Todrick Hall
Todrick Hall (born April 4, 1985 in Plainview , Texas , USA ) is an American singer , actor , dancer , choreographer and web video producer .
Career
Todrick Hall became known through the 9th season of American Idol , where he reached the semifinals. Since then he has become known to a wider audience as a Broadway and YouTube star, as well as a jury member at RuPaul's Drag Race .
Hall is a baritone , also sings falsetto and raps. His repertoire includes R&B, pop, hip-hop, neo-soul, funk and, last but not least, the musical theater. Many of his texts contain a social criticism , for example against gun violence and racism or for a queer culture. Hall usually writes and produces his own music and also produces mash-ups with songs by his idols Lady Gaga , Rihanna and Taylor Swift .
Hall's music videos impress with their extravagance, both in terms of costumes and choreographies and sets. Many costumes are own creations. Hall sees himself as a representative of queer culture and often integrates drag as a central component in his music videos. Among the more famous drag queens who have been involved in his music videos, among other RuPaul , Shangela Laquifa Wadley , Bob the drag queen , Willam Belli and Alaska Thunderfuck .
From November 1, 2016 to March 1, 2017, Hall played the role of Lola in the musical Kinky Boots on Broadway .
In the music video of Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do , released in August 2017, Hall starred as a background dancer.
Hall's fans affectionately refer to themselves as "Toddlerz".
Discography
Albums
- Somebody's Christmas (2010)
- Pop Star High (2014)
- Straight Outta Oz (2016)
- Forbidden (2018)
- House Party: Part One (2019)
- House Party: Part Two (2019)
Compilations
- MTV's Todrick: The Music, Vol. 1 (2015)
EPs
- Dear Santa - EP (2013)
Singles
- It Gets Better (2010)
- I Wanna Be On Glee (2011)
- The Bieber (2011)
- Just Love (2011)
- Barack Yo 'Body (2011)
- (#) SplitsOnTrees (feat. Unterreo Edwards ) (2013)
- The Wizard of Ahhhs (with Pentatonix ) (2013)
- It Gets Better (Acoustic) (2013)
- Hold On We're Going Home (feat. Chester Lockhart ) (2013)
- Freaks Like Me (feat.Mack Z & the ALDC) (2014)
- Disney Dudez 3 (feat.IM5) (2014)
- Disney Dudez 2 (with IM5) (2014)
- IM5's Fancy (with IM5) (2014)
- Monsterbia (with IM5) (2014)
- Evolution of JB (with IM5) (2014)
- Cell Block Django (2014)
- Low (with RuPaul ) (2017)
- Defying Gravity (2017)
- Warning (2018)
- Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels (2019)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage Todrick Hall - Cast / Biography. Sylar Media, accessed April 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Todrick Hall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Hall, Todrick |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer, actor, dancer, choreographer, and web video producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Plainview , Texas , USA |