RIDLEY XCX
(Ridley) Yeah, so when I applied to that thing most recently, it’s like, why, you know, why do you need to be on the stage? Like what, why is it important for you to bring what you’re bringing? And because I feel like, you know, my looks have a way to go, um, like gender-wise I am wanting to be farther along.
Just because it’s not perfect, you should still do it, you know what I mean? If you’re waiting for it to be perfect, you will be waiting forever.
And so my message is: try it. You know, go out there and try it if it’s something you’re interested in. Like block a brow, slap a wig on, and go for it.
I feel like, um, generally people are receptive and supportive if you know the venues to go to. So yeah, that would be my message: don’t, don’t wait for perfect. Just throw it out there.
And at the end of the day, as long as you are having fun, they’re having fun, you know?
And so with High School Musical, that’s what I’m gonna try to remember. If I’m, you know, sitting there stressing about, okay, what’s my next, what’s my this, what’s my that, it’s like, it’s not that serious.
Yeah, and of course I take it seriously in that I want to, you know, bring a performance and like I don’t want to hinder anybody else doing that thing. But it’s also like, I don’t know. We do this to bring joy and to like to pay homage to pieces of art that we appreciate.
I think that’s what I love about drag too, is like it’s diva worship.
And sometimes I’ll do niche shit and I try to pick songs that like at least people will be familiar with, even if the reference is niche. But the people who know it are having a time, you know what I mean?
So yeah, I think just go for it. Don’t let the idea of what you think drag is or like what it needs to be stop you from trying. And there’s a lot of folks who start in the, you know, like yeah, put it, put a look on and take a picture, and if that’s that, then like great. At least you made a step.
Yeah, so, so I think my message would just be: even if it’s okay to be new, it’s important to be new. And it’s almost more important for us to see drag in its beginning stages than to see that perfect, polished look, you know what I mean?
I think Alaska Thunderfuck had said something about it. Like it’s, it’s important to have a couple bad looks in the beginning. It’s important to have your oatmeal on your brows.
So yeah, I would encourage anybody who is out there who either loves, loves, you know, consuming it, like give it a shot. You’ve got nothing to lose.