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| Released | January 7, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
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| Length | 30:12 | |||
| Label | RuCo Inc. The Orchard | |||
| Producer | Skeltal Ki | |||
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Mamaru is the fourteenth studio album by American singer anddrag queenRuPaul, released on January 7, 2022.[2] The album was released on the same day as the premiere of thefourteenth season ofRuPaul's Drag Race.[3] The song "Catwalk" and "Just What They Want" were used during the runway presentations segment of the show.
"Blame It on the Edit" was released as the first single on October 8, 2021, preceding the album's release.[4][5] A music video was released alongside the single, directed by Weston Allen.[6] On April 1, 2023, a remix featuring the top four finalists fromRuPaul's Drag Race season 15 was released.
On November 5, 2021, "Just What They Want" was released as the second single from the album with a lyric video.[7]
On December 2, 2021, the third single, "Catwalk" was released from the album. On April 9, 2022, a remix featuring the top five finalists fromRuPaul's Drag Race season 14 was released.
Stephen Daw ofBillboard wrote, "ThroughoutMamaru, the 'Supermodel' star delivers what fans have come to expect from her — fun, danceable singles that are made for you to strut to. Some songs like 'Blame It on the Edit', 'Queendom' and 'Pretty Pretty Gang Gang' see Ru leaning into a slightly edgier, updatedhip-hop sound, but others like 'Catwalk' see the star capitalizing on the pop that made her a superstar."[8] Ian Fredrickson ofThe Daily Californian gave the album a 3.5 out of 5, and wrote that "Mamaru shows audiences young and old that RuPaul is still in her prime nearly half a century into her career. Incredibly fun to listen to — with some tracks definitively worth putting on your hype playlist — the album is impressive even with its occasional blunders."[9]
Reanna Cruz ofNPR wrote that the album is the "final death knell ofbubblegumhyperpop. Throughout the thirty-minute record, Ru somehow manages to commodify and repackage the sounds of almost every single musician who has made an impact onqueer internet communities over the past several years, including but not limited toCharli XCX,Shygirl,Kim Petras,Namasenda and the lateSophie, who is rolling in her grave at the familiar fruit production on a song named 'Pretty Pretty Gang Gang'."[1]
The album won the 2022WOWIE Stream Queen Award for Best Album, presented atRuPaul's DragCon LA.[10]
All tracks are written by RuPaul Charles and Frederick Miñano.
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just What They Want" | Skeltal Ki | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Catwalk" (featuring Skeltal Ki) | Skeltal Ki | 2:55 |
| 3. | "Smile" | 2:37 | |
| 4. | "Fascination" | 2:44 | |
| 5. | "Blame It on the Edit" | Skeltal Ki | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Who Is She" | 3:06 | |
| 7. | "Pretty Pretty Gang Gang" | 2:56 | |
| 8. | "Mother of the House" | 3:29 | |
| 9. | "Catwalk" (Reprise) | 2:45 | |
| 10. | "Queendom" | 3:26 | |
| Total length: | 30:12 | ||
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