From Drag Race to We’re Here, Queen Priyanka is here to stay (and slay)
Queen Priyanka discusses her role on HBO’s We’re Here, her debut album DEVASTATIA and why she’s finally “so proud to be Brown”.
WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY FERNANDO CYSNEIROS, NICK MERZETTI AND SHAUN VADELLA “That’s a good word to use,” Queen Priyanka says after I highlight how she’s “slaughtered” her post-Canada’s Drag Race career.
Truly, it’s apt when you reflect on the various achievements of Drag Race’s first Indo-Caribbean champion, a few of which I will list now: first drag queen to cover Elle Canada; 15 million streams for her debut EP Taste Test; starring alongside Kim Cattrall on Netflix’s Glamorous; and co-hosting the new season of HBO’s Emmy (and Peabody!) winning series We’re Here with Jaida Essence Hall, Sasha Velour and Latrice Royale.
There’s more, obviously, such as her iconic lip-sync assassin stint on All Stars 8, lead film debut in It’s All Sunshine and Rainbows and (long-awaited) face-to-face sesh with Priyanka Chopra.
