My Agenda

{{Short description|2020 studio album by Dorian Electra}}

{{Use American English|date=November 2022}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox album

| name = My Agenda

| type = studio

| artist = Dorian Electra

| cover = my agenda dorian electra.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 16, 2020

| recorded = January–September 2020

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 25:10

| producer =

| prev_title = Flamboyant

| prev_year = 2019

| next_title = Fanfare

| next_year = 2023

| misc = {{Singles

| name = My Agenda

| type = studio

| single1 = Sorry Bro (I Love You)

| single1date = May 19, 2020

| single2 = Give Great Thanks

| single2date = July 23, 2020

| single3 = Gentleman

| single3date = August 13, 2020

| single4 = M'Lady

| single4date = August 13, 2020

| single5 = Edgelord

| single5date = September 25, 2020

| single6 = My Agenda

| single6date = October 15, 2020

| single7 = Ram It Down

| single7date = May 14, 2021{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DORIANELECTRA/status/1315699339063246849|title=Dorian Electra on Twitter: "The title track of my new project "My Agenda" (feat. Village People & Pussy Riot) drops this Thursday 10/15."|via=Twitter|access-date=October 13, 2020}}

}}

{{Singles

| name = My Agenda (Deluxe)

| type = studio

| single8 = M'Lady (S3RL remix)

| single8date = August 9, 2021

| single9 = Gentleman (d0llywood1 remix)

| single9date = September 22, 2021

| single10 = Barbie Boy (ElyOtto remix)

| single10date = October 7, 2021

| single11 = Iron Fist (Alice Glass remix)

| single11date = October 15, 2021

| single12 = My Agenda (Anamanaguchi remix)

| single12date = January 25, 2022

}}

}}

My Agenda is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Dorian Electra, released on October 16, 2020. Promoted by the singles "Sorry Bro (I Love You)", "Give Great Thanks", "Gentleman", "M'Lady", "Edgelord", and the title track, the full project was revealed on September 21, 2020. The album features appearances from Rebecca Black, Faris Badwan, Pussy Riot, Village People, The Garden, Dylan Brady, Clarence Clarity and Quay Dash among others.

A deluxe edition containing seven remixes and four new songs was released on November 5, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://dorianelectra.bandcamp.com/album/my-agenda-deluxe?from=fanpub_fnb|title=My Agenda (Deluxe) by Dorian Electra|website=Bandcamp|access-date=August 10, 2021}}

Background and composition

The album was conceived mostly during two writing sessions with Count Baldor and Dylan Brady, one in Las Vegas and another in a castle in Barnstaple. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Electra recorded most of the vocals in a home studio.

My Agenda is a hyperpop, experimental pop, protest-pop, pop, nu metal, and dubstep album that features elements of heavy metal, glitch pop, techno, baroque pop, trance, bubblegum bass, EDM, happy hardcore, gregorian chant, deconstructed club, trap, hardstyle, shock rock, Europop, hardcore, and viking metal.{{cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/dorian-electra-agenda-interview|title=Dorian Electra's "Agenda" is Full of Experimental Pop Mischief|last=Pilley|first=Max|website=Bandcamp Daily|date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 16, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/81900/dorian-electras-my-agenda-feature/|title=On Their New Album, Dorian Electra's Agenda Is to Make You Think|last=Irvin|first=Jack|website=Flood|date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 16, 2020}}

The album is a concept album about toxic masculinity and incels as seen "through a queer lens".{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2020/09/22/dorian-electra-new-project-my-agenda|title=Dorian Electra Announces New Project 'My Agenda'|website=DIY|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=September 22, 2020}} The title of My Agenda is a reference to the "gay agenda" and the title song is written "from the perspective of a conspiracy theorist who is watching their country being taken over by a gay dictator".{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/dorian-electra-my-agenda-village-people-pussy-riot/|title=Dorian Electra's 'My Agenda' With Village People And Pussy Riot Is A Dizzying Celebration Of Identity|last=Droke|first=Carolyn|website=Uproxx|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=October 17, 2020}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = American Songwriter

| rev1score = 5/5{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/my-agenda-by-dorian-electra-album-review/|title=Dorian Electra Drives Home 'My Agenda' With Brilliant Hyperpop Songwriting|last=Vitagliano|first=Joe|website=American Songwriter|date=October 14, 2020|access-date=October 16, 2020}}

| rev2 = The Line of Best Fit

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/dorian-electra-my-agenda-album-review|title=A meticulously crafted call to arms, My Agenda is Dorian Electra demanding to be heard|last=Foulds|first=Callum|website=The Line of Best fit|date=October 14, 2020|access-date=October 16, 2020}}

| rev3 = Loud and Quiet

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/dorian-electra-my-agenda/|title=Dorian Electra - My Agenda|last=Butchard|first=Skye|website=Loud and Quiet|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=October 16, 2020}}

| rev4 = The Observer

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Cragg |first=Michael |date=18 October 2022 |title=Dorian Electra: My Agenda review – frenetic, pummelling protest-pop |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/18/dorian-electra-my-agenda-review-frenetic-pummelling-protest-pop |work=The Observer |access-date=9 November 2022}}

| rev5 = Spectrum Culture

| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://spectrumculture.com/2020/10/27/dorian-electra-my-agenda-review/|title=Dorian Electra: My Agenda|last=Stremfel|first=Thomas|website=Spectrum Culture|date=October 28, 2020|access-date=October 29, 2020}}

}}

My Agenda received mostly positive reviews from music critics. American Songwriter praised My Agenda, giving the project five stars. Commenting on the record's ability to blend political themes, musical experimentation, and pop hooks, the publication noted that "Electra presents a mosaic look on today's cultural confusion while retaining a sense of fun. For example, the project's lead single, 'Sorry Bro (I Love You)', plays with themes of sexuality and gender in a normalizing way that presents homoeroticism as something cute and fun, as opposed to shameful."{{cite web |last1=Vitagliano |first1=Joe |title=Dorian Electra Proclaims Their Agenda |url=https://americansongwriter.com/dorian-electra-proclaims-their-agenda/ |website=American Songwriter |date=16 October 2020 |access-date=16 October 2020}}

The album was ranked as the 48th best album of 2020 by Uproxx and the 16th best by Flood.{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2020-list/|title=The Best Albums Of 2020|website=Uproxx|date=1 December 2020|access-date=4 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201224443/https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2020-list/|archive-date=1 December 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/83287/the-best-albums-of-2020/|title=The Best Albums of 2020|work=Flood|author=Flood Staff|date=December 6, 2020|access-date=December 30, 2020}} The title track was included on Billboard{{'s}} list of the best LGBTQ songs of 2020.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9497380/best-lgbtq-songs-2020/|title= The 25 Best LGBTQ Songs of 2020: Staff Picks|author=Billboard Staff|magazine=Billboard|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = F the World

| note1 = featuring The Garden, Quay Dash, and d0llywood1

| writer1 = {{hlist|Dorian Electra|Count Baldor|Dylan Brady|Mood Killer|The Garden|Quay Dash|d0llywood1}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Count Baldor|Brady|Lars Stalfors|Umru|d0llywood1}}

| length1 = 3:27

| title2 = My Agenda

| note2 = featuring Village People and Pussy Riot

| writer2 = {{hlist|Electra|Weston Allen|Pussy Riot|Village People}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Count Baldor|Will Vaughan}}

| length2 = 2:51

| title3 = Gentleman

| writer3 = {{hlist|Electra|Count Baldor|Brady|Mood Killer}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Count Baldor|Brady|}}

| length3 = 1:42

| title4 = M'Lady

| writer4 = {{hlist|Electra|Count Baldor|Sega Bodega|Vaughan}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Count Baldor|Vaughan|Sega Bodega}}

| length4 = 1:28

| title5 = Iron Fist

| note5 = featuring Faris Badwan

| writer5 = {{hlist|Electra|Faris Badwan|Mood Killer}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Clarence Clarity|Count Baldor|Umru}}

| length5 = 2:30

| title6 = Barbie Boy

| note6 = featuring Sega Bodega

| writer6 = {{hlist|Electra|Sega Bodega}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Count Baldor|Sega Bodega}}

| length6 = 2:49

| title7 = Sorry Bro (I Love You)

| writer7 = {{hlist|Electra|Mood Killer}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Count Baldor|Brady}}

| length7 = 1:27

| title8 = Monk Mode

| note8 = Interlude) (featuring Gaylord

| writer8 = {{hlist|Electra|Brady|Gaylord}}

| extra8 = Brady

| length8 = 1:06

| title9 = Edgelord

| note9 = featuring Rebecca Black

| writer9 = {{hlist|Electra|Full Tac|Rebecca Black|Umru|Allen}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Full Tac|Umru}}

| length9 = 2:11

| title10 = Ram It Down

| note10 = featuring Mood Killer, Lil Mariko and Lil Texas

| writer10 = {{hlist|Electra|Chris Greatti|Lil Mariko|Lil Texas|Mood Killer|Zakk Cervini}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Greatti|Lil Texas|Mood Killer|Cervini}}

| length10 = 2:32

| title11 = Give Great Thanks

| writer11 = {{hlist|Electra|Socialchair}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Clarence Clarity|Socialchair|Umru}}

| length11 = 3:07

| total_length = 25:10

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = My Agenda (Deluxe) track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title12 = My Agenda

| note12 = Anamanaguchi Remix) (featuring Village People and Pussy Riot

| writer12 =

| extra12 =

| length12 = 2:37

| title13 = Gentleman

| note13 = d0llywood1 Remix) (featuring Danny Brown

| writer13 = {{hlist|Electra|Count Baldor|Brady|Mood Killer|d0llywood1|Danny Brown}}

| extra13 =

| length13 = 1:54

| title14 = M'Lady

| note14 = S3RL Remix) (featuring Kero Kero Bonito

| writer14 = {{hlist|Electra|Count Baldor|Sega Bodega|Vaughan}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Count Baldor|Vaughan|Sega Bodega}}

| length14 = 2:35

| title15 = Iron Fist

| note15 = Alice Glass Remix) (featuring Faris Badawan

| writer15 = {{hlist|Alice Glass|Electra|Faris Badwan|Mood Killer}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Clarence Clarity|Count Baldor|Umru|Alice Glass|Jupiter Keyes}}

| length15 = 3:17

| title16 = Edgelord

| note16 = Johann Sebastian Bach Remix) (featuring The Joker, Savage Ga$p and Rebecca Black

| writer16 =

| extra16 =

| length16 = 3:05

| title17 = Barbie Boy

| note17 = ElyOtto Remix

| writer17 =

| extra17 =

| length17 = 2:48

| title18 = Crusader

| writer18 = {{hlist|Electra|Donatachi}}

| extra18 = Donatachi

| length18 = 2:50

| title19 = Strapping Young Lads

| writer19 = {{hlist|Electra|Clarity|Count Baldor}}

| extra19 = {{hlist|Clarity|Count Baldor}}

| length19 = 3:00

| title20 = 1 Pill 2 Pill

| writer20 = {{hlist|Electra|Sega Bodega}}

| extra20 = Sega Bodega

| length20 = 1:39

| title21 = Chainmail

| writer21 = {{hlist|Sega Bodega|Count Baldor|Vaughan}}

| extra21 = {{hlist|Vaughan|Allen|Electra|Count Baldor}}

| length21 = 3:23

| title22 = Give Great Thanks

| note22 = Count Baldor Version

| writer22 =

| extra22 =

| length22 = 2:33

| title23 = F the World

| note23 = Acoustic

| writer23 =

| extra23 =

| length23 = 2:56

| total_length = 58:31

}}

Release history

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| October 16, 2020

| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| rowspan="3"|Original

| rowspan="5" |Self-released

|

January 2021

| LP

|{{cite web|url=https://thehyv.shop/products/my-agenda-vinyl?variant=32486634422346|title=MY AGENDA VINYL - CLEAR|website=The Hyv|access-date=August 10, 2021}}

April 2, 2021

| CD

|{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DORIANELECTRA/status/1378015562249371649|title=Dorian Electra on Twitter: "just dropped a very limited run of CDs of Flamboyant and My Agenda for the first time ever. Signed copies available for 24 hours only"|website=Twitter|access-date=August 10, 2021}}

November 5, 2021

| {{hlist|LP|digital download|streaming}}

| rowspan="2" | Deluxe

| {{cite web|url=https://store.dorianelectra.com/|title=MY AGENDA (DELUXE)|website=Dorian Electra|access-date=August 11, 2021}}

February 7, 2022

|CD

| {{cite web|title=Dorian Electra on Twitter: "u asked for it😳...My Agenda (Deluxe) game edition. available at the merch booth on tour & available online tomorrow" |url=https://twitter.com/DORIANELECTRA/status/1490771775155810304 |website=Twitter |access-date=13 February 2025}}

References