Music is what gets me up in the morning.

“We don’t have to talk about it!”

she says, laughing.

Acacia during EW Drag Race Interview, Bob The Drag Queen with host Monet X Change as he visits The Build Series: The X Change Rate at Build Studio on June 20, 2019 in New York City

Acacia Forgot; Bob the Drag Queen and Monét X Change.Entertainment Weekly; Roy Rochlin/Getty

“I did hear about that.

They laughed at my face.

Girl, she listened to my music and she started laughing.

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Im not the dancing diva.

Still, theres hope: Im the side-step queen of the season, she confirms.

That didnt last long.

I was like, scratch that.

Every year of my school I was like, how can I get more gay and more gay?

RuPaul’s Drag Raceseason 17 airs Fridays at 8 p.m. onMTV.

Watch EW’s full interview with Acacia at the top of this post.