Throughout her time living in lockdown, pop singer-songwriter Hayley Kiyoko has patiently waited for one date to finally arrive — May 15, 2020. "This has been a long time coming," she tells Billboard, laughing. "I've been checking my quarantine calendar waiting for this episode to air."Fans now know why the singer has been anxious with anticipation — on Friday (May 15), Kiyoko sashayed into the work room as one of three contestants on RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race.
Alongside comedian Phoebe Robinson and fellow pop singer Madison Beer, Kiyoko learned all about what it means to be a drag queen, from makeup, to heels, to performance and to lip syncing (all of which she was helped with by her Queen Supreme mentor, Vanessa Vanjie.