Kylie Sonique Love
Kylie Sonique Love performing in 2021
Born (1983-05-02) May 2, 1983 (age 40)
Albany, Georgia, U.S.
Other namesSonique
Alma materAlbany Technical College
Occupation(s)Entertainer, dancer
Television
PredecessorShea Couleé
SuccessorJinkx Monsoon
Websitekyliesoniquelove.com

Kylie Sonique Love[1] (born May 2, 1984), formerly known as Sonique, is an American entertainer, singer, dancer, model and reality television personality. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009, and achieved further popularity by winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars eleven years later in 2020.[2] Love was the first person to ever come out as transgender on any reality TV show. Upon winning All Stars 6, Love became the second transgender winner in the Drag Race franchise and was the first trans woman to win an American series of Drag Race. Additionally, in 2020, she co-hosted Translation Season 1, the first talk show on a major network hosted by an all-trans cast.[3] Her first single, "Santa, Please Come Home", was released in 2018.[4]

Early life

Kylie Sonique Love was born on May 2, 1983, in Albany, Georgia.[5][6] She came out as transgender to her mother at 15 and later was sent to military school Fort Stewart[7] to become "more masculine". She received a GED at the Albany Technical College.[5] Her "drag mother" is retired Atlanta performer The Goddess Raven, a national pageant titleholder.[8]

Career

Drag

Kylie Sonique Love with her Drag Race All Stars crown and scepter at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022

Love was announced to be one of twelve contestants for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 1, 2010.[9] She was placed in the bottom two in episode four and was eliminated after losing a lip sync to "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q against Morgan McMichaels.[10] She later revealed that she is a transgender woman during the reunion episode of that season.[11][12] In 2015, Love was one of the 30 performers that appeared as a backup dancer for Miley Cyrus's Video Music Awards performance.[13]

In June 2018, Love was a backup dancer with McMichaels and Farrah Moan for Christina Aguilera at Los Angeles Pride.[14] She subsequently appeared in the RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular with seven other Drag Race alumni on December 7, 2018.[15][16] She also appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere episode of season eleven of Drag Race.[17] Love appeared in a music video for Lizzo's song "Juice", which was released on April 17, 2019.[18]

In 2020, Love co-hosted Translation on Out TV, the first talk show on a major network to be hosted by an all-trans cast.[19] Love was announced as one of thirteen contestants competing on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars on May 26, 2021, where she competed under the name Kylie Sonique Love, after previously competing under the mononym Sonique.[20][21] On September 2, she was announced as the winner, becoming the first transgender winner in a U.S. version of the show.[22]

Music

Kylie contributed to Tammie Brown's 2018 EP A Little Bit of Tammie.[23] She released her first single, "Santa, Please Come Home", the same day as the premiere of the Holi-slay Spectacular.[24] She released her second single, "Hey Hater", on April 24, 2019.[25]

Other ventures

In June 2022, she was a featured model for Playful Promises' lingerie Pride Campaign.[26]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2021 The Bitch Who Stole Christmas[27] Dolly Parton
TBA Dope Queens[28] TBA

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2010-2019 RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Season 2, 5 episodes (9th place) [9]
Herself Guest; Season 11, episode 1: "Whatcha Unpackin?" [29]
2010 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Herself Season 1, 4 episodes [9]
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Herself Guest; Season 3, episode 3
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular Contestant 1 episode (Joint Winner) [15]
2019 Busy Tonight Herself Guest; Season 1, episode 80 [30]
2020–present Translation Co-host [19]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Contestant Season 6, 12 episodes (Winner) [31]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked Herself Season 3, 12 episodes
Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch Jan Brady [32]

Music videos

Year Title Artist Ref.
2015 "Not a Pearl" Willam
"Es Una Passiva (Boy Is a Bottom Español)" Willam [33]
2019 "Juice" Lizzo [18]
2021 "Do It Like Dolly" Kylie Sonique Love [34]
"Gooey" Cazwell featuring Kylie Sonique Love

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Ring My Bell Herself Guest [35]
2018 Hey Qween! Herself Guest [36]
Cosmo Queens Herself Guest [37]
2019 Drag Queens React Herself Guest, Episode: "Giving Birth" [38]
Bootleg Opinions Herself Guest, Episode: "Drag Race UK Season 1 Episode 2" [39]
Follow Me Herself Episode: "Mayhem Miller" [40]
Be$tie$ for Ca$h Herself Guest, WOW+ Exclusive
2020 Working Out Is a Drag Herself Guest [41]
2021 Drag Us Weekly Herself Guest [42]
Whatcha Packin' Herself Guest [43]
Ruvealing the Look Herself Guest [44]
Binge Queens Herself Guest [45]
Binge Herself Podcast; guest [46]
2023 The Pit Stop Herself Guest [47]

Discography

EPs

Title Details
Hey Hater (Erik Vilar Official Remix)
  • Released: May 14, 2021
  • Label: KSL Bops
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Album Writer(s) Producer(s) Ref(s)
2018 "Santa, Please Come Home" Non-album single Wendy Ho No producer credited [48]
2019 "Hey Hater" Kylie Sonique Love Aaron Zepeda, Love [49][50]
"Hey Hater, Pt. 2" Love No producer credited [51]
2020 "Just Thinking" [52]
"11:11" [53]
"Toxic" Bloodshy, Cathy Dennis, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback [54]
2021 "Straight to the Top" Love [55]
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Hank Williams [56]
"Two Timing Daddy" Love [57]
"My Buddy and Me" [58]
"Gooey"
(with Cazwell) 		Cazwell Cazwell, Barbeau, Richie Beretta, Craig C [59]
"Do It Like Dolly" Love, John Duff Samjgarfield, KOIL PreAmple, Duff [60]
"Complete Me" Samjgarfield, Duff [61]
2023 "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" (with Timo Nuñez) Love, Timo Nuñez No producer credited [62]
"Ex Miss" Drew Louis, Jayelle Gerber, Love Drew Louis [63]
2024 "Lost Angel" Louis, Love [64]


As featured artist

Year Title Album Ref(s)
2018 "The Whale Song"
(Tammie Brown featuring Michael Catti, Jeff Musial, Alyson Montez, Ricky Rebel, Kelly Mantle, and Bad Dance Crew) 		Non-album single [65]
2019 "Bad Bitch"
(Justin Symbol featuring Trash Can Cut) 		[66]
2021 "Show Up Queen"
(The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6) 		[67]
"This Is Our Country"
(RuPaul and Tanya Tucker featuring The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6) 		[22]
2022 "Escobar (Remix)"
(Timo Nuñez, Itslitobbs)
2023 "Light in the Dark"
(Trinity the Tuck featuring Aria B. Cassadine & Kylie Sonique Love) 		Trinity Ruins Christmas: The Musical [68]
"Good Enough"
(Trinity the Tuck featuring Alaska Thunderfuck, Jimbo, Manila Luzon, Ginger Minj, Aria B. Cassadine, Kylie Sonique Love) 		[69]

Awards and nominations

Year Award-giving body Category Work Results Ref.
2022 Queerty Awards Drag Royalty Herself Nominated [70]
2022 WOWIE Awards Breakout Stars of 2022 Herself Won [71]
2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Reality Return RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Nominated [72]

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