RuPaul’s Drag Race

Songwriters (“I Hate People”)

WILLOW PILL

BRETT MCLAUGHLIN AKA LELAND

GABE LOPEZ

MODERATED BY GREG ELLWOOD (The Playlist)

Screening Link available upon Registration

YouTube Live Stream Q&A

Monday, June 13, 4:00PM PT

In this Emmy Award-winning series hosted by RuPaul, America’s most sickening queens compete in fashion and performance challenges in hopes of snatching the crown as the next drag superstar. TV-14 | 60mins

Willow Pill is an adorable, fun, and twisted little doll that hails from both your sweetest dreams and your grossest nightmares. In order to encapsulate the human experience, Willow’s drag is simultaneously joyful & sad, sexy & nasty, jaw-dropping & embarrassing. Willow got her start as a rising starlet in the sticky clubs of Denver, Colorado but now resides in Chicago, Illinois where she has solidified herself as a glorified clown. She is Season 11 Winner Yvie Oddly’s drag sister, so expect the unexpected from Willow Pill.

Leland (aka Brett Mclaughlin) is a Golden Globe-nominated songwriter, composer, and executive producer. Responsible for contributing to notable pop and country releases, he’s co-written hit songs for Ava Max (“Kings and Queens” ), Selena Gomez (“Rare” and “Fetish”), Troye Sivan (“My My My!”), BTS, Ariana Grande, Kelsea Ballerini, Charli XCX, Lauv and more.

In television, Leland has served as a songwriter, on-camera talent, and consulting producer for the Emmy Award-winning competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race. In addition to serving as Executive Music Producer for all three seasons of Hulu’s Love, Victor, Leland wrote the theme song and other original songs featuring prominent and up-and-coming LGBT artists. Leland wrote the theme song as well as 3 original songs for seasons 1 and 2 of HBO Max’s The Other Two. Additionally, Leland served as Music Director, composer of the theme song, and songwriter for 4 original songs for Season 1 of Queen of the Universe.

In film, he composed the score and wrote 12 original songs for the hit Netflix Original Movie Sierra Burgess Is A Loser, as well as Executive Producing the soundtrack. Leland was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song with his longtime collaborator Troye Sivan for their song “Revelation” written for the film Boy Erased, a biographical film about LGBTQ+ conversion therapy.

Gabe Lopez has recently released his single “End of the Lost Summer.” He crossed the US and UK opening for Belinda Carlisle on her 2014-2017 tours at venues such as the Indigo at the O2, Manchester Academy, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, The Fonda in LA, and B.B. King’s NYC. The Cali native’s songs are currently spinning on Sirius XM Radio, iHeart Radio, and FM radio – most recently his new singles “End of the Lost Summer,” “Lasso,” “Vivian & Valerie” and “California Blues,” which features the pop icon Belinda Carlisle. His album God Bless the Queens debuted in the Top 100 New Releases on iTunes.

Gabe has produced and written for Belinda Carlisle, RuPaul’s Drag Race, New Kids on the Block (#3 Billboard Pop), Queen of the Universe, Joey McIntyre, The Go-Go’s, Twice (2x platinum), James Brown, World of Wonder, Krayzie Bone, Shinee (platinum), Key (platinum, worldwide #1), Tae Yang (gold), Comedy Central’s The Other Two, Kesha for Cann, SuperJunior, Frock Destroyers, Dreamnote, Streetlight Harmonies Soundtrack, Charice, In2It, Verivery, Love, Victor, Gayme Show, and more. See www.gabelopez.com for more info.

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Attendees will be emailed a Screening Link upon Registration and a Q&A YouTube Live Stream link on Monday, June 13, 10 minutes before Q&A start.

Attendees can ask questions on YouTube chat, and the SCL Host will pass them on to the Moderator. The SCL Member Code of Conduct applies to online Q&As.

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