Kylie Sonique Love | |
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Born | Albany, Georgia, U.S. | May 2, 1983
Other names | Sonique |
Alma mater | Albany Technical College |
Occupation(s) | Entertainer, dancer |
Television | |
Predecessor | Shea Couleé |
Successor | Jinkx Monsoon |
Website | kyliesoniquelove |
Kylie Sonique Love [1] (born May 2, 1983), formerly known as Sonique, is an American entertainer, singer, dancer, model and reality television personality. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009, and achieved further popularity by winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars eleven years later in 2021. [2] Love was the first person to ever come out as transgender on any reality TV show. Upon winning All Stars 6, Love became the second trans woman to win an installment of the Drag Race franchise, and was the first to win an American series. Additionally, in 2020, she co-hosted Translation Season 1, the first talk show on a major network hosted by an all-trans cast. [3] Her first single, "Santa, Please Come Home", was released in 2018. [4]
Kylie Sonique Love was born on May 2, 1983, in Albany, Georgia. [5] [6] She came out as transgender to her mother at 15 and later was sent to military school Fort Stewart [7] to become "more masculine". She received a GED at the Albany Technical College. [5] Her "drag mother" is retired Atlanta performer The Goddess Raven, a national pageant titleholder. [8]
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. [11] [12] In 2015, Love was one of the 30 performers that appeared as a backup dancer for Miley Cyrus 's Video Music Awards performance. [13]
In June 2018, Love was a backup dancer with McMichaels and Farrah Moan for Christina Aguilera at Los Angeles Pride. [14] She subsequently appeared in the RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular with seven other Drag Race alumni on December 7, 2018. [15] [16] She also appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere episode of season eleven of Drag Race. [17] Love appeared in a music video for Lizzo's song "Juice", which was released on April 17, 2019. [18]
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. [19] 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. [20] [21] On September 2, she was announced as the winner, becoming the first transgender winner in a U.S. version of the show. [22]
In 2004 at age 19, Love auditioned for American Idol for its third season. She was with Jennifer Hudson in the Atlanta auditions. She sang Crazy in Love by Beyonce and Lady Marmalade, where she gave judge Simon Cowell a lap dance. She also became friends with judge Paula Abdul. [23] Kylie contributed to Tammie Brown's 2018 EP A Little Bit of Tammie. [24] She released her first single, "Santa, Please Come Home", the same day as the premiere of the Holi-slay Spectacular. [25] She released her second single, "Hey Hater", on April 24, 2019. [26]
In June 2022, she was a featured model for Playful Promises' lingerie Pride Campaign. [27]
Year | Title | Role |
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2021 | The Bitch Who Stole Christmas [28] | Dolly Parton |
TBA | Dope Queens [29] | TBA |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2010-2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Contestant | Season 2, 5 episodes (9th place) | [9] |
Herself | Guest; Season 11, episode 1: "Whatcha Unpackin?" | [30] | ||
2010 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Season 1, 4 episodes | [9] | |
The Real Housewives of Atlanta | Guest; Season 3, episode 3 | |||
2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular | Contestant | 1 episode (Joint Winner) | [15] |
2019 | Busy Tonight | Herself | Guest; Season 1, episode 80 | [31] |
2020–present | Translation | Co-host | [19] | |
2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Contestant | Season 6, 12 episodes (Winner) | [32] |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked | Herself | Season 3, 12 episodes | ||
Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch | Jan Brady | [33] | ||
Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
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2015 | "Not a Pearl" | Willam | |
"Es Una Passiva (Boy Is a Bottom Español)" | Willam | [34] | |
2019 | "Juice" | Lizzo | [18] |
2021 | "Do It Like Dolly" | Kylie Sonique Love | [35] |
"Gooey" | Cazwell featuring Kylie Sonique Love |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2013 | Ring My Bell | Herself | Guest | [36] |
2018 | Hey Qween! | [37] | ||
Cosmo Queens | [38] | |||
2019 | Drag Queens React | Guest, Episode: "Giving Birth" | [39] | |
Bootleg Opinions | Guest, Episode: "Drag Race UK Season 1 Episode 2" | [40] | ||
Follow Me | Episode: "Mayhem Miller" | [41] | ||
Be$tie$ for Ca$h | Guest, WOW+ Exclusive | |||
2020 | Working Out Is a Drag | Guest | [42] | |
2021 | Drag Us Weekly | [43] | ||
Whatcha Packin' | [44] | |||
Ruvealing the Look | [45] | |||
Binge Queens | [46] | |||
Binge | Podcast; guest | [47] | ||
2023 | The Pit Stop | Guest | [48] | |
2023 | Bring Back My Girls | Herself | Episode: "All Stars 6" | [49] |
Title | Details |
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Hey Hater (Erik Vilar Official Remix) |
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Year | Title | Album | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Ref(s) |
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2018 | "Santa, Please Come Home" | Non-album single | Wendy Ho | No producer credited | [50] |
2019 | "Hey Hater" | Kylie Sonique Love | Aaron Zepeda, Love | [51] [52] | |
"Hey Hater, Pt. 2" | Love | No producer credited | [53] | ||
2020 | "Just Thinking" | [54] | |||
"11:11" | [55] | ||||
"Toxic" | Bloodshy, Cathy Dennis, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback | [56] | |||
2021 | "Straight to the Top" | Love | [57] | ||
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | Hank Williams | [58] | |||
"Two Timing Daddy" | Love | [59] | |||
"My Buddy and Me" | [60] | ||||
"Gooey" (with Cazwell) | Cazwell | Cazwell, Barbeau, Richie Beretta, Craig C | [61] | ||
"Do It Like Dolly" | Love, John Duff | Samjgarfield, KOIL PreAmple, Duff | [62] | ||
"Complete Me" | Samjgarfield, Duff | [63] | |||
2023 | "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" (with Timo Nuñez) | Love, Timo Nuñez | No producer credited | [64] | |
"Ex Miss" | Drew Louis, Jayelle, Love | Drew Louis | [65] | ||
2024 | "Lost Angel" | Louis, Love | [66] |
Year | Title | Album | Ref(s) |
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2018 | "The Whale Song" (Tammie Brown featuring Michael Catti, Jeff Musial, Alyson Montez, Ricky Rebel, Kelly Mantle, and Bad Dance Crew) | Non-album single | [67] |
2019 | "Bad Bitch" (Justin Symbol featuring Trash Can Cut) | [68] | |
2021 | "Show Up Queen" (The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6) | [69] | |
"This Is Our Country" (RuPaul and Tanya Tucker featuring The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6) | [22] | ||
2022 | "Escobar (Remix)" (Timo Nuñez, Itslitobbs) | ||
2023 | "Light in the Dark" (Trinity the Tuck featuring Aria B. Cassadine & Kylie Sonique Love) | Trinity Ruins Christmas: The Musical | [70] |
"Good Enough" (Trinity the Tuck featuring Alaska Thunderfuck, Jimbo, Manila Luzon, Ginger Minj, Aria B. Cassadine, Kylie Sonique Love) | [71] | ||
Year | Award-giving body | Category | Work | Results | Ref. |
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2022 | Queerty Awards | Drag Royalty | Herself | Nominated | [72] |
2022 | WOWIE Awards | Breakout Stars of 2022 | Herself | Won | [73] |
2022 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Reality Return | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Nominated | [74] |
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