‘Drag Race’ producer reveals why RuPaul vetoes certain Lip Sync songs
Drag Race is the gap between RuPaul saying “Good luck, and don’t fu*ck it up” and the start of the Lip Sync For Your Life. Sure we’re all eagerly anticipating the show-stopping smackdown, but there are those few, unspoken seconds where we’re also waiting to hear what song the two queens will be lip-syncing to.Of course, the show has a good track record on that front, frequently delivering bop after bop that will have the fans gagging after just the first few bars.
Over 14 regular seasons, 7 All Stars, and countless international spin-offs, the series has made a habit of finding the perfect music to soundtrack these climactic moments.
There are gay anthems, new party-ready favorites, remixes on classics, and even some left-field picks.Can I get a “quack quack” here?But how does the show decide which songs to use?
In a new interview with The WOW Report, Drag Race executive producer Tom Campbell reveals all.Each season, the music supervision and production teams—which Campbell says is a super-group of “queer people who are obsessed with pop music and pop culture”—debate and assemble a list of songs they’d like to feature on the show. (Which, frankly, is something we’re doing in our spare time anyway—can we get paid for that, too?)Related: The 10 best lip-syncs from ‘Drag Race’ Season 14 rankedFrom there, the list is sent to Mama Ru herself, who, of course has ultimate veto power over what tracks do and don’t get used on the show.“He will reject songs because they’re the wrong tempo, they don’t build, there’s all of these factors he’s thinking about,’ Campbell reveals.
