Vagina

Vagina is the third studio album by American drag performer Alaska Thunderfuck, released by Producer Entertainment Group on May 24, 2019. The album's surprise release was announced by Alaska in a television advertisement which aired during the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. The album's songs were then heavily promoted in her appearance at RuPaul's DragCon LA and during the debut of her new drag pageant. The song "Cellulite" features rapper Big Dipper, and music producers Jodie Harsh and Ellis Miah each contributed to a track. The album reached a peak position of number two on Billboard Comedy Albums chart. Development and composition Vagina is Alaska Thunderfuck's third studio album, following her debut Anus (2015) and follow-up Poundcake (2016). She wrote some of the music in a cabin in the woods while also collaborating with Jeremy Mikush for their 2018 studio album Amethyst Journey, as musical duo Alaska and Jeremy. Alaska titled the album Vagina in keeping with a theme of "movement through the chakras of the body". She stated that there was no alternative to the title: "I'm just personally much more into vaginas than I am into dicks – I think they're prettier. So we called it that." Alaska had wanted to name her second album 'Vagina', but the title didn't match the songs. She has also said of the title: In contrast to Alaska's previous albums, Vagina does not feature fellow RuPaul's Drag Race alumnae as guests. Tomas Costanza co-wrote several tracks. Rapper Big Dipper is featured on the track "Cellulite", and record producers Jodie Harsh and Ellis Miah contributed to "Drip" and "Snaked", respectively. Alaska stated that Vagina is "a return to form" of her earlier work, with "Hard electronic beats, songs about taboo body parts and lewd sexual acts, some total nonsense, and of course lots and lots of swear words." She expressed faith that listeners would absorb the deeper meaning through the "filth and frivolity" of the lyrics. She told Digital Spy the album's content is about "getting wasted and body parts that you can't talk about on TV" because "I love those things". Alaska has dedicated the title track "to all women everywhere – whether they have a vagina or not". The song "Pride" reportedly "held a lot of resonance" with Alaska, who called the LGBT movement "essential".