Fenton Bailey, producer and co-creator of RuPaul's Drag Race
Description
Fenton Bailey is a co-founder of production studio World of Wonder, the home of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Together with Randy Barbato, Fenton has creatively collaborated with RuPaul since the mid-80s, helping birth his albums, imagery, VH1 chat show, even directing the iconic "Supermodel" music video, before launching the queer cultural juggernaut that is Drag Race in 2009. Over 25 international variations are currently airing around the world.
Fenton joins me for the first episode of Season 4 to discuss an enormous list of tracks that have soundtracked his queer life. I hope you enjoy the chat!
Further reading:
- Follow Fenton on Instagram
- Learn more about the Drag Defence Fund
- Purchase Fenton's book on the phenomenon of television, ScreenAge
- Check out Nelson Sullivan's video archive on YouTube
The other bits:
- Tracks of Our Queers is recorded and edited between Gadigal and Ngarigo land by me, Andy Gott
- Listen to all of the music discussed in the pod with the Selections from Tracks of Our Queers playlist
- You can email me with your own queer tracks or guest recommendations at tracksofourqueers@gmail.com
- Our beautiful artwork is illustrated by Luke Tribe
To celebrate our fiftieth episode, I want to hear your queer tracks. Send me a voice note of a song, album, or artist that has resonated with your life, and I'll include it in Episode 50.
Email me your voicenote at tracksofourqueers@gmail.com.
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