When Chappell Roan is headlining a concert, she books local drag queens to open for her. “Drag is just inspirational throughout my whole project,” Roan said. “It would be only right to have drag open for me.”

Last fall, we spoke with her and one such opener, Boyj, ahead of her Chicago shows. “I like to think of Chicago as the headquarters of drag,” Boyj said.

Now, Roan is coming back to Chicago as an opener for Olivia Rodrigo’s “GUTS” tour, so we wanted to revisit our conversation with her and Boyj.

This episode originally aired on October 4, 2023.