Sasha Velour's "Pirate Jenny"

[@ChrisPriceforhumanrights]

I kinda want a Velour Opera. I think Sasha could handle the gesamtkunstwerk of it all.

[@Lunac12]

yes, with torgy thor!

[@classy3601]

Is "Gesamtkunstwerk" a commonly used word in english?

[@aeris44]

Classy Oh no, she just had a heart attack in the middle of typing out her sentence. It happens.

[@classy3601]

​@@aeris44 I'm german, so is the word "Gesamtkunstwerk" and I was curious. Not everyone on the Internet grew up speaking english, so I thougt it could be denglish. I wasn't trying to be mean or disrespectful.

[@aeris44]

Classy Oh no girl! I was just teasing. Not upset at all. Much love! ❤️

[@andersonlira1106]

PEPPERMINT IS SO GORGEOUS

[@blinkybli8326]

G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S with a capital everything!!!

[@bastarddragon6290]

Remember in season 9 when she said she couldn't sing??? And did more of a spoken poetry version?? LIES

[@callumswords1524]

Liza Minelli, lies

[@florian8599]

Sasha Velour: "I can't sing." also Sasha Velour: is actually trained in Opera and has a Master in the Fine Arts... And interned at the Staatsoper in Berlin...

[@hamstercom23]

This 👏 is 👏 why 👏 she 👏won!👏 You are an absolute star and the House Of Velour are wonderful - the best and most forward thinking, deserving Drag Race winner yet. I'm so glad the community has people like you lifting them up. 👑 ❤

[@buzzcutofficial4884]

hamstercom23 she's my joint 1st fav winner with Bianca

[@sukirtigupta9059]

oh shit spoil errr... i started watching Rupaul's drag race a while ago, im on ssn 6 ouch

[@hamstercom23]

@@sukirtigupta9059 Oops, sorry 🙃

[@sukirtigupta9059]

@@hamstercom23 lol it's okay 😅

[@TheHitchkick]

No winner has captivated me as much as Sasha has done! She is a TRUE winner baby!

[@anguasdilemma8753]

I think Sasha would do a fantastic rendition of Jack Skeleton’s lament from Nightmare Before Christmas.

[@blackrosefromthedead9216]

Carly Marston same

[@Melodyrdrgz]

lowmusic same

[@nikkimadgwick7628]

I was literally going to type the same thing after reading the comments. What a voice!

[@nhbxxx]

Carly Marston Sasha can do a rendition of ANYTHING and it would be fantastic!

[@santiagoflores7215]

omG YES PLS

[@baldmitzvah]

Absolutely my favorite queen to come out of drag race. If not my favorite queen ever. Continuously pushing the limit of what gender and drag can be. Bravo, Sasha. Bravo.

[@franklymydearidontgiveadam2100]

Is it me or does Sasha’s voice sound little like Jack Skellington?

[@emilyclark8607]

Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give A Damn That’s what I was thinking too. I’d love to see her perform Jack’s Lament.

[@殺人光線]

I've never seen Sasha and Jack in the same room at the same time... just saying 👀

[@tylersmith425]

You mean Danny Elfman, uncultured swine.

[@skytheterrible5087]

I was thinking more like Neil Patrick Harris

[@Delaney-and-the-Starlight]

It’s the flair for the dramatic and zest for life I think 💗

[@kamurotetsu4860]

The 1920's aesethic is everything.

[@alexandrapedersen829]

That dress is very far from the 1920's aesthetic.

[@lordcawdorofmordor2549]

30s?

[@80snewwavemusic-synthpostp80]

More like 30s

[@emmiexrose]

Sasha on season 9; mine is definitely spoken word Sasha in pirate Jenny ‘singing like a goddess’ THIS is why she won😭😍🙌🏻

[@victoriapowiec5976]

You people can watch me humming a tune, and I'm humming a tune while you're gawking. Maybe you tip me and it makes you feel cool, in this boring little town I'm just your little fool. But you'll never guess to who you're talking. No, you couldn't ever guess to who you're talking. Then one night, there's a scream in the night. And you say "Thoughts and prayers are in your heart!" And you see me kind of gasping instead of humming, and you say "When the hell is she gonna start?" I'll tell you. There's a ship, A black freighter. With a skull on it's masthead, Will be coming in. Oh. You gentlemen can say "Hey Bitch! On with the show!" "Don't be selfish! What's wrong with you? Entertain us!" And you toss me your tips and look out to the ships. But I'm reading the news while I'm paying my dues, So there's nobody off the hook here tonight! Nobody's off the hook here, darling. Nobody. Then one night, there's a scream in the night. And you say "This noise is ruining our fun." And you see me kind of staring out the window, And you say "This generation is so young." Oh, I'll tell you. There's a ship, The black freighter. Turns it's guns on the harbor, and you're in her sights. Now you fuckers can wipe off that smile from your face, 'cause every structure in town is a flat one. This whole fucking place will be down to the ground, only this cheap old stage standing up safe and sound. And you cry "What's so special about that one?!" Yes, that's what you say! What's so special about that one? And the ship, The black freighter. Runs a flag up it's masthead, And a scream rings the air! By noon time the dock is a-swarming with friends, coming out of the ghostly freighter. They move in the shadows where no one can see. And they're chaining up people and bringing them to me, asking me "Which one's are guilty?!" Asking me "Which one's are guilty?" Noon by the clock, And so still at the dock. You can hear a fog horn miles away. And in that quiet of death you hear me say... "All of them." Oops. And the ship, The black freighter. Disappears out to sea, and on it is me.

[@santiagoflores7215]

Sasha you have the most pure soul of drag, you are the future, you are my future

[@toptobottom247]

Sasha should have actually made this an opening number to his own Broadway musical about drag and took that show around the world to the major theater markets. Based on this song and his vocal range. It would be a hit. But, this drag queen was sent by God to work the main stage.

[@kingabobrowska9999]

And now what, we have Nightgowns: The Musical :D

[@clo461]

As we say in the industry: “winner winner chicken... dinner”

[@bonkbonk369]

Trixie go home your drunk 😂

[@songminosmole5092]

Depressingly Social dont you dare disrespect tracy mattel like that

[@Molly-tv5sv]

@@songminosmole5092 Tracy Martel 😎

[@CarolinahCasado]

TALENTED, BRILLIANT, INCREDIBLE, AMAZING, SHOWSTOPPING, SPECTACULAR...!

[@therabbitdunn4590]

Carol “never the same wowly”

[@JIManzioni]

i am so proud that you're one of the winners of Rupaul's Drag Race. So well deserved.

[@calofefo]

Omg I’m so glad she won the season. She is a real drag queen, she knows how to do ART.

[@ohhoneyxo]

literally went to watch the original pirate jenny and came back to watch this again, i am in awe of sasha velour!!!!! so well thought out and she's truly an artist

[@emilyclark8607]

I really hope these short films are continued because I was really looking forward to the glorious drag saga that was promised. I still can’t get over how beautiful this version of ‘Pirate Jenny’ is. Sasha is just something else ❤️

[@kirin9901]

I've watched this so many times now and every single time I see it I'm just so blown away by the artistry and sheer godliness of it all.. Sasha's voice is amazing and every single aspect of this is simply perfect. Bless the House Of Velour indeed!

[@jonathanandrade1082]

I love Sasha, I wanna try drag because of her

[@jonathanandrade1082]

Holy shit, did Sasha velour just like my comment... In freaking out

[@pollianapavloski7911]

@@jonathanandrade1082 DID YOU TRY DRAG? I want pictures girl, give me all of it, social media merchandise realness

[@katiekawaii]

So, it's been a year. Tell us: have you tried drag?

[@Luckimee]

Update please. I want pictures lol

[@jonathanandrade1082]

@@Luckimee done drag once in public but got way too drunk, tried a few looks alone. But I've recently got a boyfriend and he wants to get into it so I'm started to talk to some friends in Bristol about helping me with it

[@luckyloppy934]

Sasha has got me obsessed with this song now. And after researching a bit into the original song (that i didn’t know beforehand), i found amazing details! She changed the lyrics of the original song, just a tiny bit... but just enough to make this velour, to make this current, draggy, political. I’ve been thinking of different interpretations of this but I’m pretty sure that it’s about the political state that we live in and violence in the world and how everybody’s ignoring the problem. At least that’s how I interpret it, what do you guys think?! It’s absolutely fascinating. The way sasha makes everything deeper and makes us reflect on so much stuff. Such a smart and amazing queen.

[@kellynguyen353]

Art art art art art art art art

[@BTaylorU]

Kelly Nguyen did somebody mention ART?!

[@zweihandre]

art shi kak kak kow boom

[@AbbasMrAli]

"I hope that's not their song because if it is that's sucks"

[@killatay2818]

Would expect nothing less, Sasha serving "Jack Skellington" singing voice is awesome and *Olive D' Nightlife* (as waitress) is my favorite name I've heard yet!

[@Nataly-lk9yj]

😂😂😂

[@hennessymarlyn]

She's so teatrical, so talented omg I adore her

[@amandapanda611]

Sasha can never do all stars bc she would mop the floor with everyone else's wigs. She is ART embodied.

[@rwithoutq]

The art is there to make you think, the queerness is just the delivery vector. It's humanzing for the viewer to see drag as just one thread is such a rich tapestry, an integral but not central dimension of a whole. This opens a door for the rest of us on two esoteric but prolific creative traditions. Thank you, for making me so jealous. I'm awake.

[@KaterCarlinki]

Perfect singing/performance. Great costume. Excellent pictures. Greetings from Brecht/Weill country Germany. I love it!

[@emmaskinner7411]

can we take a moment for how beautiful everyone in this video is

[@celinewu8708]

Art art art art art art shakaka boom art did somebody mention a r t

[@captnemo4982]

Very cool, intelligent and sophisticated drag. Just brilliant.

[@itsmejt9283]

DAMN! MA! My wig flew across Pacific ocean when you sing.

[@emperornuneo]

Sasha, this is fantastic! Congratulations to you and everyone else involved with creating Pirate Jenny. I can't wait to see the rest of One Dollar Drags. Much love.

[@malea583]

emperornuneo Pirate Jenny was created by Kurt Weill and Bert Brecht, it's a song from the Threepenny Opera from 1928.

[@emperornuneo]

Pirate Jenny, the video. Everyone involved in creating this video. I'm fully aware the original wasn't Sasha.

[@malea583]

emperornuneo ok, then it's fine 😊

[@PlasticAstroBoy]

This was an experience I did not know I could have, and I'm so glad I had it. Thanks Sasha and team xx

[@sergioteodosio]

Just wow, a classic, Kurt Weil, not an easy song and your rendition is beautiful!

[@ijordan098]

What song is this supposed to be?

[@sergioteodosio]

Pirate Jenny or in German Jenny Seeräuber from Dreigroschenoper (Three penny opera)

[@mandoline5583]

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[@mandoline5583]

there is a cover by Nina Smone that is pretty good too

[@Altonahh10]

@@mandoline5583 Everybody did it. Even Bea Arthur :-)

[@streammonocowards836]

It’s less than a year old but I’m still oh so mesmerized by her

[@girlinterrupted2625]

I love drag a little more because of Ms Velour. There are so many different types. You can never get bored. Its like a beautiful old movie.

[@jaSama02]

Sasha looks absolutely... enticing. She just looks so amazingly beautiful, other than her features, there's just something in her eyes. wow.

[@meghajitshijagurumayum928]

This is so beautiful. So proud of you Sasha, lots of love.

[@looplasful]

sasha truly is the BEST queen to walk this earth !!!!!

[@derlaurenz]

Oh my God, I'm living SO MUCH. The "Dreigroschenoper" ist THE Berlin play. I see her performing that in a smoky cabaret club set in Berlin in the 1920s.

[@huseyincoban4305]

Pep is such a beautiful woman😍

[@jennsboys]

Once again Ms. Sasha V demonstrates why she is one of the most talented, beautiful and innovative queens today. Simply breathtaking. Brava!!!

[@emilyclark8607]

This is so beautiful and inspiring, thank you! The House of Velour is phenomenal.

[@jamesplatto6978]

ok this is everything

[@genesiskravitz8621]

Sasha Velour is just everything there ever is and was.

[@melvalentine1962]

More than stunning! A true artist in EVERYWAY!

[@lucianaborinato2993]

Amazing piece of cinematography! Beautiful Drag, Music, I love everything about it! You're fantastic Sasha Velour/Alexander 💜💜💜

[@futurejuice2327]

ugh. we need more!

[@olgas9944]

That range tho...some of the lower notes send shivers down my spine!

[@annatrevy3306]

OMG!!! Brecht's "Die Dreigroschenoper" was my first time on a stage and you're not only a great queen, but also an impressive artist on soooo many levels. This film is refined, sophisticated, cultured and delicate. You have an excellent staff and you are AMAZING!

[@chantalthuot2911]

Master piece! Incroyable!! Bravo!!

[@therandylife]

This is why you were my pick to win your season. And why I'll always love you!!!

[@grammaton6leric]

A lot of these DR girls are putting out songs seemingly just to get them remixed and create a buzz. They generally rely on a catchy hook to carry poorly crafted lyrics--it's like damn, you couldn't put a bit more thought into writing this thing? It's only three minutes long. But, Sasha is different, avant-garde. Her art meshes with my sensibilities. So, I'm probably being overly-critical of some of the other girls because what they do is less interesting to me.

[@domingopartida5812]

She's standing on the the shoulders of a the giant who created this, and avant garde is an outdated term from like the Happenings of the seventies. A E S T H E T I C

[@haliensexist]

Oh the Macabre Noir ART of it all!!! Sasha, you are my idol!!

[@matrixiekitty2127]

Omg I freaking love this!! It’s so wonderfully dramatic! He’s so good at telling a story in dramatic fashion!! He totally sells this whole thing!! I want to see more of the House of Velour kicking ass!

[@gabegibson1149]

Beautiful song! Love her paying homage to Nina Simone’s rendition of this song, which was slower and more jazzy. Stunning

[@joylindadichamounix]

I love Kurt Weil and Sasha Velour!

[@cz10506]

Damn she has pipes!

[@glitteringdystop1a]

Not Carlie after hearing her silky speaking voice... is anyone really surprised? If anyone is, it's pleasantly so :)

[@ImaginaryMdA]

...does she? Really? She speaks a lot... but singing?

[@SupremeM]

All I can see now is Sasha doing Frankenfurter from Rocky Horror

[@cz10506]

Yes! Make this a thing!

[@marcoqueme2868]

Where were they? She's talented but I didn't hear the pipes

[@lorilynpickering2366]

Sasha had me at her nightgowns special when she created the amazing interpretation of Nina Simone's "The Wind." I couldn't find it anywhere, so I literally recorded it on my phone camera from the TV screen! I'm a 63 year old woman. I was a performer in my early years. That brings me to tears every. single. time. I🩷 your soul. Thank you, Sasha

[@IntoTheDeepBreathwork]

Sasha Velour and Bertolt Brecht - a match made in heaven.

[@danaduenias7361]

Beautifully made. Amazing and flawless. The house of Velour never fails to impress me and the world. Truly a work of art.

[@glennlaroche1524]

This is maybe the best thing by any RPDR queen ever!!!!!! Sasha was my gurl from before episode 1 even aired, so I am perhaps a little biased, but still. I love and admire and fanboy over many of the queens (Bianca, Alaska, Latrice, KimChi, to name only a few), but this is in a class of its own. Awesome to see PepPepPepperMINT, and a few underground(no shade had trouble thinking of the right word sorry) queens from the NY scene. Make more of these, Mx. Velour---please please please continue to thrill amaze and enthrall, you captivating entrancing enchanting creature. You give LIFE. BRAVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@saxa-uta]

"All of them." Absolutely chilling

[@artrojas4370]

Sasha’s ability to surprise & delight is undeniable!!! I’m always trying to figure her out. Absolutely captivating.

[@nightangel3578]

One of the most deserving queens on that damn show.

[@soulcurls4146]

Spent my late teens entranced by Brecht and Weill; can't think of anyone I'd want a reimagining from more than Ms Velour.

[@dennnismatthijssen8026]

oscar worthy..just love what you do. big time fan. LOVE YOU SASHA.

[@polluxspolaroid9840]

I sincerely admire your world, the 20's fit you so well !

[@dcwarner1958]

My wife & I watched this video over & over. It's fantastic! There will never be a queen quite as talented as you, Sasha!

[@thatgingergirl5753]

This is the best adaptations of Pirate Jenny I have ever seen. I adore it

[@iiannaii4725]

Holy shit, I have no words for how crazy amazing this is.

[@emilianieminen6616]

Absolutely gorgeous. Sasha, you are a fashion icon and I adore the film noir feel. Can't wait to see the rest of the anthology!

[@borissteinberg7549]

dear sasha, wow...this is fulminant!....a great interpretation of a chanson...this is also part of the german chanson culture, the whole songs of BRECHT/WEILL...please sing MORE chansons, don´t stop this !!!!! as an own "chanson reptile" , I´am very happy to see, that chansons are still alive, also for a new generation of singers, performers etc. It is great to see you in all your different characters and now also to listen of your chanson-singing....gratulation....and greetings from berlin

[@ViolaVanRocket]

I'm in LOVE!!!!!

[@angelagunn7986]

Holy fsck, that was righteous -- an amazing update and interpretation, totally in the spirit of Brecht/Weill. Cannot wait for the rest. Thank you ma'am. Rewatching now.

[@THENAFERATU]

omg peppermint took my breath away the second she was on

[@HolyCimmamonPears]

Sasha looks so beautiful and performed so beautifully in this that it legit took my breath away.

[@YennaAvyeon]

This is the most Sasha thing I've ever seen and I'm in love with it.

[@andrewkohler3707]

5:40 - AMAZING delivery of that "Oops." I'm not sure who did this translation of Brecht's text (the original is "Hoppla," which does indeed mean "oops"), but the most common one (Marc Blitzstein's) has "That'll learn ya," which I've never liked. I respect Blitzstein greatly, but Sasha has confirmed that sticking closer to the original is the way to go here!! ("Whoopsie" is closer still, with two syllables, but wouldn't be nearly as chilling.)

[@TrudyPatootie]

Gurl.. Sickening.. from beginning to end you owned it. Thanks for giving other queens work.. Community is everything in drag. Peppermint fierce.

[@mike856ms]

Her singing this and a production like this would be everything for a big pageant.

[@peeblestheowl]

It's been months and I'm still not over this honestly

[@Cateringcowboy]

F&%kin' Brilliant!

[@planetcabello3692]

*Why in the world doesn't this have more views?* It's absolutely amazing!!😍

[@isortofyoutube]

This is absolutely majestic! Looking forward to the other five!

[@karlwallis1719]

Stunning... only velour could do a Kurt Weilll number and piece of Brechtian cabaret combined, I bloody love this. One woman show has to be happening...

[@torimill-wilson3299]

Adored Sasha throughout her season and i am even more in love with her now. Her drag esthetic is on point, she's smart, gorgeous (in and out of drag) and also has an amazing voice. Her verse of Category Is gave me so many feels then she comes it with this. So in love with this queen and everything she stands for that i physically don't know how to react other than to listen to this repeatedly

[@kkkkkk552]

THERE’S NO DOUBT SHE IS THE QUEEN. 💕

[@ericacardoza1771]

This is absolutely gorgeous

[@katiegould3346]

Sasha we adore you

[@danaknapek4084]

Wonderful. She's so much talented. Now I got high on her beautiful voice and need more. More. MORE!!

[@prosumerama]

I remember the impact “Seeräuber Jenny” had on me as a kid and this version feels the same. The updated lyrics are, in my opinion, truer to the original character than the Blitzstein translation. I love how this captures the essence and takes it to the here and now while being truthful to and full of love for the original.

[@thegreywomanshop]

Wow. Sasha is everything

[@annakuhn6460]

I love this so much. This is why Sasha won - true queen.

[@ccaitlinss]

This is so incredible!!! I’m so proud ♥️

[@cakehayo]

This is a MASTERPIECE

[@rmt3536]

What a fantastic update to this iconic Kurt Weill song. I think even Lotte Lenya would have liked it.

[@bessieSmith]

Thanks!! this is one of my favorite songs, love to watch everyone cover it, U are GREAT!

[@donenglish7572]

Simply stunning. I bet danny elfman would love this. I was mesmerized the whole time.

[@Somilangaye]

love this sasha, love from South Africa, Pretoria

[@jonathancrader255]

Absolutely sensational. Long live the Queen.