RuPaul looks nothing less than amazing in a black number as the latest cover girl for Instinct magazine’s December/January issue.
The 53 year-old recently released his first fragrance and ultra-rich pigment cosmetic line Glamazon, a
“Glamazon is for women and men of all ages and preferences who share one thing in common: They are not afraid to be fierce, “ said the Drag Race diva, who had a hand in choosing the scents and palettes for the unisex products. Glamazon gift boxes— which include waterproof eye pencil, blush, eyeshadow, mascara, lip gloss and liquid eyeliner—is currently on sale at Ricky’s NYC in New York and at other select outlets.
And they won’t cost you an arm and a leg. ”For me, glamour should be accessible to all,” says Ru. I am committed to helping the world look and smell more beautiful.”
In the diva's recent interview with Instinct, the icon discusses music, the forthcoming 6th season of the popular Logo reality-competition series Rupaul's Drag Race, and if the show has crossed over into mainstream America:
ON NEW MUSIC:
We hear you’ve been working on new music and you’re set to release it early in the new year. This will be your 10th album, right?
Probably, I don’t really know. [Laughs] I’m not good with numbers. But I love the process and I hit fucking pay dirt when I met [producer] Lucian Piane. We just have something and I’ve never had that with any other music partner. This kid is just so talented. He knows his music. We sit and we kiki and we laugh and philosophize, the process is just amazing.
We have a song, I can’t tell you the title of it just yet, but it is the biggest hit I’ve ever had in my life. I can tell because I can’t get this fucking song out of my head! I can’t get it out of my head! [Laughs] But I just love it. He and I really should just continue to write songs together even after this record is finished, because its magic.
ON THE FORTHCOMING SEASON OF RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE:
Well we have to ask about Drag Race. Can you tell us anything about season 6?
You can expect the same eye-popping, gobsmacking entertainment you’ve gotten used to. We know how to do this show. It took us a few seasons to hit our mark, but we know this brand now. And you know, I rewatched the first season for the Ruvisited.
ON THE CULTURAL INFLUENCE OF DRAG RACE:
So it’s still exciting every day you go to set?
I love it! We kiki and we have so much fun. And the show embodies everything I love about pop culture. Because it’s drag we get to take a pinch of this and a pinch of that and we get to reappropriate that and take this in. So we get to do everything on this show—music, comedy, dancing, fashion, political commentary on that human level.
I have a ranch in Wyoming that I go to when I get the chance, and we have our direct TV or whatever and the show is available there. Now this ranch is in the middle of nowhere. So it excites me that kids around the world, maybe in the middle of nowhere, in country’s that I can’t even pronounce are watching this show and getting this fast track to not just gay culture, because gay culture is pop culture. Gay culture has always been pop culture; we’ve always been at the forefront of what’s happening. So these kids are getting a fast track on pop culture that will actually elevate them and bring them to the front of the line for the rest of their lives.
So would you say the show has become mainstream?
Well, to a certain degree although the show is still underground. It hasn’t hit the massive American Idol kinda thing. It’s still growing and it’s still a long way to go until Betty and Joe Beercan know what this thing is. And I kinda dig the fact that it’s still underground and growing.