Listen to Trixie Mattel’s infectious new summer single Malibu

24th January 2020

Albert Sanchez

If Trixie Mattel says it’s summer, IT’S SUMMER.

This week, the Drag Racer and winner of All Stars 3 made her music industry comeback with the infectious surf-rock anthem Malibu, which serves as the lead single from her highly-anticipated third studio album, Barbara.

“Take your time, everybody says so, you’ll be fine when you learn to move slow,” the country-pop drag superstar sings on the track. “How did I lose it at the intro? Take me, I wanna go… Malibu. To me and you in Malibu.”

Barbara, which is a reference to the original name of Barbie, will be released 7 February 2020.

Trixie wrote six out of the eight songs; one was contributed by Ashley Levy of the Blah Blah Blahs and the other is a cover of Stranger by Lavender Country (their debut album is the first known gay-themed album in country music).

“A decade of being Trixie has me looking back at my initial sketches of her with freshly painted-on eyes,” she said. “She’s still the plastic paragon I’ve always imagined; a Malibu-mod fashion doll with a darkened wit – but now there’s more.”

On 5 February, Trixie will embark on the Trixie Mattel: Grown Up tour in support of the album, which was made available for pre-order earlier this week. Check out the album cover and tracklist for Barbara below.