Divalinas, assemble! Drag Race UK icon Cheryl Hole serves choreo in fierce debut music video
Cheryl Hole is the drag pop diva of our dreams in her brand new music for Need the Power. The infectious pop anthem, inspired by classic divas such as Britney Spears, Girls Aloud and the Spice Girls, serves as the Drag Race UK star’s official debut solo single.
Chezza memorably entered her pop star era on Canada winner Priyanka’s debut EP, Taste Test, for the gloriously gay track Snatch.
Speaking with GAY TIMES earlier this week, the star described Need the Power as a “pop girly bop” that fans will want to hear at G-A-Y Late while “twirling on the dance floor with a voddy red bull in hand.” (We can’t wait to do exactly this.) In the Jono Hart-directed video, Cheryl serves full-blown choreo in a club with multiple dancers, before she’s joined by the following divalinas: Baby, Dosa Cat, Elektra Fence, Herr The Queen, Lady Lloyd, Me the Drag Queen, Ophelia Love, Richard Energy, Rilesa Slaves, River Medway and Vanity Milan.
Discussing the video’s concept, Cheryl says it was inspired by the latest episode of Drag Race UK vs the World, which – SPOILER ALERT! – sadly saw her get the chop after designing a dress for RuPaul to… less than favourable reviews. “When I was coming up with the concept for the music video, I was still very much in my feelings about my time on Drag Race,” explains Cheryl. “I definitely wanted it to be the end of one chapter and the start of the next, so I wanted the first shot of the music video to be me holding the infamous terrible hour-and-a-half dress! “Initially I wanted to burn it, but it’s not the best and most practical thing to do!
