Every entertainer, be it king, queen, whatever, has their signature numbers. These are the numbers that made an impression on the audience, that people have said, “Wow! I loved that! That’s your best number yet!” Usually, it’s a whole package: a specific costume, concept, look. But even so, you do not own that song. Chances are, if you liked the song, someone else will too. In my years of doing drag there are a couple of songs that have come to be associated with me; Michael Buble’s “Feeling Good,” and “Mr. Brightside” come to mind right off the bat. Anyone who has known me, or who has followed my drag career over the years know the numbers I’m talking about.
One of the most common things heard in the drag world is “Bitch stole my song!” I hear it all the time. This implies that a song can be owned by one performer or another. I hate to break to you kids, but the only person who owns a song is the artist who owns the rights. That’s it.
Every entertainer, be it king, queen, whatever, has their signature numbers. These are the numbers that made an impression on the audience, that people have said, “Wow! I loved that! That’s your best number yet!” Usually, it’s a whole package: a specific costume, concept, look. But even so, you do not own that song. Chances are, if you liked the song, someone else will too. In my years of doing drag there are a couple of songs that have come to be associated with me; Michael Buble’s “Feeling Good,” and “Mr. Brightside” come to mind right off the bat. Anyone who has known me, or who has followed my drag career over the years know the numbers I’m talking about.
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Between confidence and cockiness, and it’s one of the hardest lessons to teach those who are coming up behind us. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference and there are times when we don’t mean to sound cocky but it comes off that way because of the context. With pageant season coming up I see lots of both flooding my Facebook page.
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