Taylor Sheesh, born on November 9, 1994, is a Filipino drag queen who is popularly known for impersonating popular American pop singer, Taylor Swift. He rose to fame after opening a Drag Race contest organized by RuPaul in the Philippines, and has since been impersonating Taylor Swift professionally. Check out this article for Taylor Sheesh's biography as well as 14 things you need to know about him.
14 Things To Know About Taylor Sheesh
Here are 14 things you need to know about Taylor Sheesh, the Filipino drag queen:
- His real name is John Mac Lane Coronel but he is popularly known as Taylor Sheesh
- He was born on November 9, 1994, in Manila, Phillipines
- Although not much is known about his early life, it is at least known that his mother is a housewife while his father was a car electrician
- He attended Sta. Catalina National High School in Antipolo, Rizal. It was while he was in high school that he became a huge fan of Taylor Swift
- Since he became a fan of Taylor Swift at the age of 15, Taylor Sheesh has been listening to all of Swift's songs, memorizing them as well as her choreography and her moves
- His first step towards drag impersonation started when he impersonated popular American singer, Lady Gaga. He dressed as Gaga to a night club, contested in a lip sync battle, and won the contest. This caught the attention of the club's manager who then hired him to perform drag in some of his shows
- Taylor Sheesh eventually got his breakthrough after he was hired to open a Drag Race contest organized by RuPaul in the Philippines
- He started impersonating Taylor Swift in 2017 after watching some of her live performances on YouTube. He quit his job at a call center in the Philippines the following year to pursue his drag career full-time
- He returned to his call center job during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of the low employment rate of drag performers in the Philippines but returned to his drag career in 2023
- In May 2023, a video of him performing a free replication of Taylor Swift's “Eras Tour” at Trinoma mall in Quezon City went viral on social media. The concert, which was organized by him and a Facebook group known as Swifties Phillipines, was reported in the mainstream media by Rolling Stone, the popular American music magazine
- In July 2023, over five thousand fans watched him perform in Taguig, and in August 2023, he broke the record for the highest number of attendees for an Eras Tour emulation when 10,000 people registered to watch him perform at The Outlets in Lipa, Batangas
- On February 16, 2024, he performed in his first international show in a tribute to Taylor Swift. The show, known as the “Errors Your,” was a free concert held at Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia
- Although not much is known about his personal life, it is at least known that he is gay and he has been that way since he was a child
- For now, nothing is known about Taylor Sheesh's Instagram account or handle
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