Yenesi
{{short description|Spanish singer, artist, and drag performer}}
{{Infobox person
|image = Yenesi mayo 2023 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Yenesi in 2023
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|18}}
|birth_place = San Juan de la Arena, Asturias, Spain
|nationality = Spanish
|occupation = Singer and drag performer
|years_active = 2022–present
}}
Yenesi (born November 18, 2000) is a Spanish singer, artist, social media personality, and drag performer.{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-06|date=2023-03-07|first=Gabriela Bautista|language=es|last=Palacios|title=¿Quién es Yenesi? La tiktoker que esta revolucionando nuestro país|url=https://www.hoymagazine.es/quien-es-yenesi-la-tiktoker-que-esta-revolucionando-nuestro-pais/|website=Hoy Magazine|archive-date=2023-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506135004/https://www.hoymagazine.es/quien-es-yenesi-la-tiktoker-que-esta-revolucionando-nuestro-pais/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-06|title=Yenesi, en 'Generación selfi': "Me molesta que los haters digan que soy un gay con peluca"|url=https://shangay.com/2022/09/06/yenesi-drag-race-shantay-gay-entrevista/#sin-prisa-pero-sin-pausa/|website=Shangay|date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=2023-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506135005/https://shangay.com/2022/09/06/yenesi-drag-race-shantay-gay-entrevista/#sin-prisa-pero-sin-pausa/|url-status=live}}
Life and artistic career
Yenesi was born in San Juan de la Arena, Soto del Barco, Asturias, Spain. As a child she discovered the art of drag from watching the drags parade through the port of Ibiza. Later, at the age of 14, through the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race, she began to discover her character.{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-06|date=2022-09-06|first=Agustín|language=es|last=Gómez Cascales|title=Yenesi, en 'Generación selfi': "Me molesta que los haters digan que soy un gay con peluca"|url=https://shangay.com/2022/09/06/yenesi-drag-race-shantay-gay-entrevista/|website=Shangay|archive-date=2023-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506135005/https://shangay.com/2022/09/06/yenesi-drag-race-shantay-gay-entrevista/|url-status=live}}
In 2022, from some videos where she did some imitations with a simple makeup, she gained popularity on the social network Twitter. Later she went viral with another video with a satirical tone.{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-06|date=2023-03-16|language=es|last=20minutos|title=Yenesi: "El arte 'drag', aparte de entretener, da lecciones de vida, convivencia y tolerancia"|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5101160/0/yenesi-el-arte-drag-aparte-de-entretener-da-lecciones-de-vida-convivencia-y-tolerancia/|website=www.20minutos.es – Últimas Noticias|archive-date=2023-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506134955/https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5101160/0/yenesi-el-arte-drag-aparte-de-entretener-da-lecciones-de-vida-convivencia-y-tolerancia/|url-status=live}} Since then, the artist has had a strong impact on the networks and has maintained a relationship with personalities such as Samantha Hudson (who is her "drag mom").{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-06|date=2022-12-12|first=el|language=es|last=comercio|title=Yenesi, la última sensación de las redes|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/gente-estilo/yenesi-alvaro-suarez-redes-sociales-20221212153606-nt.html|website=El Comercio: Diario de Asturias|archive-date=2023-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928000056/https://www.elcomercio.es/gente-estilo/yenesi-alvaro-suarez-redes-sociales-20221212153606-nt.html|url-status=live}}
In November 2022 she participated, along with other drag artists Hugáceo Crujiente, Carmen Farala, Marcus Massalami and Morfina, in a debate on the situation of drag art in Spain in the web program Gen Playz.{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-06|title=¿Por qué el drag se ha convertido en mainstream|url=https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/gen-playz/drag/6728799/|website=RTVE|date=8 November 2022 |archive-date=2023-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506152644/https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/gen-playz/drag/6728799/|url-status=live}}