Alaska Thunderfuck Releases Stellar Dancepop Banger ‘Red’, Announces North American Tour and Upcoming Memoir

It’s not a cover of Cher anthem from Closer to the Truth but it’s a stellar original banger from Alaska Thunderfuck. The Drag Race icon releases Red a dancepop masterpiece that feels inspired by mid-noughties pop thanks to its sugary electronic production and Alaska’s emotive delivery.

Alaska co-writes with Andrea Rosario, Chester Krupa, Jay Stolar, JBACH, Jordan Palmer and Skyler Cocco. Also serving on production duty are Jordan Palmer, Chester Krupa, Skyler Cocco and Jay Stolar. The track is Alaska’s first taste of new music since her single ROY G BIV BBT which was released earlier this year.

Red will be forming part of a new studio album for Alaska whose releases have always impressed – from the high camp electronic pop of Anus to the plethora of pop masterpieces on her Poundcake album. Alaska’s most recent studio album was 2018’s Vagina. The full album Red 4 Filth will be arriving early 2022.

Alaska shared: “Red is the color of blood, and the heart, and the color of love. This song and this album are dedicated to the time when I first fell in love with music — around the turning of the century. We’re drawing upon the sounds and textures of the 90s and early 2000s, with pop songs that are about love and friendship. I love the music and I can’t wait to share it with you all.”

Alaska will also be embarking on a 2022 tour of North America, the dates of which you can see below. The ever busy drag superstar will also be celebrating the release of her autobiography My Name’s Yours, What’s Alaska?: A Memoir on November 9, 2021. On the upcoming tell-all, Alaska notes: “People have often asked me, ‘Alaska- if you were to ever write a book, what would it be about?’ The answer is simple- It would be about me, of course. In this book I plan to tell the T, the whole T, and nothing but the T— so help me Goddess. In telling my life story, from my birth until now, I hope to invite you into my world, to set the record straight, and to inspire the children of the world. Because if a poor skinny queer boy from Erie, Pennsylvania can grow up to be an extra-terrestrial starlet of stage and screen, then truly anus-thing is possible.”

Stream Red above and keep up with Alaska’s upcoming musical releases here.

Tour Dates

JAN 19 – ORLANDO, FL – SOUNDBAR

JAN 20 – TAMPA, FL – CROWBAR

JAN 21 – ATLANTA, GA – HELL AT MASQUERADE

JAN 22 – WASHINGTON, DC – HOWARD THEATRE

JAN 23 – CHARLOTTE, NC – NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE

JAN 26 – RICHMOND, VA – CANAL CLUB

JAN 27 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – FOUNDRY AT FILLMORE

JAN 28 – NEW YORK, NY – SONY HALL

JAN 29 – BOSTON, MA – BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL

JAN 30 – HAMDEN, CT – SPACE BALLROOM

FEB 3 – TORONTO, ON – LEE’S PALACE

FEB 4 – DETROIT, MI – MAGIC STICK

FEB 5 – CHICAGO, IL – LINCOLN HALL

FEB 6 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN – IRVING THEATRE

FEB 9 – DES MOINES, IA – WOOLY’S

FEB 10 – MILWAUKEE, WI – MIRAMAR THEATRE

FEB 11 – KANSAS CITY, MO – RECORDBAR

FEB 13 – ST. LOUIS, MO – RED FLAG

FEB 17 – TULSA, OK – VANGUARD

FEB 18 – OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – TOWER THEATRE

FEB 19 – AUSTIN, TX – 3TEN AT ACL LIVE (EARLY)

FEB 19 – AUSTIN, TX – 3TEN AT ACL LIVE (LATE)

FEB 20 – DALLAS, TX – TREES

FEB 24 – PHOENIX, AZ – CRESCENT BALLROOM

FEB 25 – SAN DIEGO, CA – HOUSE OF BLUES

FEB 26 – LOS ANGELES, CA – THE BELASCO THEATRE

MAR 3 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – THE INDEPENDENT

MAR 4 – PORTLAND, OR – HAWTHORNE THEATRE

MAR 5 – SEATTLE, WA – NEUMOS

MAR 6 – VANCOUVER, BC – HOLLYWOOD THEATRE

MAR 11 – SALT LAKE CITY, UT – SOUNDWELL

MAR 12 – BOULDER, CO – FOX THEATRE

MAR 13 – DENVER, CO – THE BLUEBIRD