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So British their teeth are falling out, Bailey Mills is the TikTok trashbag turning the UK's cast of suburban eccentrics into viral transmissions

BAILEY SLATER

Drag just isn’t that serious an artform for Bailey J Mills. “For me, I think I’m more of a down than a drag queen,” floats the Lincoln-born viral comic over Zoom, fresh-faced and de-wigged after a day of self-care routines. They won’t even embrace the title of comedian, a rebuttal anyone familiar with their TikTok would certainly contest. But don’t take their denial too seriously - it’s just that they just can’t believe they’ve made a career out of having a laugh. Both allergic to glamour and well-versed in outsiderness, Mills is a prolific inventor of characters, a mimicry-proficient megahun raised on trash telly and cracking pop tunes. In the past year alone, they’ve imbibed the spirit of a flunky art student and rowdy pub landlord’s daughter, admitted to an…

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Dazed & Confused (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2023

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