Modern mermaid of the music industry
Lagoona Bloo is one of the most iconic pop/electronic acts to appear in New York’s recent music scene. She is a recording artist and drag queen who just released her first studio album Underwater Bubble Pop. The stage name Lagoona Bloo takes inspiration from Lagoona Blue, a “Monster High” character born of a sea monster father and ocean nymph mother. “Monster High” is like a drag multiverse where Bloo turns Blue. In our universe, artists and performers, like Lagoona Bloo, bring mythical creatures to life and create an even bigger fandom of fantasy.
Each song on the record Underwater Bubble Pop gives bad bitch energy and Bloo is the number one hype woman. Her mermaid aesthetic, ocean god album art and underwater-themed lyrics, reveal a magical tone to her artistry. Like a siren, she is vocally commanding and therefore irresistible to all. In the multilingual track “La Sirena,” Bloo uses Spanish and English as a way of displaying her alluring powers and dueling verbal enchantments, “Mistress of the ocean / Effortless seduction.”
The album opens with “TMFO,” an acronym revealed in the hook “I’m The MotherFuckin’ One.” Bloo chants this confidence booster over a pulsing drum beat, a running bassline, and a shiny synthesizer. She has a captivating way of expressing her divine femininity and connecting her soul to that of the earth. Typically it’s through oceanic metaphors and self-love, “Heart of the ocean, aquamarine. One in a million, nobody got it but me / I shine like crazy, sapphire Bloo. Turn up the glow, yeah I am the show.”
In contrast to the country song “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” by Big & Rich, Bloo opens her title track with a more fluid twist, “Save a seahorse, ride a mermaid.” This reverberating discotech anthem uses bubbly sound effects and erotic lyrics. It is followed by “Toys,” another song that has a playful title but a deeper sexual agenda, “I don’t need a boy, I’ll just use my toys.” Both tracks rely on a heavy bass to create danceable vibrations that swallow the listener whole.
Another character is revealed in track five, “Elle Woods.” Bloo compares herself to the classic girl boss blonde played by Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 movie “Legally Blonde.” Bloo’s lyrics weave in movie references, “Cuz I give it to ‘em like a ‘bend ‘n snap’,” and channel the Elle Woods persona, “It’s my blonde moment yeah / I’mma run my business, I don’t need a witness. Working on my fitness, no one can resist this.”
Bloo collaborates with Alaska Thunderfuck, another famous American drag Queen, for a cover of “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” by Vengaboys. The album comes to an end with two Spanish re-recordings: “Toys (Spanglish Version)” and “Burbuja Pop,” a Spanish version of “Underwater Bubble Pop.” Her ability to sing these songs seamlessly in both languages helps to expand her fan base. As she says, they’re all “surf[ing] on my wave.”
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