Which ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Cast Members Appeared on RuPaul’s Song ‘American’
Thereās āRead U Wrote U,ā and thereās āBreak Up Bye Bye.ā For several seasons of RuPaulās Drag Race (and its spinoffs), the host asks contestants to write verses for her original songs.Ā
Season 10 of this reality competition series was no exception, with four drag queens sharing what makes them American.Ā Hereās what we know about RuPaulās song āAmericanā and the season 10 remix.
āRuPaulās Drag Raceā season 10 featured contestants like Miss Vanjie, MonĆ©t X Change, and AquariaĀ
These are RuPaulās friends ā they are a family. As an Emmy Award-winning television series, this legendary drag queen released several seasons of this reality competition program on television networks like VH1.Ā
That included season 10, which featured performers like Vanessa āMiss Vanjieā Mateo, MonĆ©t X Change, and Aquaria, each looking to showcase their charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.Ā
These episodes featured fan-favorite mini-challenges, like the reading challenge, and maxi-challenges, like the āBall.āĀ
It also featured a music video, later posted to YouTube by the RuPaulās Drag Race account. That song was āAmerican,ā originally recorded by RuPaul but featuring four contestants from this season.
RuPaul featured the top contestants on the original song, āAmericanā
In true RuPaulās Drag Race fashion, the finalist of this season wrote original verses for one of RuPaulās songs. For season 10, the song chosen was āAmerican.ā The contestants who appeared on this song were Aquaria, Eureka OāHara, Asia OāHara, and Kameron Michaels.Ā
Each verse was unique. However, these queens focused on what made them āAmerican.ā For Aquaria, that was being an Aquarius. For Kameron Michaels, that was being a proud member of the LGBTQ community.
Each of them pushed forward to the finale of their season. After weeks of competition and a ālip-sync for the crown,ā RuPaul crowned Aquaria the winner of this season, earning the title of āAmericaās Next Drag Superstar.āĀ
This contestant won the Snatch Game with her impersonation of the former First Lady Melania Trump. She earned praise for several runway looks and found success outside of the series, collaborating with makeup brands and touring worldwide.Ā
Some āRuPaulās Drag Raceā contestants wrote their own verses for other RuPaul songs
Season 10 wouldnāt be the first time (or the last time) RuPaul featured contestants on an original song. For RuPaulās Drag Race: All-Stars 3, the āTop 4ā queens wrote and performed original verses to the song āKitty Girl.āĀ
For the most recently released season of RuPaulās Drag Race, season 13, the āTop 4ā wrote original verses to RuPaulās song, āLucky.ā The music video, posted to YouTube, earned over 2.5 million views. Each of these songs eventually made it to music streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.Ā
Episodes of RuPaulās Drag Race season 10 are available for streaming on Paramount+.Ā