Photographer and Set Design: Daniel Mutton
Styling: Ally Lux
MUA: Charlie Fitzjohn
Hair: Styled by Vodka
Assistants: Ryan McDermott, Henny, Nic Marilyn

Baby, London’s self-proclaimed “Afropunk Princess”, has just unleashed one of the most anarchic videos of the year so far with Theatre!, a riotous punk anthem and “ode to queer rage” that chronicles their struggles with mental health. In October, Baby voluntarily dismissed themselves from the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK after opening up about their battle with depression and anxiety, igniting a vital conversation about mental health in the process.

Theatre! followed soon after, with the accompanying blood-soaked visual seeing the star own their narrative with futuristic, abstract imagery and the kind of fierce ensembles that we’ve come to expect from Baby. “Something that I felt was really interesting about Drag Race was, are people going to judge me for leaving? I don’t want to be that person that causes a scene or walks out of Drag Race,” Baby tells GAY TIMES. Diving into the themes of their debut single, they continue: “I don’t want to be all this theatrical and dramatic when in actuality, giving into the fear and the drama is what could save me right now.”

In addition to Drag Race UK and Theatre!, Baby memorably starred in the music video for Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ electropop collaboration Unholy, which historically topped the charts in the UK and US and won a Grammy Award. As Baby conquers reality television and music, with further plans to dominate ‘modelling, fashion, choreography and creative direction,’ we caught up with the star to discuss, well, all of the above.

Baby, how have the past few months been for you as a “RuGirl”?

Really nice. Especially after the way that I left, there’s been so much love and positivity and energy from people. I feel like I have lots of new friends, it’s really weird! People come up to me like, ‘What you did [on Drag Race] was really important to me.’ They really identify with it. I’m at meet-and-greets and people are crying. I’m like, ‘Girl stop, because I’ll cry too. Please!’

[Left] Full look: Dimitris Karagiannakis, Jewellery: 8 8 6 Lab | [Right] Dress: Anciela London, Hat: FLORENTINA LEITNER, Jewellery: Juicy Couture UK