KRAVEN STRANGE
(Kraven) My name, uh, in drag is Kraven Strange. Um, but mostly around the scene and like places I go, people just call me Kraven or I introduce myself as Kraven.
Um, that’s also like a little bit of a trans thing to just like not exactly identifying with my name, my legal name at this point. Um, but can’t really think of anything better.
(Kraven) It’s fun, I really do love my name, my drag name a lot because, um, at first I was ‘Craven More’ and it was with a C so C-R-A-V-E-N More. And I was just like, okay, like, yeah, you know, cause I definitely wanted like a punny name, something like kind of, you know, that demonstrates kind of what I do. Cause I do tend to lean more on the comedic side of things as far as my drag goes.
And, um, so I was like, yeah, perfect pun name, whatever. But then it was just like very boring, especially like, and it didn’t just, it felt like it didn’t fit. And so then I came up with Kraven Strange, which, um, is also a pun name.
But it’s a lot more specific. Um, and it’s a lot more evocative of what I want to do, which is strange shit. You know, I feel like a lot of what, um, I do is not what you’re seeing in mainstream drag, like with, even within like, um, well, cause you know, we have the context of like drag race and, you know, how people view drag as this one thing, which is a great thing and a wonderful thing.
But you know, I do a different thing. So I felt like Kraven Strange just, uh, really amplified that and let me lean into the strangeness of everything and be a little more proud of the weird ideas that I have and things that I do. Rather than, you know, I’m, I’m very apologetic.
I feel like when I’m presenting ideas, you know, out of drag and just like in my life in general. So to have that immediate preface of like, what you’re going to see is going to be odd, strange, not the typical stuff you’re going to see and expect in this kind of context. Um, gives me that confidence to lean into it.
(Kraven) Yeah.