Alibi, trans unity and making drag history: Sevdaliza in conversation with Pabllo Vittar
In an exclusive conversation for GAY TIMES, Sevdaliza speaks with Pabllo Vittar about their historic single ‘Alibi’, why she’s always felt “closer to drag queens and trans women” and representing “true Persian women” in her art.
WORDS SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY ZAHRA REIJS STYLING LEENDERT SONNEVELT AND LEA WILBRAND MAKE-UP SOPHIA SINOT HAIR YUHO KAMO With their exploration and celebration of the “universal divine feminine energy” on ‘Alibi’, Sevdaliza and Pabllo Vittar have made herstory.
This summer, their bullerengue, baile-funk banger – featuring additional vocals from French singer Yseult – became the number-one TikTok song globally and graced the Billboard Hot 100 with its presence, where Sevdaliza and Pabllo respectively became the first Dutch-Iranian and second drag queen (after RuPaul) to land a hit on the U.S.
charts. That’s not all: after just two months, ‘Alibi’ is approaching 400 million worldwide streams and the Queen of Brazilian Pop, former GAY TIMES cover star Anitta, has just hopped on a remix for ‘Pt.
