RSSJeffree Star Releases a Stinker
Dec 22
Music album review, drag 1 Comment
I made it through one track of Jeffree Star’s new EP release Cupcakes Taste Like Violence. Synthesized electro-pop crap, but at least the track Miss Boombox feels like pop music. But the second track Lollipop Luxury, turned me right off. Hypersexualized, offensive and decidedly not fun.
But in all fairness, I went back and kept on listening. The title track is not the worst song I have ever listened to, though it’s a blatant rip of Madonna’s Candy Shop without the slick production. Picture Perfect starts painfully, lacking melody and appeal but finds a little redemption somewhere in the middle. (But chipmunk vocals? Really?) And the most bizarre part is that the last few tracks are actually kind of catchy. Too bad you had to sit through the rest of it to get there.
Conclusion? Not nearly as much fun as Ru Paul, and not nearly as pretty as…well name any drag queen. And for that matter, not quirky as James St. James. Star may have made a name for herself on MySpace, but star power makes for a weak argument here.
