Tom Aspaul has concluded his acclaimed Black Country Disco era with a fierce megamix video.
Directed by Ryan Charles, the visual is a disco extravaganza with five Birmingham-based drag entertainers who lip-sync the house down to a selection of Tom’s most beloved tracks.
Traces is performed by Lacey Lou, a drag queen inspired by “all the beautiful facets of Mother Nature,” from her aesthetic to her drag character and persona. She says: “Lacey Lou is also all about femme power and fighting for equality!”
Jenna Davinci, Birmingham’s reigning queen of “camp vamp”, lip-syncs to W.M, her favourite track from Black Country Disco. “My full time job is in Wolverhampton so naturally my favourite song off the album is W.M – a certified bop!” she explains.
Because she resonates with the “theme of heartbreak and misery,” Yshee Black performs Tender. The queen, who aims to celebrate Black culture within her art, praises the track’s “soft beat” and Tom’s “smooth vocals”.
Cocoa Kink, who credits “any queen who is unapologetic for her sexuality and erotic burlesque with a fetish overtone” as the inspirations behind her persona, let’s us have it for a performance of disco banger 01902.
Decked out in latex and leather, Tom climbs out from behind the camera to dance to the title track with the sickening Black Peppa, who describes her drag as “a sophisticated twist of fetish meets glamour with influences of Futurism.”
The whole video is a glorious celebration of Birmingham, disco and queerness. If you love pop music and being gay as hell, this is one for you.
Speaking with GAY TIMES, Tom says he wanted to conclude his Black Country Disco era with a music video for his Country Club Martini Crew Megamix, which appears on his Black Country Discothèque remix album.
“I get to showcase the immense talent working the (currently dormant) Birmingham queer nightlife scene, which is a big part of the concept for the album,” he says.
“It was perfect, each queen gets their moment to shine and I even cameo in the video. We went one step further, by having me dressed as a leather daddy, really inhabiting my inner-George Michael.
“The queens knocked it out the park, their individual energies and talents really shone through. I was actually a little bit starstruck on the day of the shoot!”
Charles had nothing but praise for all five drag entertainers, as well as Tom, saying it’s “always a pleasure working with the queens from Birmingham” because “it’s full of creativity, we have fun and there’s never a dull moment.”
“It’s part of what I love about directing and making videos – the process,” he says.
“I guess what I’m trying to convey is my love for my favourite thing about Birmingham; the creative talent, especially the drag queens, and getting to work some of those queens with Tom as part of that talent.”
The music video for B.C.D Megamix – Country Club Martini Crew Megamix is now streaming on YouTube. You can watch the clip here or below.
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