Conchita Wurst: "I got tired of the arrogant star, now I want to be a nice and happy diva"

Can I call you Conchita or would you prefer Thomas?

I'm in trouble... Of course you can call me Conchita! I've heard that she came to hate the character.

How are you artists. How many years ago was that?

What happens is that I get bored very quickly and I like to change constantly.

Perhaps 'hate' is too strong a word, but there was a moment in my career when it exhausted me to always be that perfect lady, with her impeccable image, with her way of speaking and singing so particular... And I said: « It's over, I've had my Cristina Aguilera moment, my Britney Spears phase, and now I need a break.

I shaved and decided to do something totally different.

But now I have returned to my origins again.

So... yes, you can call me Conchita. It must be exhausting being a diva.

I can't imagine Conchita eating an XXL hamburger with squirts of ketchup dripping from the corners of that impeccable beard...Now I take it much more relaxed, even when I'm in the role of Conchita.

I even allow myself to make mistakes. What differences are there between Conchita and Thomas?

Because at this moment she is wearing a tank top and jeans.

If they don't tell me that you are who you are, I could almost pass for Paco from Valladolid...I would say none, although my friends say many.

Obviously, when I put on my makeup and get into

What differences are there between Conchita and Thomas?

Because at this moment she is wearing a tank top and jeans.

If they don't tell me that you are who you are, I could almost pass for Paco from Valladolid...I would say none, although my friends say many.

Obviously, when I put on my makeup and get into

What differences are there between Conchita and Thomas?

Because at this moment she is wearing a tank top and jeans.

If they don't tell me that you are who you are, I could almost pass for Paco from Valladolid...I would say none, although my friends say many.

Obviously, when I put on my makeup and get into

, I become popular, people want to take pictures with me, there is a certain halo of a star, an attitude... And when there is no makeup or heels, what are you like? I would say a pretty boring guy.

And I love it. She played everything on the

card , if you will allow me the expression, and now she is an icon of sophistication, a very powerful brand, a world star.

What was the origin of the character? I have always sung, first in a band and later as a soloist.

They offered me to do a

in

Vienna, and since I liked my beard much more than my hairless face, I accepted on the condition that they allow me to be a

with hair

This is how I began to experiment with the character of Conchita, which became more and more visible in the Austrian media and which led me to participate in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012, where I came in second place.

But I didn't give up.

Despite the contrary voices, which there were, I continued acting as Conchita and two years later, in 2014, Austrian television sent me to the contest in Copenhagen.

You already know the rest... That about making fame and the rest is nonsense.

But what is the worst part of this bonfire of vanities in which he has entered? I admit that I always wanted to be famous.

I dreamed that Elton John or Cher would get to know who I am, and now they do.

Fame is that people love you, and I feel that people love me.

If there is a negative part,

In terms of loss of privacy, I don't notice it, because I'm not Lady Gaga.

I live in Vienna, it's not that big of a deal... Some enemy has come out there.

They came to accuse him of causing the floods in the Balkan countries, shortly after winning Eurovision, and that caused 50 deaths.

Something like a divine punishment for his

... It's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.

To the doomsayers: I'm not that powerful, I'm just a

. And how is Hollywood?

Come on, give us a little envy. A.- RuPaul, the world's most famous

, once said that "Hollywood is an idea, not a real place."

And you are very right.

Everything is an image, everything is a

, from the size of the cars to the pizzas in the restaurants.

It looks incredible, but once you take a bite and try it, you realize that there is not much more behind it. beginning?

You know, that

so fabulous but particular. My family and my friends yes, because Conchita was not born from one day to the next.

It was a natural evolution, an experiment that they lived from the beginning.

There were people who didn't understand it, of course, but they were few... and they were straight. When you won, you shut up a lot of mouths... The general attitude changed suddenly, yes.

But not because they really liked or understood what I was doing, but because they had to acknowledge my success.

After the triumph, speaking ill of me was suddenly frowned upon;

it was as if the whole world was proud of Austria and I championed that patriotism.

But you know what?

I don't really care if people accept me or not;

I was there, and I won.

And that's what I take with me. What was it like growing up in a small town in the Alps?

The thing about homosexuality, there, I guess regular...Have you seen

?

Well, that was the environment in which I lived.

It was nice because of the beauty of the landscape, yes, the whole thing of jumping wildly through the mountains and

,

,

.

But also stressful, a place with 3,000 inhabitants where there was not much to do or stories to collect.

As a gay boy, of course I had to fight against myself for feeling what I felt in a town with very closed ideas.

And of course there were difficult times at school, because kids can be very cruel.

But I don't think my story is very different from that of other gay children. And now, just like that, it has become a benchmark for LGTBI rights.

He has just received the prestigious Alan Turing award at Culture Business Pride in Tenerife.

Shall we shout something to the world from their heels? I am very proud of how the new generations are growing up being very aware of the different gender identities.

When I won Eurovision, that self-determination and that freedom were not possible,

but in two years the change has been radical.

We are more and more, and each time we take more defined positions.

And maybe it was too fast;

There has been a lot of suffering so that now we do not listen to each other with respect.

It is the moment of conversation and understanding of the other.

Gay, bisexual, transsexual, non-binary, heterosexual... Deep down, it's about spreading happiness;

I just want to have a good time with the people I surround myself with, to be kind, to transmit good energy. Shall we bring out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippie, didn't it? .Oh, it could be... But that romantic concept of the divas of the 90s is so outdated... I don't like that arrogant star with whom you can't talk.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

We are more and more, and each time we take more defined positions.

And maybe it was too fast;

There has been a lot of suffering so that now we do not listen to each other with respect.

It is the moment of conversation and understanding of the other.

Gay, bisexual, transsexual, non-binary, heterosexual... Deep down, it's about spreading happiness;

I just want to have a good time with the people I surround myself with, to be kind, to transmit good energy. Shall we bring out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippie, didn't it? Oh, it could be... But that romantic concept of the divas of the 90s is so outdated... I don't like that arrogant star with whom you can't talk.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

We are more and more, and each time we take more defined positions.

And maybe it was too fast;

There has been a lot of suffering so that now we do not listen to each other with respect.

It is the moment of conversation and understanding of the other.

Gay, bisexual, transsexual, non-binary, heterosexual... Deep down, it's about spreading happiness;

I just want to have a good time with the people I surround myself with, to be kind, to transmit good energy. Shall we bring out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippie, didn't it? .Oh, it could be... But that romantic concept of the divas of the 90s is so outdated... I don't like that arrogant star with whom you can't talk.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

And maybe it was too fast;

There has been a lot of suffering so that now we do not listen to each other with respect.

It is the moment of conversation and understanding of the other.

Gay, bisexual, transsexual, non-binary, heterosexual... Deep down, it's about spreading happiness;

I just want to have a good time with the people I surround myself with, to be kind, to transmit good energy. Shall we bring out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippie, didn't it? .Oh, it could be... But that romantic concept of the divas of the 90s is so outdated... I don't like that arrogant star with whom you can't talk.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

And maybe it was too fast;

There has been a lot of suffering so that now we do not listen to each other with respect.

It is the moment of conversation and understanding of the other.

Gay, bisexual, transsexual, non-binary, heterosexual... Deep down, it's about spreading happiness;

I just want to have a good time with the people I surround myself with, to be kind, to transmit good energy. Shall we bring out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippie, didn't it? .Oh, it could be... But that romantic concept of the divas of the 90s is so outdated... I don't like that arrogant star with whom you can't talk.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

It is the moment of conversation and understanding of the other.

Gay, bisexual, transsexual, non-binary, heterosexual... Deep down, it's about spreading happiness;

I just want to have a good time with the people I surround myself with, to be kind, to transmit good energy. Shall we bring out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippie, didn't it? .Oh, it could be... But that romantic concept of the divas of the 90s is so outdated... I don't like that arrogant star with whom you can't talk.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

It is the moment of conversation and understanding of the other.

Gay, bisexual, transsexual, non-binary, heterosexual... Deep down, it's about spreading happiness;

I just want to have a good time with the people I surround myself with, to be kind, to transmit good energy. Shall we bring out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippie, didn't it? .Oh, it could be... But that romantic concept of the divas of the 90s is so outdated... I don't like that arrogant star with whom you can't talk.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

transmit good energy. Shall we take out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippie, right? It's the most anti-diva thing I've ever heard... Oh, it could be... 90 is so out of date... I don't like that arrogant star that you can't talk to anymore.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

transmit good energy. Shall we bring out the Tibetan bowls? It sounded a bit hippy, right? It's the most anti-diva thing I've ever heard... Oh, it could be... 90 is so out of date... I don't like that arrogant star that you can't talk to anymore.

Now" I want to be a nice and happy diva.

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