Monét X Change[2] (born February 19, 1990)[3] is the stage name of Kevin Akeem Bertin, a Saint Lucian-American drag queen, singer, podcaster, and reality television personality.
[14][15] Monét X Change was announced as one of fourteen contestants competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 22, 2018.
[20] In the first episode of her season of Drag Race, Monét X Change made a dress decorated with kitchen sponges, which became a running joke throughout the rest of the series and inspired a number of Internet memes amongst fans online.
[33] Monét X Change was one of the Inspirations for Sina Grace's character of Shade, Marvel's first drag queen superhero.
[43] In July 2023, Monét X Change appeared on the show Dimension 20 on the streaming service Dropout where she and other drag queens played a campaign of Dungeons & Dragons.
[45] Monét X Change is a founding member of Drag PAC, a political action committee intended to push Gen Z voters to turn out for LGBTQ+ rights for the 2024 United States presidential election.
[11] Monét X Change released her first original single, "Soak It Up", on May 25, 2018, the same day as her elimination episode on Drag Race.
[49] In February 2023, Monét X Change starred as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in the Minnesota Opera's production of The Daughter of the Regiment.