Trixie Mattel.Photo: Bird Lambro
Trixie Mattelis channeling Billie Jean King in her new music video.
“I wanted this song to be a fun little ditty, like The Strokes-meets-the story of Loretta Lynn,” the musician said in a press release of the guitar-heavy rock tune, which serves as the latest single from Mattel’s upcoming double album,The Blonde & Pink Albums.
“You took the dizzy road to love / All in, worse or for better / You can go again, c’mon Loretta,” Mattel sings on the upbeat track, which lyrically tells a story of a woman named Loretta who chooses to remain with a romantic partner who’s more focused on drinking alcohol than paying attention to her. “Singing songs about running the show / But your heart will never let him go.”
“For the video, I really wanted to give a nod to women’s tennis, something I discovered and fell in love with on a very hungover day,” Mattel said of the clip, which ends with her celebrating the win as her opponent bleeds out on the court. “Sometimes the best ideas come from a hangover!”
Trixie Mattel.Bird Lambro/PEG
Set for a June release through PEG Records,The Blonde & Pink Albumswill mark Mattel’s fourth full-length studio album following 2017’sTwo Birds, 2018’sOne Stone, and 2020’sBarbara. “C’mon Loretta” joins previously released songs “Hello Hello” and “This Town” featuring Americana musician Shakey Graves on the double album’s 14-song tracklist, which will also include a collaboration with pop-rock musician Michelle Branch titled “White Rabbit.”
Around the release ofBarbara, Mattel spoke to PEOPLE about stepping into the unexpected genres of rock and country as a drag performer. “I wanted to be a musician long before I wanted to be a drag queen,” said the formerRuPaul’s Drag Racestar and Wisconsin native. “I was 12, in the country, playing a guitar thinking I was a musician. Now, sometimes I forget I’m a drag queen — I just feel like a performer.”
“I know that drag queen music isn’t traditionally the best quality. I hate to say it, but every record I do, I have to think about people whose instinct is to discount my work because I like cross-dressing,” she said at the time. “‘How are they going to hear this?’ And where are the parts in the record where I’m going to let them see behind the curtain with this little proof that like, ‘Oh wow, there’s actually some musicianship in here.'”
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source: people.com
