Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race was one for the ages. The cast was packed with some of the most talented and creative queens and one can only imagine how hard it was for the judges to pick just one to take the crown. Luxx Noir London made the top four of the season and rightfully so. Luxx proved to be a photographer’s dream on the Emmys red carpet last week, walking the red carpet in a Versace gown from the brand’s Spring 2007 collection. She was alongside Ru and the cast as they took home the award for Outstanding Reality Competition Program.
Born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, Luxx studied at the Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts and earned a degree in musical theater from New Jersey City University. She started performing in 2018 and auditioned four tomes for Drag Race. On the show, she showed her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent from her entrance line “Gagged them a bit… for sure” to her Snatch Game portrayal of Amanda Lepore and performance in Ru’s “Blame It On the Edit” video.
We talked to Luxx about her first (and probably not her last) Emmy experience as well as her latest single, the club banger “Let It All Hang Out,” fashion, and what’s next for this standout drag superstar in our exclusive interview.
I guess you’ve heard this a million times, but congratulations.
Thank you so much.
You looked absolutely stunning on the red carpet. I’m sure you had designers like clamoring to dress you, but how did you choose that gown?
I saw the gown at the fitting with Mark Eram, who was the stylist. And I kind of knew when I saw it that that was going to be one of my favorites. I tried on a number of gowns, and when I put that one on, I kind of knew it was the one. It was between that one and another black gown.
How would you describe your aesthetic and your style?
I would say that my style and aesthetic doesn’t really have a label or category. I kind of just wear whatever I feel best represents me in that moment. I thought that that look would be a great representation of me at the Emmys in that moment.
What was that experience like to be at the Emmys?
It was kind of surreal, kind of a dream come true. I only had dreamed about being at events like that and receiving an Emmy at that, and to be in the room watching it all happen and to be on the stage with the Emmys, it’s kind of crazy.
I know that that’s probably one of your tops, but what has been the best thing that’s happened to you since you appeared on Drag Race?
I don’t know. I think the best thing that’s happened since Drag Race is being able to travel and share my art with so many people who would not get to necessarily experience it. I’ve gone to a lot of places where drag is not as popular as it is in like New York or Chicago or in L.A. and the reception from the people in the audience is something really magical.
What can audiences expect when they see you perform live?
When I perform live, they can expect me looking gorgeous in a sickening outfit, dancing to a song that’s not top 40.
Speaking of songs that are not top 40, but should be…”Let It All Hang Out” is already on my Spotify playlist. How did that song come about?
Well, thank you for that. Me and my producer, Fred Velvet, also known as Skeltal Ki. I, we were working on music and I was saying that I wanted a song that reflected how I was feeling at that current time, which is, I didn’t want anyone telling me that I couldn’t say how I feel. I felt like, at the time the song was produced, and the conception of the song there was a lot of people telling me that I should basically just like, be quiet and not, I don’t always say how I feel about things on the internet, and that kind of made me a little angry. So, I decided to write this song with Fred and that’s how “Let It All Hang Out” was born.
You’ve taken over music, you are a fashion queen, you proved yourself as a talented performer on the show. Is there anything that you haven’t done yet that you really want to do?
I would love to attend the Met Gala. I would love to have my own makeup line. I would love to be on the cover of Vogue and I would love to be the creative director of a fashion house.
If RuPaul called and wanted you to compete on All Stars or one of the Versus the World seasons, would you participate?
Whenever mother calls, you answer the phone.
Now a lot of the queens have done like web series and things like that. Is that something that you’d be interested in doing?
Maybe, but in a way that it hasn’t been done before. I think that podcasts are kind of an oversaturated market. Nothing against the girls who have podcasts, I just don’t think that there necessarily needs to be another one – unless it’s about something really specific. But I don’t know something that specific I could talk about that people would be interested in hearing me talk about for an hour a week. Besides Drag Race. I don’t think there’s anything else really that I need to be discussing, like, long form. But yeah, I’d love to do some sort of like a web series or like maybe my own like talk show. I love talking to people.
Do you think over the years, drag queens are being taken more seriously as performers like in the music scene and in fashion and things like that?
Yes and no. I do think that due to the success of other queens who’ve been on Drag Race in the mainstream scope of pop culture, we are being taken more seriously as actual entertainers with validity in the industry, but also I do think that drag queens are still being seen as like a novelty act or like the token like drag queen in a music video or in a fashion show or something like that and I think that it’s about time that drag queens are given the same amount of reverence and respect that other people in culture are given for their creativity because if we’re being honest, drag queens are probably on the mood board for so many things that are happening in culture and are not given the are not given the credit for it.
So what is next for you?
Always for traveling and performing and doing all of that. Always new music. But sometimes I feel like putting a label or a time stamp on what’s next prevents other energies from interfering your path and I’d like to keep my journey very open-ended. So, I don’t know what’s next but I know it’s gonna be great.
Do you have a message for your fans on Socialite Life?
I do have a message for all of my fans out there and my fans at Socialite Life. I would say that life is what you make it, so make it fun.
Follow Luxx on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter. You can also score some fierce merch or book her on Cameo.
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