Nirvana singing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” for Rupaul’s talk show backstage at their 1993 Saturday Night Live performance on September 25, 1993 in NBC Studios New York. The performance was a short segment recorded for The RuPaul Christmas Ball Special, a variety show that aired on VH1 in December 1993.
At the time, the band — Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl — was already one of the biggest acts in the world following the success of Nevermind and In Utero. In the humorous clip, they hold up cardboard cutouts of RuPaul while she encourages them to sing the Christmas carol. It’s a sweet and surreal intersection of grunge and drag culture that highlights Kurt Cobain’s genuine respect for RuPaul’s artistry and queer culture.
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