A punk rock drag queen from St. Petersburg is heading to compete on the 18th season of \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race.\u201d<\/p>\n
Discord Addams, a regular performer at COCKtail St. Pete<\/a>, is one of 14 drag queens vying for a $200,000 prize on the upcoming reality competition.<\/p>\n A press release from Paramount described Addams as \u201ca high-fashion punk rock maximalist, serving looks packed with safety pins, studs, and unapologetic attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n Addams\u2019s look was inspired by her time growing up in the punk scene.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all very DIY. So you\u2019re making your jackets, making your clothes,\u201d Addams said in a reveal video posted Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cYou can see a lot of the music that I listened to in my drag style: the Dead Kennedys, Rancid, the Sex Pistols, a little bit of classic rock like Aerosmith. I channel a mixture between, like, Lady Gaga and Mick Jagger.\u201d<\/p>\n Addams also expressed interest in activism.<\/p>\n \u201cI just want to be an advocate for the underdog, and an advocate for people who are getting treated poorly in this country,\u201d Addams said. \u201cWe need drag queens who are going to say more about what\u2019s happening instead of saying less.\u201d<\/p>\n Addams is one of five Florida-based queens that will appear on the upcoming season, from West Palm Beach\u2019s Mia Starr to Miami queens Athena Dion and Juicy Love Dion. Orlando\u2019s Myki Meeks even opened for Chappell Roan<\/a>.<\/p>\n David Fischer, owner of COCKtail St. Pete and outdoor pool bar The Wet Spot, said Addams is known for fierce looks and high-energy lip synching.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst and foremost, she is wildly creative with costuming, and so you\u2019re going to see some pretty amazing stuff,\u201d Fischer said.<\/p>\n Jewels Sparkles, a Florida queen who went far on season 17, hosted watch parties at the Wet Spot earlier this year and offered \u201cbehind-the-scenes tea during commercial breaks,\u201d according to Fischer. Addams willhost the season 18 premiere watch party on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n \u201cCONGRATULATIONS DISCORD ADDAMS from your Cocktail St. Pete family!\u201d the bar posted on <\/a>Instagram<\/a>. \u201cWe could not be more proud to be the home bar of this incredible individual and we\u2019re so excited to see her on the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u201d returns to MTV on Jan. 2. Episodes will air Fridays at 8 p.m., with after show \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race: Untucked\u201d following at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Discord Addams will host a premiere watch party at 8 p.m. Jan. 2 at the Wet Spot, 2355 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A punk rock drag queen from St. Petersburg is heading to compete on the 18th season of \u201cRuPaul\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1978,15766,40338,40339,40337,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-69541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-david-fischer","tag-discord","tag-drag-queen","tag-punk-rock","tag-rupaul39s-drag-race","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}