breathtaking looks, astonishing body contortionism, and once posting their baby leg on Twitter (not necessarily in that order). Together, they somehow made an undeniable, pussy-popping, NOLA bounce-tinged, West Coast joint—despite the fact that neither is from NOLA or the West Coast (Yvie’s from Denver, Vanjie’s from Tampa).
Vanjie’s musical output is sadly slim despite having one of the most distinct voices and funniest styles in the drag world. But Yvie’s got a new album forthcoming entitled Yo, including songs with Cakes da Killa and Wreckno. The first single, “Topsy Turvy,” is a tweaked bass track on which Yvie leaves their admirers with a useful piece of advice: “Met your dad, he wanna kiss me… If he do, he better tip me.”
