Soju (drag queen)


Soju is the stage name of Tony Hyunsoo Ha, a South Korean-American drag queen, singer and television/YouTube personality. She is best known for her online reviews of the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race, until being cast on the show's eleventh season.

Early life

Ha was born on May 12, 1991, in Seoul, South Korea. His family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa when he was ten years old. He came out as gay when he was 21 and his drag mother is Kahmora Hall. Ha's original drag name was Soju Love, but later shortened to just Soju, which is taken from the drink of the same name.

Career

Outside of drag, Ha is the owner of a taekwondo academy.
Soju was announced as one of fifteen contestants on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race on January 24, 2019. She was eliminated in the first episode after doing poorly in the sewing challenge and losing a lip sync to "The Best of Both Worlds" by Hannah Montana against Kahanna Montrese. A conversation between Soju and the judges about a cyst became a viral meme within the Drag Race fandom.
After season eleven, YouTuber Miles Jai became the co-host for the third season of Shot with Soju. Comedian Margaret Cho appeared in the first episode of the season in March 2019. Soju is one of the founders and performers of the touring LGBTQ+ K-Pop drag show Seoul Train Party with Chester Lockhart. She appeared in the music video for Lizzo's song "Juice" in April 17, 2019.

Music

Soju released her first single "So Juicy" with a music video on January 11, 2018. Her second single, "K-Pop Idol Reject" featuring Edward Avila was released on November 6, 2018. In an interview with Billboard, Soju stated, "We want to bring more foreigners, we want to see queer people in K-pop. It's slowly changing - the industry is very conservative and very old school, so it will take a while for them to change. But it's happening."

Personal life

Soju lives in Chicago, as of 2017.

Filmography

Television

Music videos

Web series

Discography

Singles