

The music video for "27 Club" was directed by Ben & Katelyn Simkins and filmed in Denver. Adam Salandra of NewNowNext wrote, "The video finds Adore playing with gender while playing on a softball team, and celebrates the power of not conforming to society’s rules." Billboard debuted the music video for "Whole 9 Yards" on August 21, 2017. "Negative Nancy" served as the album's lead single and received a music video. According to Sam Chapman of Alternative Press, the song's lyrics "hint at the mental turbulence that drove much of the record and Delano's relocation to Seattle in the first place". Adore Delano penned the song "out of a genuine place of fear - she had been experimenting with drugs and knew that her habits could make her the club's newest member". The song "27 Club" refers to the numerical cultural phenomenon of the same name, a list of famous people who died at the age of 27. Musically, Adore Delano was inspired by the music of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, including Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, and Babes in Toyland.

Billboard 's Brandon Voss described the album as "guitar-fueled". The alternative rock, grunge, and punk rock album is approximately 42 minutes, 48 second in length. Musically, the album was inspired by the music of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, including Courtney Love (pictured). Nathan put up with my obsessive energy and delivered my baby. I stayed up for hours smoking bud and writing. I was obsessed with getting every sound right. I wanted to die some days, and I didn't eat for three days straight. On recording the album, she has recalled: And I'm going to continue doing shit that I like. These kids seem to like me! I don't know why they like me, but whatever! I'm down. I just rolled the dice and… hey, they're still tagging along, man. The fans have been really receptive, surprisingly, and they've been more welcoming than I thought they'd be. I just wanted to do what I wanted to fucking do.

It was definitely a risk that I was willing to take because I was going along, and-I know it sounds dumb-but I was so over touring and making pop. Whatever marked a genre shift from pop to rock. Whatever is Adore Delano's third studio album, following Till Death Do Us Party (2014) and After Party. Whatever is the third studio album by American drag performer and recording artist Adore Delano, released on August 18, 2017.
