#Kevin Aviance

[steveyockey]

Drag icon and featured contributor on “PURE/HONEY” Kevin Aviance dancing at the Renaissance Tour in Philly, July 12, 2023, via Beyoncé’s website.

#kevin aviance #beyonce #again I say 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #🫰🏻💕💗

[bruce-morrow]

Kevin Aviance at Performance Space New York, 2023

Photo: Bruce Morrow

#the moment that #the moment that we are today #hashtag #hashtagupmyass #beyonce #bruce morrow #music #art #nyc #lgbtq #brucemorrow #digital art #bruce-morrow #my art #myart #themomentthat #kevin aviance #performance space New York #performance space #performance art #rich #Roxy #Beyoncé #renaissance tour #disco

[hardcoremagicalgirl]

Kevin Aviance, 1999

Charli XCX, 2015

#LGBTQ #nonbinary #kevin aviance #ballroom culture #charli xcx #sophie xeon #web weaving

[bey-life]

Parkwood via Instagram! 🤍

#beyoncé #beyonce #parkwood #kevin jz prodigy #ts madison #kevin aviance #video #september 2023

[sinceileftyoublog]

Beyoncé Album Review: Renaissance

(Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

“There’s a whole lot of people in the house,” Beyoncé sings on “Break My Soul”, the first single from her new album Renaissance. Sure, it’s a declaration of, simply, numbers, her various collaborators, the swath of samples from decades of music history peppered throughout. But it’s also a statement of inclusiveness. Renaissance, purportedly the first installment of a trilogy of albums, celebrates Black and LGBTQ+ music and the judgement-free zones they honor. Representative of Beyoncé’s state of mind during the pandemic, it exemplifies her self-love and desire to break free in a time of isolation. And of course, it’s full of braggadocio and skill with the research and credentials to back it up.

It’s that last part that stands out the most on Renaissance. Samples and interpolations of house, bounce, and soul classics like Danube Dance’s “Unique”, Big Freedia’s “Explode”, and Teena Marie’s “Ooo La La La” span multiple songs. “ALIEN SUPERSTAR” borrows from something as ubiquitous as Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy” and academically well-regarded as Barbara Ann Teer’s “Black Theater” speech while simultaneously paying homage to the ballroom scene of the 60s in NYC, created by the Black and Latinx queer community in opposition to the racism of the white drag scenes. “Stilettos kicking vintage crystal off the bar / Category: bad bitch, I’m the bar,” Beyoncé chants over a techno beat. To hear these influences rub elbows in the same song, one that’s already been heard by millions of people across the globe, is, simply, pretty fucking cool. Ditto ballroom-vogue-house hybrid “PURE/HONEY”, which juxtaposes the pulsating backbone of Mr. Fingers’ “Mystery of Love” with Kevin Aviance’s “Cunty” as Beyoncé deadpans, “It should cost a million to look that good.” And “CHURCH GIRL” seamlessly combines Chicago and Southern hip-hop, starting with a lo-fi sample of The Clark Sisters’ gospel tune “Center of Thy Will” but morphing into skittering bounce; the moment when The Showboys’ “Drag Rap” beat comes is curation perfection.

The best parts of Renaissance, though, are the ones that emphasize Beyoncé herself above all else. Yes, her vocals dominate from the get-go. On opener “I’M THAT GIRL”, propulsive electronics slow into a reggaetón beat as she coos over a swirling sample of Tommy Wright III’s “Still Pimpin”, standing out no matter the tempo. Not even A.G. Cook’s thumping beat on “ALL UP IN YOUR MIND” can fully match her power, her ability to fill the thoughts of the minds of her lovers, friends, and admirers. Really, it’s when Beyoncé is given total room that she’s best able to communicate raw feeling. There’s a chunk of songs in a row on Renaissance with no samples, the space filled with just her singing, incredible melisma and all. Such is the case on the devotional “PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA”, where Beyoncé singing, “I think you’re so cool / Even though I’m cooler than you” is both funny and extremely serious. That is, she laughs it off but proves it--as if she needed to--on album standout “VIRGO’S GROOVE”, a sexed-up roller rink jam that sports perhaps her best vocal performance ever, ping-ponging up and down the scales.

Ultimately, Renaissance welcomes and educates. During her wordplay on “COZY”, Beyoncé’s sure to reference the progress pride flag, and she includes excerpts from a popular TikTok by trans television star Ts Madison. Her deep dive into LGBTQ+ culture calls to the past and look to the future. Is it pandering? That’s not really for me, a straight cisgender white male, to decide. Allyship is certainly important to Beyoncé, especially considering the album’s dedication to her late gay cousin who helped raise her and her sister Solange (and who died from AIDS-related illnesses). It’s an album much different from her brilliant 2013 self-titled record or Lemonade, not born of lived experience as much as a desire to lift her forebears. Renaissance ends with “SUMMER RENAISSANCE”, which prominently interpolates Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”, the unofficial transition from disco to house, the song where, upon hearing it, Brian Eno rushed to David Bowie claiming he had heard “the sound of the future.” Renaissance isn’t really the sound of the future, the past, or the present. It’s the sound of class in session.

#album review #beyoncé #renaissance #beyonce #parkwood entertainment #columbia #columbia records #danube dance #big freedia #teena marie #right said fred #barbara ann teer #mr. fingers #kevin aviance #the clark sisters #the showboys #tommy wright iii #a.g. cook #tiktok #ts madison #solange #solange knowles #lemonade #donna summer #brian eno #david bowie

[mymilovesfashion]

Kevin Aviance in Puppets and Puppets Fall 2023

#kevin aviance #puppets and puppets #fall 2023

[lipsyncforyourlife]

#Jared Jones #Free To Be #Acid Betty Discography #Mrs. Kasha Davis Discography #Derrick Berry Discography #Thorgy Thor Discography #Honey Davenport Discography #Pandora Boxx Discography #Latrice Royale Discography #Alaska Thunderfuck Discography #Peppermint Discography #Naked Highway #Coco Peru Discography #Kevin Aviance #Jason Randolph #Kelly Mantle Discography #Darren Burgos #Velo #Adam Jospeh #Chris Newcomer

[cottonfeltgembira]

Art for Enstars Fashion Week 2023 on twitter (held from the 16th October until the 22nd October)

#i had so much fun making this honestly hehe #its referencing Kevin Aviance's song cunty aka an important peioneer in the queer ballroom scene #i thought wawa's overall pompous and extravagance suited it #enstars #wataru hibiki #ensemble stars

[macaroni-rascal]

Beyoncé I refuse to get my hopes up don't do this to me!!

#the website being down!! #kevin aviance posting shit #whats going on #i swear to god

[bruce-morrow]

Kevin Aviance, Performance Space New York, 2023

Video: Bruce Morrow

#the moment that we are today #the moment that #bruce morrow #art #nyc #lgbtq #digital art #brucemorrow #bruce-morrow #my art #myart #video #Kevin Aviance #ps122 #performance space #performance art #performance #renaissance tour #Beyoncé #Roxy #gay #icon #my video #video post #music video

[omgthatdress]

Anyone interested in the history of the queer use of "cunt" should check out Kevin Aviance's 1996 queer club anthem "Cunty" which was sampled by Beyoncé in "Pure/Honey."

#Youtube #queer history #history of drag #lgbt history #gay history #queer #gay #lgbt

[distantvoices]

Kevin Aviance by Mel Ottenberg for Interview Magazine October 2022

[steveyockey]

Kevin JZ Prodigy and Kevin Aviance, both featured on the track “PURE/HONEY,” in the crowd for the Renaissance Tour in Philly, July 12, 2023. (x)

#beyonce #It’s just ummmm very sweet 🥺 linking from where I stole this on twitter lol

[potionesse]

post 10 songs from 10 different artists and tag 10 people! (*^▽^)/★*☆♪ tagged by @stoneress <3

1. I'm A Lady (feat. Trouble Andrew) - Santigold, Trouble Andrew

2. Cunty (The Feeling) (Party Mix) - Kevin Aviance

3. AMERICAN GURL - Kilo Kish

4. 台灣是好所在 - 林強

5. Blue - V.C.R

6. Outlaws - Alessia Cara

7. Give 'Em Hell, Kid Live on MTV22$Bill - My Chemical Romance . Life on the Murder Scene

8. honda (feat. pa salieu) - FKA twigs, Pa Salieu

9. Do What You Want - AYA

10. Ring-a-Ling - Tkay Maidza

thanks to miz stoneress ♡

tagging @potion--seller @sun-lit-goth @quixoticanarchy @starrmarr @isotypic @boag @kissycore @akashicrecord@ectorotica @verdantry ! Anyone already tagged should go be overwhelmed by the miracle of existence<3

#talking to myself in the tags ignore this #theres no real reason we're here other than random chance! a coin could have flipped the other way or a slight change in the breeze and #suddenly you remember how perilous your spot here is on the cliffside of the world. and then you see the view and it all makes sense again. #lol insomniac rambling #tee hee!

[lipsyncforyourlife]

#Jared Jones #Free To Be #Kelly Mantle Discography #Mrs. Kasha Davis Discography #Acid Betty Discography #Derrick Barry Discography #Thorgy Thor Discography #Honey Mahogany Discography #Latrice Royale Discography #Alaska Thunderfuck Discography #Pandora Boxx Discography #Mila Jam #Peppermint Discography #Coco Peru Discography #Kyle Puccia #Jeanie Tracy #Naked Highway #Matt Moss #Adam Jospeh #Kevin Aviance #Joel Dickinson #Brian Cua #Velo

[theworldisyonces]

The Renaissance World Tour: Show 24 - Lincoln Financial Field Stadium - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (7/12/23). Kevin Aviance and Kevin JZ Prodigy, two ballroom legends were at the Philly show. Kevin Jz Prodigy is the voice that narrates the interludes during the tour and “kunt to the feminine what”, and Kevin Aviance is the voice who repeats “kunty” at the beginning of Pure/Honey.