Dazed and Confused Magazine

U OK, HUN?

Drag just isn’t that serious an artform for Bailey J Mills. “For me, I think I’m more of a down than a drag queen,” floats the Lincoln-born viral comic over Zoom, fresh-faced and de-wigged after a day of self-care routines. They won’t even embrace the title of comedian, a rebuttal anyone familiar with their TikTok would certainly contest. But don’t take their denial too seriously - it’s just that they just can’t believe they’ve made a career out of having a laugh.

Both allergic to glamour and well-versed in outsiderness, Mills is a prolific inventor of characters, a mimicry-proficient megahun raised on trash telly and cracking pop tunes. In the past year alone, they’ve imbibed the spirit

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