Priyanka, Canada's Drag Race winner, wants you to take drag queens' music seriously

Posted: Jul 19, 2021 2:31 PM ET | Last Updated: July 19
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Long before he began performing in drag, Mark Suknanan knew he wanted to be a pop star. 
The Toronto entertainer, better known as
Canada's Drag Race's inaugural winner, Priyanka (the only Desi queen in
Drag Race's 12-year history to win), grew up singing into a fake microphone in his bedroom as a kid, his love of music stemming from a family of DJs and music lovers. 
"Music is just so beautiful," Priyanka tells me over Zoom, sporting a wavy blonde wig and a half patent leather, half houndstooth print blazer. "Growing up, there was nothing like Bollywood music — all the instrumentation, the way that they sing, the way they sound."

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