The drag superstar headlines at Crazy Horse Paris from June 24-28.
doesn’t want to talk about that television show anymore. She wants us to watch her take those very expensive clothes off.routines for local drag shows in Atlanta, beset on all sides by opinionated pageant queens. She laughs when recounting those years, and clarifies she didn’t rip anything off; she simply paid homage to the most legendary cabaret in the world. “I had seen footage and videos from this DVD that Dita Von Teese starred in.
Chachki also feels she owes her career in part to the “faggots behind the scenes rooting for me,” faggots she’s met in “any opportunity that I’ve ever really had in my life.” Her earnestness sharpens to a knife’s edge. “That is really the truth. It’s never been some random PR team, it’s never been some random person,” she says.
I mean, it was definitely misconstrued, because the interview was supposed to be about Crazy Horse, and the headline is that there’s too many drag queens. At first I was like, oh, that’s so out of context. I think the interviewer was asking me like, do you keep up with so and so and all these different franchises, drag queens. I was like, I can’t, I’m overwhelmed. Even RuPaul doesn’t know Jinkx’s name, like.
You were one of the queens that helped pave the way for queens in the modern fashion industry to be more publicly involved. Do you ever look back now, as you see more queens breaking into the fashion space, and be like: I really did that? But definitely expect high-glam fashion. Crazy Horse is really known for being modern, cutting-edge, and I really want to bring a big dose of classic drag. I’m honoring what Crazy Horse has always been and bringing something elevated as well.
Then it’s like, fine, I’ll keep my opinions. We have to say it in secret amongst friends. Send them a voice note. You can’t even take a fucking text a bad opinion now.legendary “Pit Stop” episode I’m bringing back a number that I performed when I started out doing drag in like, 2012. There’s actually a video of me doing it. It was part of a show called The Other Show, in Atlanta. High glitz, glamor, and I remember showing the creative director at Crazy Horse and telling her I want to do this number. It’s from 2012. I look so ugly, and bad, and they were like, “I don’t know.” I was like, no, no, it’s going to be good. I’m going to redo it, and redo the whole thing. So I’m doing that.
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