About the artist
The Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 13 comprises the drag performers who competed on the thirteenth season of the long-running reality competition, which premiered in January 2021. The lineup included Symone, who was crowned the season’s winner, along with Denali, Elliott with 2 T’s, Gottmik, Joey Jay, Kahmora Hall, Kandy Muse, LaLa Ri, Olivia Lux, Rosé, Tamisha Iman, Tina Burner and Utica Queen. This was a notable season for representation, featuring Gottmik as the show’s first openly transgender male contestant.
As a group, the cast is credited on songs produced for the show’s in-universe musical challenges, such as «Phenomenon (Cast Version)» and «Condragulations (Cast Version)», which follow the franchise’s established formula of upbeat, hook-driven pop paired with spoken or rapped verses tailored to each queen’s persona. The mock-musical piece «Social Media: The Unverified Rusical» similarly reflects the show’s tradition of parody songwriting built around a themed sketch.
Season 13 is also remembered for introducing the Golden Boot Award for the season’s worst look, and for LaLa Ri being voted Miss Congeniality by her fellow competitors. Like other Drag Race casts, these queens’ musical output exists primarily as a byproduct of the television format rather than as independent recording careers.