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Sounds,14 Feb 2022,12 mins

Christine and the Queens' Whisk

Things You Didn't Know About Pop

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When he walked into Madame Jojo's he was Héloïse Letissier, but after a run in with a drag troupe, he emerged as Christine and the Queens. Scott Mills and Vick Hope hear how a trip to one of London's most famous nightspots and a whisk wielding drag queen led to the birth of Christine and the Queens. At the time of recording and broadcast Héloïse used the pronouns she/her.

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