Music like Violet Chachki

Paul Jason Dardo (born June 13, 1992), known by the stage name of Violet Chachki, is an American drag queen, burlesque dancer, recording artist, television personality, and model best known for winning the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine ranked Chachki 16th on their list of the top 100 stars to come off of the show. They have indicated they prefer to use they/them in pronouns in and out of drag as well as she/her in drag. Time stamp: 5.25

Dardo began performing in drag as Violet Chachki at the age of 19. The name "Violet" was inspired by Jennifer Tilly's character in the film Bound, while "Chachki" is a variant of the Yiddish word tchotchke, a small object that is decorative rather than functional. Violet first performed at the bar LeBuzz in Marietta, Georgia. They used a fake ID to perform in local drag shows, eventually winning Miss New Faces at Friends on Ponce in Atlanta. Later, the drag queen and Drag Race Season 8 contestant Dax ExclamationPoint adopted Dardo as his "drag daughter". Dardo was enrolled at the Savannah College of Art and Design at the Atlanta campus for fashion design, but dropped out to focus on drag. They became a regular cast member of The Other Show at the bar Jungle in Atlanta which gave them exposure locally and allowed them to perform with Drag Race Season 5 contestant Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, Amanda Lepore, and Lady Bunny.