Blair St. Clair

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Blair St. Clair
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Blair St. Clair at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born (1995-05-16) May 16, 1995 (age 28) [1]
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Occupations
Television
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels Producer Entertainment Group
Website blairstclair.com

Blair St. Clair (born May 16, 1995) is an American drag queen, singer, and hair stylist known for competing on the tenth season of the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race , as well as the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars .

Contents

Her debut album Call My Life , which was released in June 2018, reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Sales Chart . It spawned two singles - "Now or Never" and "Call My Life", which reached the top ten on the Dance chart. The follow-up album, Identity , was released in July 2020. It was preceded by singles "Empty" and "9 Lives".

Early life

St. Clair was born to Peggy Bryson [2] in Indiana on May 16, 1995. [1] She attended Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis where she participated in theater. [3]

Career

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Blair St. Clair at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2018

St. Clair first rose to prominence when she won the title of Miss Gay Indiana in 2016. [4] She was revealed as one of fourteen contestants on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race before the official cast was announced due to getting arrested for a DUI violation. [5] She is the first contestant from Indiana to compete on the show. [6] She was the sixth contestant eliminated on a lipsync to Diana Ross' "I'm Coming Out", losing to The Vixen, and placing ninth. [7] [8]

St. Clair's grand finale dress was designed by Project Runway alumnus Mondo Guerra. [9] After the show, she walked for Guerra's collection at FashioNXT in October 2018. [10] In late 2019, St. Clair launched Hair by Blair with the intent to sell lace front and full lace wigs online; and, shortly after moving back to Indianapolis, St. Clair opened a full-service salon under the same name to take in clients. [11]

Music

One day after her elimination episode, St. Clair released her debut single, "Now or Never", on April 27, 2018. [12] The song's music video features Jinkx Monsoon, Manila Luzon, and Max Emerson. [13] [14]

St. Clair released a follow-up single, "Call My Life", with a music video on June 26, 2018. Her seven-track debut album of the same name was released three days later. [15] [16] Drag Race alumna Alaska is featured on the album's sixth track, "America's Sweetheart". [17] The album peaked at number one of the Billboard Dance/Electronic Sales Chart. [18] A remix EP of the "Call My Life" single was released on August 10, 2018. It features Dave Audé, Chris Cox, DrewG., Hector Fonseca, Zambianco and Ralphi Rosario. [19] She released her third single, "Irresistible" with a music video on October 25, 2018. [20] [21] [22] Blair St. Clair released her single "Easy Love" on July 12, 2019. [23] On April 30, 2020, Blair released her single "Empty", followed by "9 Lives" and six promotional singles from her second studio album Identity, released on July 21, 2020. [24]

Personal life

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Blair St. Clair, 2018

The first part of St. Clair's drag name came from the character Blair in Gossip Girl while the second part was suggested by her mother after she had passed St. Clair Street in downtown Indianapolis. [25] St. Clair has mentioned using the name Blair and female pronouns in her personal life [26] and is non-binary. [27]

St. Clair was raped at a college party, which she shared on RuPaul's Drag Race. [28] [29] [30] In 2018, Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio controversially made a joke at one of her comedy sets about St. Clair's decision to bring up the rape on Drag Race upon finding out she was up for elimination. Del Rio received backlash from fans and fellow queens including St. Clair herself. [31] [32] In November 2019, fellow drag queen Trinity The Tuck brought Blair onto her podcast and encouraged her to speak with Bianca about said joke. [33]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race HerselfContestant - 9th Place [5]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Contestant - 4th Place
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2018Cosmo QueensHerselfGuest [34]
Queen to QueenGuest, with Mayhem Miller [35]
Countdown to the CrownSeason 10 [36]
How to MakeupGuest [37]
2020SupbruhGuest [38]

Music videos

YearTitleRef
2018"Now or Never" [14]
"Call My Life" [17]
"Irresistible" [39]
2020"9 Lives"
2022"GAGA" [40]

Discography

Blair St. Clair discography
Studio albums2
Singles6
Remix albums1
Promotional singles6

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US
Dance/
Elec. 		US
Heat
[41] 		US Indie
[41]
Call My Life 11134
Identity [24]
  • Released: July 21, 2020
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: PEG
———
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Remix albums

TitleDetails
Call My Life: Remixed
  • Released: August 10, 2018
  • Label: Producer Entertainment Group
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Dance
[42] 		US
Dance/
Elec.
[43]
"Now or Never"2018—— [upper-alpha 1] Call My Life
"Call My Life"846
"Irresistible"——
"Easy Love" [23] 2019——Non-album single
"Empty"2020——Identity
"9 Lives"——
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

TitleYearAlbum
"I'm in Love"
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5)		2020Non-album single
"Tonight Or Forever" [44]
(Jujubee featuring Blair St. Clair)		Good Juju : Vol. 2

Promotional singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Space Between"
(featuring Rayvon Owen)		2020Identity
"What Do I Gotta Do?"
"All Your Exes"
"Wanted"
"Bad Judgement"
"Take Me Home"

Other appearances

TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Last Christmas"2018— Christmas Queens 4
Notes
  1. ↑ "Now or Never" did not enter the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart but did peak at number 18 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart.

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