‘Drag Race’ Season 16 Cast Pick Favorite Lip Sync Songs – Billboard

I very much love dialogue, so I do a lot of those in my mixes — I have one I love where I do that one scene from Saturday Night Live where Kate McKinnon is abducted by aliens. I’m also a massive Little Monster, so lately I have been doing the Chromatica Ball arrangement of “LoveGame,” that’s been a big hit lately. Oh, and also, “Run Away With Me” by Carly Rae Jepsen is an excellent lip sync song!

I want to start by saying I am unabashedly a Swiftie, however, I refuse to perform Taylor Swift, because that’s just not the vibe in the club. Now, getting booked for a Taylor Swift night and having to perform Taylor? Everything, we love that. Anyways, my favorite song to perform to right now is fully “Toxic” by Britney Spears. I love that song — it’s so much fun, there’s layers and levels, it gets kooky, so that’s my favorite one at the moment.

You know what? I know because I’m Latina you might not even think of this for me, but I actually really love “Disco Inferno” [by The Trammps]! There’s so many waves, there’s a lot of ‘ra-ka-ti-ka-ka-ti-ka,’ and you get to hit ’em with the one-two-boom, high-kick split. I absolutely love that song, it’s definitely my go-to when I’m thinking, “Hmm, what am I doing today? Let’s gag the children.”

I am a monologue gal, so I like to look at my performances as very short, urban, Tyler Perry plays. So, I mix a lot of monologues into my stuff. My favorite mix that I’m doing right now that will be spread across America come 2024 is my “Single Ladies” mix. It’s got a lot of talking and a lot of dancing.

Well, 100%, my go-to song is always going to be “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Ms. Bonnie Tyler. You pull that out, and baby, there is no one who is going to be beating me on that one. It’s a good old-fashion ’80s camp classic power ballad — give it to me.

Currently, I would have to say that it’s between Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” and Rihanna’s “S&M,” the B. Ames remix. Those songs just have a tendency to take over for me, and I just end up doing the most off-the-wall, crazy things.

God, this is hard! I guess I’d say, I really like performing to Joel Corry songs. I do a lot of EDM music and house music. It’s very nightclub, very high energy, and I’m out there getting my life. I’m on top of the audience, I’m flipping around and grabbing money through my legs.

Oh, no question, it’s “Whenever, Wherever” by Shakira, down, period. My hair is wet, I’m oiled up, I’m on the floor, maybe humping the wall, or the floor, or the bar, or the bartender. I’ve got on some low-rise jeans, a little shimmy-shimmy, and we’re there.

Mine would definitely be “Marry the Night” by Lady Gaga. Anything with a dig yourself out of the dirt kind of energy is what we’re looking for.

So, I guess it depends. But for a nightclub situation, I would definitely go with a shorter mix. I do mixes, I don’t usually do songs, it’s just that my attention span fits that style better. There is a mix called the “Poop Mix” on Soundcloud, it was created by the incredible artist Ayesha Erotica, and that is absolutely a go-to for me.

Well, this is not going to surprise very many people, but it’s usually “Don’t Rain on My Parade” by Barbra Streisand — I mean, of course, she’s my idol and my hero. But, I’m also very obsessed with an artist by the name of Dolores Gray, who sings a song called “Thanks a Lot But No Thanks.” The drag artist Lypsinka actually made that particular song famous during her drag career in New York City. It’s sort of like the lesser-known version of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” but it’s essentially her singing, “Thank you for all of these riches, darling, but no thanks, I’m good! I’m set, darling, but thank you very much for the private jet, I will take it!”

Oh, I am a Gaga girl all the way. Artpop is my favorite album, I do so many songs off of Artpop when I’m performing. My favorite off of the album is probably “Venus” — there’s just something about Gaga being so camp and so fashion at the same time that really gives you everything you want.”

Ugh, I love music so much, I just don’t know … I’m gonna give you three. First up, there’s the “Air Mail Special” by Ella Fitzgerald, which is just perfect because it’s got every single thing you want. I like to be very active and animated in my performances, so that allows me to do all of the things I want. Second, I’ll say “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” by Jennifer Hudson — I know it’s a thing that maybe people don’t want to admit, but Ms. Hudson did that on that song. And the third would truly just be anything by Whitney Houston.

For me, I would have to say that it’s a toss up between “La Negra Tiene Tumbao” by Celia Cruz or it’s gonna be “How Many Licks” by Lil’ Kim. Those are my two that I’m back and forth with. Range, baby, I got range!