Is ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Contestant, Denali, a Fan of BTS?
She might not have won her season of RuPaulās Drag Race but this icy, spicy contestant made her mark as the first drag contestant to lip-sync to a K-pop group. Is Denali a fan of the āButterā K-pop group, BTS?Ā
Hereās what we know about this season 13 queen and her favorite K-pop bands.Ā
Denali lip-synced to BLACKPINKās āHow You Like Thatā on āRuPaulās Drag Raceā
This drag performer mightāve been one of the āPork Choppedā queens, but she did top a few challenges. She appeared as Jonathan Van Ness from Netflixās Queer Eye for Snatch Game, earning praise from judges and fans alike.
Along with RosĆ©, Symone, Kandy Muse, and Gottmik, Denali was a contestant on RuPaulās Drag Race season 13.Ā However, this performer sashayed away before making it to the āTop Fourā of her season.
For the RuPaulās Drag Race season 13 reunion, each eliminated contestant picked their own song to perform virtually to. Denali, complete with ice skates and a ruveal, performed āHow You Like Thatā by the award-winning K-pop group girl, BLACKPINK.
That made Denali the first contestant to lip-sync to a K-pop song on this reality competition series. However, this wouldnāt be the only time she shared her love for this girl group or K-pop music in general.
Is āRuPaulās Drag Raceā contestant, Denali, a fan of BTS?
Although Denali is a self-proclaimed fan of K-pop, itās unclear if this performer is a fan of BTS. She has shared her love for other popular groups, including the girl group formerly under YG Entertainment, 2NE1.
āI spent a year in South Korea studying [the] Korean language and in turn falling in love with K-pop,ā Denali said during an interview with Billboard. āAlthough I will forever be a Blackjack and 2NE1 mega-fan, the girls of [BLACKPINK] have softly healed a few of the wounds from 2NE1ās disbandment for me.ā
Aside from her performance of āHow You Like That,ā Denali lip-synced to several songs on season 13, becoming one of the official ālip-sync assassinsā along with LaLa Ri. Her performance of ā100% Pure Loveā by Crystal Waters has over 3 million views on the platform YouTube.
Denali performed other songs by BLACKPINK on social media
Outside of RuPaulās Drag Race competition, Denali performed BLACKPINK songs on the ice. That includes an out-of-drag figure skating routine to āKill This Love,ā posted to YouTube during 2019.Ā
Following BLACKPINKās live stream performance, Denali retweeted a video of the band, saying, āNo ones doing it like the girls [right now.]ā She earned over 18,000 likes from fans of the K-pop group and Denali.Ā
Fans can catch up with Denali on most major social media platforms. Music by BLACKPINK, including the song āHow You Like That,ā is available for streaming on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.