I teach at a school where our motto is "Meet each student where they are." Sometimes that is over horses or scuba diving, but for one, it was RuPauls drag race. I am 76, and that night when Sasha's red rose petals fell as her voice rose.... I was just so proud... like she was one of my own grandchildren.
Proof that a queen doesn't have to do splits, flips or kicks to kill a performance and be a bona fide Lip Sync Assassin!!! And this one brought me to tears - no other lip sync has done that to me...
As a 40-year-old gay man who came out at 15, I have witnessed the evolution of our community from the shadows to a place of greater acceptance and visibility, though not without tribulations. Shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race have illuminated our culture and shown it in the best light. The new HBO show “We’re Here” is another underrated gem that captures the essence of our community. Sasha Velour’s finale drag performance to Kesha’s “Praying” epitomizes the true art of drag. It’s not just catchy and fun; it’s a profound expression of woman impersonation and the broader art of drag. Sasha, thank you for this incredible performance and for showcasing the gay community as the art community we are. Art has always been a vital outlet for our expression, and your performance was a stunning testament to this.
While I agree with most of what you have said for Ru Paul to honestly show the best of this art form there needs to be Drag Kings on there just fyi is drag kings exist too and we can perform as well as queens
Sasha for me is, The Queen of Queens. I love her artistry, I love her honesty, I love her mystery. There's something uniquely special and different about her. Keep surprising and inspiring, I think it's what the world needs. Thank you
How many Sasha fans, who know exactly how magic she is, are somehow still in shock at this 😭❤️ Honestly I am glad I have never seen another Queen do this song. One of my favorite songs ever and now I will only picture this moment 👑🏆 I would have loved to seen kesha's face!!!!!
Sasha’s power is she emotes everything in her face and body movements that the song is conveying, and it’s clear it comes natural to her. She oozes emotions and because of it she really is one of the best lipsync performers of all time.
I watched this episode today and was moved to tears numerous times. I was especially moved by Father Joshua and his calling drag a ministry. The amount of confidence he has in himself and his congregation to open his church for these iconic queens is amazing. Latrice, Priyanka and Sasha, along with production, were so respectful with their song choices. It was just the right mix of messaging, performance and celebration. This closing performance by Sasha really wrapped it up stupendously. What it must have felt like to have been in the audience that night. I know I would have experienced all kinds of emotions just like I did at home tonight. Really beautiful, really powerful, and most of all really necessary. Hats off to HBO Max and everyone involved in making this show. It is more important than ever.
My sister texted me today and told me I had to watch at least your performance from the season finally of the show. I watched it about 20 times and have been floored every single time. There are simply no words to describe how amazing and powerful this performance was and gods did I cry. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.
So incredibly powerful-anyone who says drag isn't art needs to watch this. There's SO much more to drag than what ppl who haven't been to a show think. Thank you Sasha for sharing your gifts with everyone. XO
Sasha is truly in the top 4 of greatest winners of all time 💙💙💙 no one brings her artistry or her drag she deserves everything, but she always gives. She is Sasha Velour. 🌹
There she stands, under a dress that looks like its bleeding after being ripped off of her body, bursting out all colors of the spectre showing incredible and important images, while telling people to pray. I guess that is ART. I felt things and thats what art should do.
It was Sasha’s original performance of this song that got me into drag, and also helped me get thru a hellish divorce. Whenever I felt like I couldn’t handle what was happening, the pain he was dishing out, I’d watch it and I’d feel so much stronger. This performance does this for drag itself. The attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and drag are disgraceful. This straight ally stands with you.
Yes! I was hoping for a reveal, but saw no wig, not hat and the dress was form fitting and did not look like it would break away, etc. I was NOT expecting that! ATE!
I keep coming back to this performance; it's so simple yet so powerful. Sasha has a way of embodying the song that is breathtaking. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Literally the fact she started in a red dress and revealed a white one underneath was amazing in itself mainly because sin is usually portrayed by red or black colors and she has says she still has her faith in Christ and then the white represented being washed as white as snow literally also giving the message you can be queer and make it to Heaven and have faith
This queen is just incredible, I can't. The talent, the creativity, the thought process, how intense and beautiful this is, the crowd completely amazed... we love you, Sasha ❤
This is absolutely magnificent. Incomparable. To call her an artist seems like a cheap, misleading understatement. Sasha is a master of her art, and on a different plane. I feel so fortunate and privileged to bear witness to her and her art. This unforgettable and devastatingly beautiful, and the song choice couldn’t have been any more perfect. It feels as though this song was written specifically for this moment. ❤
This has been my favorite Sasha number. Since War on the Catwalk and all the videos with the projections on her body. It’s an amazing end for a an amazing show.
I mean this with not the slightest hint of exaggeration: Sasha Velour is my favorite drag queen and I believe one of the best performance artists alive.
Wow! So powerful. Not just the song but the performance is perfect so raw so full of emotion . From her winning performance on RPDR to this , she is amazing ❤
How does she turn every performance into an experience. Real artists give experiences. Sasha’s not only top tier for a drag performer but top tier for any kind of performer/artist.
This, is everything. I'm not able to understand how a percentage of the population is threatened by drag. This performance by Sasha Velour will be revered and referrenced for years to come. It was the perfect way to end the season: powerful, beautiful, impactful. Long live drag ❤
"We're Here" always has me in tears by the end of each episode, and this episode was no exception. This performance and the message in this song just took it over the top of me. It's just incredible. And great job on the season, btw!
This is absolutely stunning and a masterclass in performance drag with a message. The community needs to fight for our existence and we need each other and our allies to help us…everyday. BRILLIANT.
Holy shit - I’ve never felt a performance so viscerally in my body. Another outstanding performance by this absolute QUEEN! Thank you! Something in your emotive way of performing manages to reach in and draw so much resonance with my own life experience, though obviously different from your own, I feel like you speak part of my truth too in there. Tears every time watch and scream out my pain along with you. Thank you.
Cast aside the shame others put on you, show your true colors and live as your true self! Such a meaningful performance for so many, I jsut wish everyone would open their eyes to our community's true colors and see we are just like them and not the monsters they want us to be. LOVE!
This whole season was so powerful and beautiful. Thank you ! Your performance is absolutely stunning, and I cry every time I watch it. Happy Pride Sasha!
Nunca vi apresentação mais emocionante. Esse episódio foi maravilhoso, parabéns a toda produção. Jesus came to preach love and charity, and not hate and prejudice like many in this city.❤😊🙏
Absolutely incredible! To quote another iconic performance of yours "I get so emotional" watching this. The look, the concept, the message, the performance, the reveal, the art, the absolute flawlessness...
Bay Area born & bred!! ❤️ Absolutely NO ONE does it better!! My Queen of Drag! 🫅 Absolutely brilliant as always! 😍♥️ Talk about goosebumps thru and thru!!! OMFG! 🥹🥹
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this is the art Sasha was talking about and Megami told us to protect
THIS COMMENT GAVE ME CHILLS! Because honestly! Yes!!!
All the way yes!!!!!
I teach at a school where our motto is "Meet each student where they are." Sometimes that is over horses or scuba diving, but for one, it was RuPauls drag race. I am 76, and that night when Sasha's red rose petals fell as her voice rose.... I was just so proud... like she was one of my own grandchildren.
You’re amazing ❤
Bless you
Beautiful ❤❤❤
Look at the audience! Their faces! They knew this was something else, something beyond.
You know a performance was perfect and iconic when the artist who originated the song posts it. Bravo, Sasha! What a beautiful piece.
cmon song originator!
That "I'm proud of who I am" is just perfect, simple and empowering.
Proof that a queen doesn't have to do splits, flips or kicks to kill a performance and be a bona fide Lip Sync Assassin!!! And this one brought me to tears - no other lip sync has done that to me...
Sasha's stage presence is damn near unmatched. Every time I have seen her live, it has been an experience for a lifetime
I said the same thing VERBATIM! Unmatched indeed.
Sasha is unmatched in her level of performance...
It's just incredible her talent for _creating_ a lipsynic.
As a 40-year-old gay man who came out at 15, I have witnessed the evolution of our community from the shadows to a place of greater acceptance and visibility, though not without tribulations. Shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race have illuminated our culture and shown it in the best light. The new HBO show “We’re Here” is another underrated gem that captures the essence of our community. Sasha Velour’s finale drag performance to Kesha’s “Praying” epitomizes the true art of drag. It’s not just catchy and fun; it’s a profound expression of woman impersonation and the broader art of drag. Sasha, thank you for this incredible performance and for showcasing the gay community as the art community we are. Art has always been a vital outlet for our expression, and your performance was a stunning testament to this.
While I agree with most of what you have said for Ru Paul to honestly show the best of this art form there needs to be Drag Kings on there just fyi is drag kings exist too and we can perform as well as queens
Very profound
Sasha for me is, The Queen of Queens. I love her artistry, I love her honesty, I love her mystery. There's something uniquely special and different about her. Keep surprising and inspiring, I think it's what the world needs. Thank you
As an elder I am happy this generation is carrying the torch this way.
Okay, but the chills i got at 'im proud of who i am!'
Im not even gay but this performance has lived in my head since it aired. What a way to end the season.
Sasha this was so powerful! The girlies in the Midwest LOVE and appreciate you!
How many Sasha fans, who know exactly how magic she is, are somehow still in shock at this 😭❤️ Honestly I am glad I have never seen another Queen do this song. One of my favorite songs ever and now I will only picture this moment 👑🏆 I would have loved to seen kesha's face!!!!!
Sasha’s power is she emotes everything in her face and body movements that the song is conveying, and it’s clear it comes natural to her. She oozes emotions and because of it she really is one of the best lipsync performers of all time.
I watched this episode today and was moved to tears numerous times. I was especially moved by Father Joshua and his calling drag a ministry. The amount of confidence he has in himself and his congregation to open his church for these iconic queens is amazing. Latrice, Priyanka and Sasha, along with production, were so respectful with their song choices. It was just the right mix of messaging, performance and celebration. This closing performance by Sasha really wrapped it up stupendously. What it must have felt like to have been in the audience that night. I know I would have experienced all kinds of emotions just like I did at home tonight. Really beautiful, really powerful, and most of all really necessary. Hats off to HBO Max and everyone involved in making this show. It is more important than ever.
PREACH
My sister texted me today and told me I had to watch at least your performance from the season finally of the show. I watched it about 20 times and have been floored every single time. There are simply no words to describe how amazing and powerful this performance was and gods did I cry. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.
So incredibly powerful-anyone who says drag isn't art needs to watch this. There's SO much more to drag than what ppl who haven't been to a show think. Thank you Sasha for sharing your gifts with everyone. XO
Sasha is truly in the top 4 of greatest winners of all time 💙💙💙 no one brings her artistry or her drag she deserves everything, but she always gives. She is Sasha Velour. 🌹
The other three being Bob The Drag Queen, Sasha Colby, and Jinkx Monsoon (honorable mentions to Envy Peru and Carmen Farala)
@@HeyLetsDoAThing Mine were Bianca, Jinkx and Sasha Colby 💙💙💙
@@moonstoneuniverse8516 Bianca is a solid number 5
Mine are Sasha Velour, Violet Chachki, Jinkx Monsoon, and Jimbo (if we wanna count All-Stars).
@@HeyLetsDoAThingnot Sasha colby, If she was on any other season, she wouldn't have won
There she stands, under a dress that looks like its bleeding after being ripped off of her body, bursting out all colors of the spectre showing incredible and important images, while telling people to pray.
I guess that is ART. I felt things and thats what art should do.
can't get enough with this performance!! thankyou!!!
It was Sasha’s original performance of this song that got me into drag, and also helped me get thru a hellish divorce. Whenever I felt like I couldn’t handle what was happening, the pain he was dishing out, I’d watch it and I’d feel so much stronger. This performance does this for drag itself. The attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and drag are disgraceful. This straight ally stands with you.
SASHA “THE REVEAL” VELOUR!!!! She always eats every single time
Yes! I was hoping for a reveal, but saw no wig, not hat and the dress was form fitting and did not look like it would break away, etc. I was NOT expecting that! ATE!
I keep coming back to this performance; it's so simple yet so powerful. Sasha has a way of embodying the song that is breathtaking. Thank you for sharing this with us.
at the end of that episode, this lip sync had our entire house in tears. so well done!
IM CRYING THIS IS THE QUEER ART WE'RE PROTECTING
Sasha velour doesn’t need to be in all winners to prove herself, her entire career is enough to prove that she is the WINNER 💛💋💛💋
Our Song 😊🎶😘. Thank you for such wonderful memories! Love you always❤️
Literally the fact she started in a red dress and revealed a white one underneath was amazing in itself mainly because sin is usually portrayed by red or black colors and she has says she still has her faith in Christ and then the white represented being washed as white as snow literally also giving the message you can be queer and make it to Heaven and have faith
This was the perfect song and the perfect performance to end this beautiful series with. Thank you ❤️
Absolutely amazing. Thank you, Sasha, for sharing your INCREDIBLE MIND and talent with us.
This queen is just incredible, I can't. The talent, the creativity, the thought process, how intense and beautiful this is, the crowd completely amazed... we love you, Sasha ❤
This is absolutely magnificent. Incomparable. To call her an artist seems like a cheap, misleading understatement. Sasha is a master of her art, and on a different plane. I feel so fortunate and privileged to bear witness to her and her art.
This unforgettable and devastatingly beautiful, and the song choice couldn’t have been any more perfect. It feels as though this song was written specifically for this moment. ❤
No queen emotes songs better than she does. Her expressions are on point and her makeup goes really well with it
THE SASHA VELOUR EVERYBODY ❤
I literally gasped at the final reveal. So little GAGS me in drag now but this?! Sasha OMG
whatching this and CRYING ALLL A LONG, this is how you are my QUEEN ! I LOVE YOUR ART, YOUR BRAIN AND BEAN !
Wow. Just wow. Sasha you truly are a spectacle of life. This was amazing to watch
Beautiful 🌈 Happy pride everybody!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Sasha is trully out there redefining perfomance art and drag at the same time and we are all here speechless and appreciative :)))
I was weeping during this performance! The way Sasha embodies a song is truly artful.
what a magnificent perform. simple, elegant, yet deeply profound, chills on the back of my head, my shoulders, my arms!
I was wondering when we'd get our Sasha solo this season and this was everything I was hoping for.
This has been my favorite Sasha number. Since War on the Catwalk and all the videos with the projections on her body. It’s an amazing end for a an amazing show.
I mean this with not the slightest hint of exaggeration: Sasha Velour is my favorite drag queen and I believe one of the best performance artists alive.
No one in the world can do drag like Sasha does.
Sasha is the definition of being in a league of her own
I am totally speechless !! Can someone hand me a tissue please !🥲
Sasha, youve left an indelible mark in my heart and certainly with many.
Truly a work of art 🌟
This performance cracked one of the walls inside myself and made me feel something authentic and beautiful 💚
Thank you for bringing such art to drag. This moved me in a way most performances can't.
BEAUTIFUL. IMPACTFUL. Love that this was performed in a church. The whole thing in its entirety.
Wow! So powerful. Not just the song but the performance is perfect so raw so full of emotion . From her winning performance on RPDR to this , she is amazing ❤
How does she turn every performance into an experience.
Real artists give experiences.
Sasha’s not only top tier for a drag performer but top tier for any kind of performer/artist.
This, is everything. I'm not able to understand how a percentage of the population is threatened by drag. This performance by Sasha Velour will be revered and referrenced for years to come. It was the perfect way to end the season: powerful, beautiful, impactful. Long live drag ❤
"We're Here" always has me in tears by the end of each episode, and this episode was no exception. This performance and the message in this song just took it over the top of me. It's just incredible. And great job on the season, btw!
This is absolutely stunning and a masterclass in performance drag with a message. The community needs to fight for our existence and we need each other and our allies to help us…everyday. BRILLIANT.
Such an incredible performer.
I don't think a drag performance has ever brought me to tears until now.
High drag at its finest ❤ Queer art worth protecting ❤
Holy shit - I’ve never felt a performance so viscerally in my body. Another outstanding performance by this absolute QUEEN! Thank you! Something in your emotive way of performing manages to reach in and draw so much resonance with my own life experience, though obviously different from your own, I feel like you speak part of my truth too in there. Tears every time watch and scream out my pain along with you. Thank you.
There are no words to describe so much talent. Love from Mexico
Aaaaaand now I'm crying. ❤😢 AMAZING
Sasha is by far my favorite entertainer to win RuPaul Drag Race....she is a perfectionist and it shows.
Cast aside the shame others put on you, show your true colors and live as your true self! Such a meaningful performance for so many, I jsut wish everyone would open their eyes to our community's true colors and see we are just like them and not the monsters they want us to be. LOVE!
This whole season was so powerful and beautiful. Thank you ! Your performance is absolutely stunning, and I cry every time I watch it. Happy Pride Sasha!
Ughh such talent! I’d say she’s my fav winner… I’ve never gotten emotional watching a performance but this one did something to me 💝 I feel changed
ART!
I literally got chills!
I'm on my 4th watch and it's still just as powerful on my 1st watch. You are truly phenomenal, Sasha.
Nunca vi apresentação mais emocionante. Esse episódio foi maravilhoso, parabéns a toda produção.
Jesus came to preach love and charity, and not hate and prejudice like many in this city.❤😊🙏
I already loved this song but you gave it a WHOLE NEW MEANING. The POWER you hold Sasha is life changing ❤️
Giving the performance of a lifetime. Thank you for always using your voice and body as a vessel for good in this world! Love you so much Sasha ❤
count on Sasha to really bring a show and move you
no drag performance has touched me like this one has. thank you, sasha, priyanka, latrice, and jaida for everything you've done this season
Iconic performances are few and far between. Sasha came through on an astronomical level!
queen
i literally sat up for the reveal and now just liking comments and nodding and godde that was just awesome, thankyou always, sasha!
Not me in the queue at the post office sobbing, god she's on another level when it comes to emoting
Can't wait to see her art in allstars again. Her art deserves all the recognition from the world.
Has anyone else wondered how the technical team is pulling off this amazing ruveal?
Oh my gosh!! This performance really need to be in the memory of all of us. ❤❤❤
Such an amazing performance! It was the perfect way to close out the season! We're in for a treat if Sasha is on All Winners 2.
Amazing performance to a season finale. Sasha you embody the spirit of the community.
Just WOW .... that was powerful Thank You Sasha It was poignant and so for the time we find ourselves living in
Brought me to tears. What a powerful & emotional performance from Sasha!
Happy Pride🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈❤️😘
Thanks Queen!
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i jumped out of my skin with awe and pride. thank you ms. valour!
Sasha you are an amazing soul, and i feel lucky to know and have you 💕🙏🏻
Absolutely incredible! To quote another iconic performance of yours "I get so emotional" watching this. The look, the concept, the message, the performance, the reveal, the art, the absolute flawlessness...
sasha you're a true blessing in this world, thank you for existing ❤️
An amazing and touching performance from Sasha. She's on her own league
This piece has changed my life! Thank you for sharing your magic!!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Literally moved me to tears. Wow.
Bay Area born & bred!! ❤️ Absolutely NO ONE does it better!! My Queen of Drag! 🫅 Absolutely brilliant as always! 😍♥️ Talk about goosebumps thru and thru!!! OMFG! 🥹🥹
It's amazing how she becomes the song....
❤🔥❤