Russella is considered one of 200 cultural icons by i-D magazine[2] and was considered one of the UK's top 30 talents by The London Paper[3] Russella studied dance at Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds where he met singer and actress Paloma Faith.
[9] before meeting performance artist Jonny Woo whom he performed with regularly after winning a competition hosted by Woo[8][10] After a chance meeting at London nightclub Madame Jojo's, a then unknown French singer Héloïse Letissier befriended Russella and two lesser known drag queens who encouraged her to sing.
After a period of suffering from depression, Letissier was inspired by the drag queens—to the extent that she named her pop persona Christine and the Queens in appreciation.
'[citation needed] Russella has contributed to online magazines including Societe Perrier[27] and the Sabotage Times[28] Russella released his first comedic single on to iTunes in 2009 – titled – 'Too Fabulous'[29] with an accompanying video on YouTube which featured Sue Tilley Benefits Supervisor Sleeping.
Too Fabulous was performed at Lovebox Festival in 2011 [30] Russella also appeared on episode 6 of Britain's Got Talent 2012 singing Wild Horses