A Juicy 2025 for the Fattest Ass in West Hollywood. DIVOS’ Year So Far.
DIVOS photographed by @capturedbydrag in custom @hausofmissile
DIVOS is the Court Jester of West Hollywood.
An artist creating spaces and opportunities for herself to shine in a saturated community of drag queens. From going viral for jumping out of an airplane dressed as Elphaba to launching her makeup collaboration “Face Foil” with Austie Cosmetics, DIVOS capitalizes on opportunities that didn’t exist before she imagined them and uses everything in her creative tool belt to bring them to life.
You might even recognize her from Trisha Paytas’ “GAY” music video from earlier this year alongside RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Jewels Sparkles, Kori King, Acacia Forgot and Joella. A real heart of the West Hollywood drag scene, we sat with DIVOS to discuss her 2025 and learn why she cares so much to make spaces for the Queer community, what keeps her work ethic so fierce and why chicken caesar salad (no cheese).
You seem to always be smiling, how do you stay so happy?
“I have to find the silliness in the details of the world around me.
The stress of the deskwoman at the local pool who has misplaced Season Passholder 00323’s receipt and wonders “how the hell we gonna balance the books.” The sock laying in the middle of the sidewalk (how did she get there and WHERE is her twin). Me having to leave the room abruptly to sit on the toilet and decompress after I realize that I am out of caesar dressing. Nothing matters and everything is unserious, but it is critical to be as happy as possible all of the time, so you have to giggle.”
What is the hardest part of being a drag queen?
“Validation is something that I only want from one source at this point in my life and it is wildly out of my control. I really strugglie internally to grapple with how I quantify or feel at peace with my work when the industry I trample through is still being created and the standards are being set in real-time. Thankfully I have the fattest ass in West Hollywood and am the renowned dancing diva of the strip so I have a lot of accolades to fall back on.”
What has been your favorite moment of the year so far?
“I got to become friends with Trisha Paytas this year (thank you Acacia!), got personally invited to be in her music video, and then got to be silly and message with her about its launch. That is PSYCHO. I need to remind myself how special that accomplishment is because it’s on par with the biggest things I ever dream of accomplishing. And I did it. It is so easy to now raise the bar to that level of mind-blowing and only feel joy after hitting marks greater than or equal to. But I’m practicing letting moments like this be monumental moments for me. Celebrate. Earnestly being proud of yourself is really hard but it’s really beautiful. I want to sit in it more and realize that I’m doing it! I don’t always have to be pushing.”
Are there inspirations for your drag that you always come back to?
“I love Pokémon. I am the happiest when I am as immersed in the world of those silly little Pocket Monsters as possible. Or any anime for that matter. Anime protagonists have this carefree honesty to them. They dream big and are unapologetic about their pursuit of those dreams. No anxiety, no societal pressures. They are just driven and silly and themselves. They think about what would make them the happiest, do exactly that, and are as kind as possible to those around them along the way. It’s all I want to be and I know one day the final evolution of DIVOS, where I will flourish the most, will be in the realm of fantasy and anime.
I just have to set myself up to get the right opportunities with some other drag until then :)”
What is something you would tell yourself to set up for a strong finish to 2025?
“I’ve spent my 20s curating my drag to be my legacy, and as I become more and more successful, there are moments where I wonder if it is a legacy worth leaving. But then I stand up. No one wants a humble drag queen. The day is coming that I get to share DIVOS with bigger audiences like I dream. And while that will be cool, I also know that won’t make me any happier. So! Until then I want to take time away from DIVOS and give it back to Devin to find the goals and joy that I want to pursue after I am established and can stop spending every second of my life force on drag. I see that day on the horizon :). It’s a lot of sunshine and caesar salads (no cheese) coming my way!”
