I was looking for some good quality Azis videos last night, and decided to read some of the comments on various sites. Damn, there are a lot of people who don’t like him! 😆 I think he’s fantastic; he’s an absolute freak and doesn’t give a shit. He’s got a stocky build and under ordinary circumstances would look…like a man. Under Azis circumstances, though, he often wears extreme drag queen makeup. He might be dressed in flamboyant women’s clothes, or maybe homoerotic leather and chains, or maybe “normal” masculine clothes–you won’t know until you see him. His videos are very seductive, but the seduction may be of a man, or a woman…or more than one of either, or both at the same time.

Born Vasil Troyanov Boyanov, he’s a daskane roma (Bulgarian gypsy) and relatively dark-skinned, but bleaches his hair and goatee white, and it appears that he removes all visible body hair (or for all I know, all body hair). Sometimes he wears a long, white wig that would put anything Dolly Parton ever wore to shame. In one of his videos, he sort of reminds me of Dee Snider, only a lot better looking (without his makeup, Azis is actually quite handsome and with it, he’s pretty). Since he’s a gypsy, I’d assume his eyes are naturally brown, but in the video for “Kazvash che me obichash” (and others), he wears ice blue contacts…and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that much lip collagen (and lip gloss) even in pictures of Hollywood events! He’s not only flaming gay, and a transvestite, and proud of it, but he’s actually married (though it is not legal in the country) to a man. Did the whole thing, bridesmaids and all. Bahaha–love it! I just like to look at him–he’s a freak and not only does he not care who thinks he’s a freak, he’s an in-your-face freak. Awesome. How do you not like a man who looks like this:

Or, on another day, might look like this:

His voice is lovely (sounds not quite like a woman, not quite like a man), but even that isn’t enough to get him past some people because although he used to be a traditional (traditional??) Romani singer, he now sings chalga. Chalga music is popular, especially among “the masses”, but many people dislike the genre because it takes bits and pieces from different Balkan folk traditions. I suppose that would mean it’s the Bulgarian “purists” who hate it, and that they hate it because it is not wholly Bulgarian..or because it’s popular with the lower classes. Fuck them. I love it because it’s rhythmic, exotic and has a dance hook. I’ve not a clue what they’re singing and couldn’t care less–it sounds good and that’s what music is about.

I guess you either love Azis or you hate him. I think he’s cool. 😆

Oops. Forgot what is perhaps my favourite photo of all. Stand this guy up, put him in coveralls and he could be changing the oil in your car.