Amethyst (drag queen)

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Amethyst
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Amethyst at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born (1995-02-04) February 4, 1995 (age 30) [1]
Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. [2]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesAmy Taylor
Occupations
Television RuPaul's Drag Race (season 15)

Amethyst is the stage name of Amy Taylor, [3] an American drag performer who competed on season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race .

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Career

Amethyst is a drag performer. Charlie Grey of Queerty has described her as a "TikTok-grown comedy queen". [4] Amethyst competed on season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race . She was eliminated following the design challenge, after placing in the bottom two three times. [5] [6] She impersonated Tan Mom for the Snatch Game challenge. [7]

Personal life

Amethyst is from Bristol, West Hartford, and Terrytown, Connecticut. [8] [9] [10] She had dated fellow contestant Robin Fierce prior to appearing on Drag Race. [7] [11] [12] [13] In 2024, Amethyst came out as trans and shared her name Amy. [14]

Filmography

Television

Discography

Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected details
TitleDetailsRef.
Kind Of Girl [15]
Wannabe Popstar [16]

Singles

TitleYearAlbumRef.
"Rock My Body"2023- [17]
"Scary"2021- [18]
"Superstars"2020Kind Of Girl [19]
"Ratz (ft. Kenya Mone Heart & Mia E. Z'Lay"- [20]
"So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings"- [21]
"Everywhere"Kind Of Girl [22]

References

  1. ↑ @thatssoamethyst (February 4, 2020). "you know what's funnier than 24?" – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ "Whatcha Packin' 💜 S15 E05 | RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15 👠✨". YouTube . July 24, 2023. Event occurs at 0:29. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ Amethyst. "Hard2Get". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  4. ↑ Grey, Charlie (2023-01-31). "Amethyst on her haters, her Season 15 castmates, and the 'Drag Race' judges: "I'm trying to think without being mean"". Queerty. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  5. ↑ Daw, Stephen (2023-01-30). "'RuPaul's Drag Race': Amethyst Gets Real About Dealing With 'High School' Drama While Filming". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  6. ↑ "Drag Race: Amethyst on her season 15 run and fans' robbed lip-sync". Gay Times . 2023-02-28. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  7. 1 2 Nolfi, Joey. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Amethyst reveals conflicting designs ignited 'spiraling downfall'". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  8. ↑ Massaro, Mike (2023-06-20). "3 CT contestants on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' praise state for supporting drag culture". NBC Connecticut. Archived from the original on 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  9. ↑ "Meet the Queens From 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 15". www.out.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  10. ↑ "Amethyst is first Connecticut queen to sashay away from 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Hartford Courant. 2023-01-30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  11. ↑ "RuPaul's Drag Race Exes Amethyst and Robin Fierce Reveal Why Their Romance Ended Before the Show". People . Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  12. ↑ Nolfi, Joey. "'Drag Race' queen Amethyst clarifies Robin Fierce breakup tea". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  13. ↑ "RuPaul's Drag Race stars Amethyst and Robin Fierce share why they broke up". Digital Spy. 2023-01-12. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  14. ↑ Sim, Bernardo. "RuPaul's Drag Race star Amethyst comes out as trans". out.com. Out . Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Kind Of Girl". Spotify (US). February 26, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Wannabe Popstar". Spotify . November 29, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Rock My Body". Apple Music (US). August 18, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Scary". Apple Music (US). October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Superstars". Apple Music (US). November 6, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Ratz". Apple Music (US). October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  21. ↑ "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings". Apple Music (US). July 3, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Everywhere". Apple Music (US). April 3, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
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