ROY G BIV BBT explained
| ROY G BIV BBT |
| Cover: | ROY G BIV BBT, Alaska Thunderfuck.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alaska Thunderfuck |
| Length: | [1] |
| Label: | Producer Entertainment Group |
| Producer: | Thomas Costanza |
| Prev Title: | Let It Snow (Ivan and Peter Mix) |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | Red |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
"ROY G BIV BBT" is a song by Alaska Thunderfuck, released in 2021. The song has been described as a "pride anthem".[2] [3]
Background and composition
The song's title refers to ROYGBIV, an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up a rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet), plus the addition of "BBT" to represent black, brown and trans.[3] Alaska Thunderfuck co-wrote the song and said:
In an interview with High Times, Alaska said of the song and its origins:
Reception
Billboard Stephen Daw said Alaska "pulls out all the stops for a campy, funny, excellent Pride anthem you'll be bumping all the way through June".[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Alaska Thunderfuck: Roy G Biv Bbt . . . June 27, 2021 . June 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628010715/https://www.allmusic.com/album/roy-g-biv-bbt-mw0003531007 . live .
- GIROUX . JACK . Stoned and Chatty with Alaska Thunderfuck . . June 15, 2021 . June 27, 2021 . June 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210616220312/https://hightimes.com/culture/stoned-and-chatty-with-alaska-thunderfuck/ . live .
- Patterson . Denny . Alaska Thunderfuck Releases 2021 Pride Anthem . . May 25, 2021 . June 27, 2021 . May 25, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525150614/https://instinctmagazine.com/alaska-thunderfuck-releases-2021-pride-anthem/ . live .
- Daw . Stephen . First Out: New Music From Lil Nas X, Years & Years, K.Flay & More . . May 21, 2021 . June 27, 2021 . May 31, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210531020122/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9576160/first-out-lil-nas-x-years-years-k-flay/ . live .
