In 2023, they came into public attention for a drag performance dressed as Jesus Christ to the tune of a remix of the Tagalog language version of the Lord's Prayer.
[2] In high school, they began to become aware of their queer identity but did not feel any strong attraction towards any specific sex so they had a typical experience for a teenager.
[6] Their drag name comes from the name of beauty queen Pura Villanueva Kalaw, a Tagalog word luka-luka which means crazy, and the name of singer Suzanne Vega.
[10] The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines saw the performance as "bordering" profanity, blasphemy and sacrilege, iterating its stance that "religious symbols and imagery are not for entertainment purposes".
[12] The Philippines for Jesus Movement, a coalition of Christian groups, on their part filed charges against them for alleged violation of the Revised Penal Code and Cybercrime Prevention Act.
The arrest was regarding their case involving "immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions and indecent shows", in breach of Article 201 of the Criminal Code.
[36] On February 29, 2024, Luka was arrested for six counts of Violation of Article 201 (immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibition, and indecent shows) of the Revised Penal Code in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 after losing a Quezon City court suit with the Philippines for Jesus, a sectarian movement founded by pastor Eddie Villanueva.