Betty Fvck is an award-winning POC and immigrant queer artist based in Helsinki. She has performed in over 12 different countries and she was featured on over 50 magazines and TV. She is a voice for POC and Queer art to be heard.
House of Fvck is a Drag collective born in 2020 during the Helsinki Pride Week. It was a project for Nuorten Pride to teach young people under 18 to do Drag with makeup, costume and performance; the tutors were Chris Oh! and Betty Fvck.
After the project, the House stayed together with seven members and has kept performing together since then. In this video interview, Betty Fvck is in conversation with four members of the House of Fvck: Annabelle Fvck, a young Drag Diva from Turku who aspires to win the crowd with her charming beauty and slutty attitude; OG BoyPussy, bold and scary Drag who wants to challenge the norms and look like a wizard; Stormy Velvet, a funky, mysterious and androgynous drag character, who loves to bring fantasy and drama to the stage; Alice the Fvck, a dancer with hot moves that will make you scream.
Betty Fvck
OG BoyPussy, Stormy Velvet, Annabelle Fvck, Alice the Fvck
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