Pabllo Vittar

Phabullo Rodrigues da Silva (born 1 November 1993), known professionally as Pabllo Vittar, is a Brazilian drag queen and singer.

Born in São Luís, Phabullo is a fraternal twin and has an older sister.

He spent part of his childhood and adolescence living in the cities of Santa Inês and Caxias, both in the interior of Maranhão, due to financial difficulties.

He never knew his father, who abandoned his mother, a nurse, when she was pregnant with him.

During his childhood, Phabullo experienced bullying because of his delicate gestures and feminine voice.

He was physically assaulted with a plate of hot soup strewn over his face.

He attended ballet classes during this period.

At the age of 13, Phabullo began doing covers at family parties and school performances and joined a choir at a Catholic church.

Soon after, he began songwriting.

Later, he decided to become a professional, moving to Indaiatuba with his sister, where he worked in several places, such as snack bars and beauty salons.

Soon after, he moved to Uberlândia with his mother, who had recently married.

At the age of 15, he came out to his mother, who had suspected that he was gay; his sister already knew about his sexual orientation.

His mother, whom he talks to daily, is supportive of his sexual orientation.

He then began to go out for the night in Maranhão, to make friends, and to participate as one of a selection of singers in a house of shows.

He started performing his own songs and impersonating celebrities for a small fee, but it was not a professional job.

He was now dressing feminine, but did not identify himself as a drag queen; the first time that he did drag was at age 17 in Uberlândia, to publicize a party of his friend by delivering pamphlets at the door of a nightclub.

With time, he started performing in LGBT parades in several cities of Maranhão and became known by the state's LGBT community.

At age 18, in Minas Gerais, Phabullo started participating in and winning some beauty contests in full drag, before beginning his professional career as a singer while adopting the stage name of "Pabllo Knowles", an homage to singer Beyoncé.

His first performance as a drag queen occurred at the Belgrano nightclub, of producers Ian Hayashi and Leocádio Rezende (whom Phabullo would later call his "parents").

Still in Minas Gerais, Phabullo took a university entrance exam by the Federal University of Uberlândia, where he was admitted to the full design course in 2013, but after some periods he dropped out of college due to his schedule of shows, which increased greatly due to the success of his music videos on the internet and his participation in the band of primetime television program Amor & Sexo.

When he attracted attention from entrepreneurs in the entertainment field, Phabullo began his musical career professionally, performing in bars and concert halls in Uberlândia and cities of the region.

In this period, Phabullo adopted the stage name of Pabllo Vittar.

Vittar appeared on TV for the first time in 2014, on a Brazilian talent singing show, performing "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston.

He became famous in the media in 2015 with the success of his music video "Open Bar", a Portuguese-language version of Major Lazer's song "Lean On" with original lyrics, produced by Bonde do Rolê and Omulu.

In less than four months, the video reached one million views on YouTube.

He also released an extended play with the same name, using pop hits' instrumentals with new arrangements and lyrics.

On 12 January 2017, his debut studio album Vai Passar Mal was released – including the singles "Nêga", "Todo Dia", "K.O.", "Corpo Sensual", "Então Vai" (with Diplo) and "Indestrutível".

In the same month he released "Todo Dia" as the second single of the album, which became notorious at Brazilian Carnival due to its lyrics.

The third single "K.O."

became an even bigger hit and brought Vittar to nationwide fame and success; as of 2021, the song has over 381 million views on YouTube.

The fourth single, "Corpo Sensual", was released on 6 September 2017, to similar success, resulting in over 321 million views on YouTube.

Vittar has been featured in songs by international artists such as Major Lazer's "Sua Cara" (with fellow Brazilian singer Anitta).

The music video was released on 30 July 2017, and reached 10th place on the list of most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours, with 25 million views.

The singer also appears on "I Got It", from Charli XCX's fourth mixtape Pop 2.

On 15 August 2018, Pabllo Vittar released his second studio album Não Para Não – including the singles "Problema Seu", "Disk Me", "Seu Crime", "Buzina", and "Não Vou Deitar".

Vittar toured in support of the album, in Brazil and internationally.

An extended tour called NPN Pride saw Vittar performing in various pride parades throughout the United States and Canada.

The first two singles were released to great success, with "Disk Me" reaching over 85 million views and "Problema Seu" reaching over 112 million views on YouTube.

Vittar collaborated again with XCX on "Flash Pose", released on 25 July 2019; the single was later included on Vittar's album 111.

He also got to perform "Flash Pose" at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards.