Soju drag queen school12/20/2023 ![]() We want to bring more foreigners, we want to see queer people in K-pop. People will get tired if they don’t feel represented in the industry. I think that’s why it’s so important for me to do what I do, because even though I’m not backed up by YG or JYP, like Blackpink and Twice and BTS, I’m doing my own thing and calling it K-pop, because K-pop needs to have diversity. With that, people are starting to respect K-pop and take it seriously for what it is.Īs much as K-pop is fun and stuff, it just lacks some of that diversity when it comes to different kinds of artists. With this new global market, I think they are starting to do a little more collaboration I know Blackpink worked with Dua Lipa, a lot of the K-pop groups are even working with people like Rihanna. I think that’s where they made a lot of mistakes. Before, they wanted to bring what worked in Korea to America, and make it work there. The K-pop industry is starting to realize that they have to kind of change their ways and change their marketing tactics if they truly want to be successful. Globalization, I think that’s what’s really helping. As someone who is a self-proclaimed K-pop stan and artist, what do you think it is about the genre that has helped it become such a phenomenon in America? I’m not sure if you saw, but Billboard has Blackpink on our cover this week. ![]() Takeover: How the K-Pop Queens Are Changing the Game Now along with all of these cyst memes, there have been a number of people saying that Miley Cyrus’ crew member disguise wasn’t very convincing, and that more queens should have noticed her. People are just so stuck in my YouTube career, that they think that’s the only thing I do. It also doesn’t mean I’m not traveling the world performing, because I am doing that. It is a performance, and you are an entertainer, just like any other drag queen. Sometimes it’s harder because you are essentially performing for somebody that’s not there! You are just talking to a camera, but at the same time, you have think about all of these millions of people who are going to watch this video. It absolutely is, and I feel like you have shown that through Shot with Soju. See, I don’t think it’s fair to say that being a YouTube creator isn’t performing. You can see in the edit that I wasn’t really phased by that comment. I understand that I have only been doing this for a few years, and I have to work harder to be a part of this group of amazing queens. It’s kind of like taekwondo, or like martial arts, where you have to earn respect from people. What people don’t realize about the drag culture is while Ariel and Plastique might be younger than me, they have been in this game for way longer than me. It’s something that I have to prove constantly. It’s not because I keep hearing it, and I have heard it my whole career. In the edit, Ariel Versace seemed fixated on the fact that you were “not an entertainer.” Is that a difficult thing for you to hear, as someone who came up on YouTube? Whoever leaves first better pull out some kind of trick. That’s more pressure on the first home next season, girl. At the time, I wasn’t like, “Okay, well it’s the time to tell the whole world about my cyst.” Like, who would have thought that was going to be a thing? But like, it’s weird how that happened. Yeah, it’s really funny that it happened like that, because you just never know what is going to be a meme. “Miss Vanjie” and the cyst are the memes to beat, now. You and Vanjie have successfully established a new tradition, where the first queen to go home each season must become a meme. Soju’s cyst after it becomes a meme /k3PG7pVOMv Give me more memes, please keep feeding me. You know I’ve got all of these medical conditions, so I’ve got to get really strong. Well, you know I’m the social media queen, so the more memes that come, the stronger I become. That is a major accomplishment in and of itself. Plus, it helps that when you woke up this morning, you were a meme, thanks to your cyst. Seeing everyone give me so much support and love, I was like, “Damn, I was not expecting that.” I thought everyone would be laughing at me. To see everybody’s reactions afterword is what really took me back. ![]() I thought that I would be ready to see myself go home, but when it’s happening, you’re hit back with all of that emotion from the day. How are you feeling after watching the episode last night? The Queens of 'Drag Race' Season 11 Sound Off on Their Favorite Divas: From Ariana Grande to… ![]()
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