Landon Cider on Finding Drag, Being Inspired by David Bowie & More | Billboard Cover
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula season three winner Landon Cider talks to Billboard about finding drag, being inspired by David Bowie and Stephen Sondheim, and more!
Landon Cider:
Because I’m an overachiever, the first song that I performed was a full on mix, where I came out as my feminine persona and transformed into drag on stage within, like, a six-minute mix, ending with “Freebird,” and I was jumping up and down to celebrate my freedom and my t–s fell out. Talk about freedom.
Landon Cider on he got into drag:
I found drag because it was a perfect combination of all my loves throughout my life, visual art, performance art and just theater. I was going to the clubs for many years, loving the queens, and then I got sick and I decided, “What am I going to do with the rest of my life once I feel better?” And I wanted to get back into theater, but I didn’t want traditional theater, and I remembered drag and I figured, “Let me give it a shot,” and I was hooked.
Landon Cider on his signature drag number:
Today, it is She Wants Revenge’s “Tear You Apart.” I can perform that song every night of my life and be completely happy.
Landon Cider on musicians who have inspired him:
All different kinds of music and musicians, everything from Broadway, like Stephen Sondheim to that “I want to f–k you” kind of energy like She Wants Revenge, androgyny like David Bowie — a little bit of everything.
Watch the full video above!
Emily Fuentes
Billboard
