Kylie Sonique Love

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Kylie Sonique Love
Kylie Sonique Love Performs Tyrone 09-12-21.jpg
Kylie Sonique Love performing in 2021
Born (1983-05-02) May 2, 1983 (age 38)
Albany, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationDrag queen, dancer
Known for

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 6) Winner

PredecessorShea Couleé

Kylie Sonique Love[1] (born May 2, 1983), formerly known as Sonique, is an American drag queen, singer, dancer, and reality television personality. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2010, and achieved further popularity by winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in 2021.[2] Kylie was also the show's first cast member to come out as transgender and eventually became the first trans woman to win an American season of RuPaul's Drag Race,[3] as well as the second trans woman overall to win a season in the Drag Race franchise, after Drag Race Thailand's Angele Anang, who won the second season of that series.

Additionally, in 2020, she co-hosted Translation, the first talk show on a major network hosted by an all-trans cast.[4] Her first single, "Santa, Please Come Home", was released in 2018.[5]

Early life[]

Kylie Sonique Love was born on May 2, 1983 in Albany, Georgia.[6][7] She came out as transgender to her mother at 15 and later was sent to military school to become "more masculine". She received a GED at the Albany Technical College.[6] Her "drag mother" is retired Atlanta performer The Goddess Raven, a national pageant titleholder.[8]

Career[]

Drag[]

Love was announced to be one of twelve contestants for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 1, 2010.[9] She was placed in the bottom two in episode four and was eliminated after losing a lip sync to "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q against Morgan McMichaels.[10] She later revealed that she is a transgender woman during the reunion episode of that season.[3][11] In 2015, Love was one of the 30 performers that appeared as a backup dancer for Miley Cyrus's Video Music Awards performance.[12]

In June 2018, Love was a backup dancer with McMichaels and Farrah Moan for Christina Aguilera at Los Angeles Pride.[13] She subsequently appeared in the RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular with seven other Drag Race alumni on December 7, 2018.[14][15] She also appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere episode of season eleven of Drag Race.[16] Love appeared in a music video for Lizzo's song "Juice", which was released on April 17, 2019.[17]

In 2020, Love co-hosted Translation on Out TV, the first talk show on a major network to be hosted by an all-trans cast.[18] Love was announced as one of thirteen contestants competing on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars on May 26, 2021, where she competed under the name Kylie Sonique Love, after previously competing under the mononym Sonique.[19][20] On September 2, she was announced as the winner, becoming the first transgender winner in U.S. version of the show.[21]

Music[]

Kylie contributed to Tammie Brown's 2018 EP A Little Bit of Tammie.[22] She released her first single, "Santa, Please Come Home", the same day as the premiere of the Holi-slay Spectacular.[23] She released her second single, "Hey Hater", on April 24, 2019.[24]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role
2021 The Bitch Who Stole Christmas[25] Dolly Parton

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2010 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 2) Herself Contestant (9th place) [9]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
The Real Housewives Of Atlanta (season 3) Herself Episode 3
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular Herself Contestant (Joint Winner) [14]
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11) Herself Guest: "Whatcha Unpackin?" [26]
Busy Tonight Herself Guest [27]
2020–present Translation Herself Co-host [18]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 6) Herself Contestant (Winner) [28]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked
Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch Jan Brady [29]

Music videos[]

Year Title Artist Ref.
2015 "Not a Pearl" Willam
"Es Una Passiva (Boy Is a Bottom Español)" Willam [30]
2019 "Juice" Lizzo [17]
2021 "Do It Like Dolly" Kylie Sonique Love [31]
"Gooey" Cazwell featuring Kylie Sonique Love

Web series[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Ring My Bell Herself Guest [32]
2018 Hey Qween! Herself Guest [33]
Cosmo Queens Herself Guest [34]
2019 Drag Queens React Herself Guest, Episode: "Giving Birth" [35]
Bootleg Opinions Herself Guest, Episode: "Drag Race UK Season 1 Episode 2" [36]
Follow Me Herself Episode: "Mayhem Miller" [37]
Be$tie$ for Ca$h Herself Guest, WOW+ Exclusive
2020 Working Out Is a Drag Herself Guest [38]
2021 Drag Us Weekly Herself Guest [39]
Whatcha Packin' Herself Guest [40]
Ruvealing the Look Herself Guest [41]
Binge Queens Herself Guest [42]
BINGE Herself Podcast; guest [43]

Discography[]

Singles[]

Year Title Album
2018 "Santa, Please Come Home" Non-album single
2019 "Hey Hater"[44] Non-album single
"Hey Hater, Pt. 2" Non-album single
2020 "Just Thinking" Non-album single
"11:11" Non-album single
"Toxic" Non-album single
2021 "Straight to the Top" Non-album single
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Non-album single
"Two Timing Daddy" Non-album single
"My Buddy and Me" Non-album single
"Gooey"
(with Cazwell) 		Non-album single
"Do It Like Dolly" Non-album single
"Complete Me" Non-album single

EPs[]

Year Title Details
2021 "Hey Hater (Erik Vilar Official Remix)"
  • Released: May 14, 2021
  • Label: KSL Bops, Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download

As featured artist[]

Year Title Album Ref(s)
2018 "The Whale Song"
(Tammie Brown featuring Michael Catti, Jeff Musial, Alyson Montez, Ricky Rebel, Kelly Mantle, and Bad Dance Crew) 		Non-album single
2019 "Bad Bitch"
(Justin Symbol featuring Trash Can Cut) 		Non-album single
2021 "Show Up Queen"
(The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6) 		Non-album single [45]
"This Is Our Country"
(RuPaul and Tanya Tucker featuring The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6) 		Non-album single [21]

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