After winning a Peabody Award in 2023 and multiple Emmy Awards since its launch in 2020, HBO‘s “We’re Here” is back for another season with new hosts and a mission somehow more urgent than ever. The fourth season drops on April 26, and HBO has released a new trailer that demonstrates how the current political environment is putting queer people’s lives at stake. And, no, that’s not hyperbole. There is no exaggeration when people are shooting bullets through someone’s bedroom just for doing drag.
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Originally presented by Bob the Drag Queen (Madonna’s “The Celebration Tourl,” Eureka (“RuPaul’s Drag Race“), and Shangela (“A Star is Born”), this time around, the network and producers have opted for a fresh start. With hundreds of potential hosts to pick from, the new queens are arguably even more iconic than their predecessors. There’s the rose petal “Drag Race” winner Sasha Velour, inaugural “Canada’s Drag Race” winner Priyanka, COVID stay-at-home “Drag Race” champion Jaida Essence Hall, and a true drag legend, Latrice Royale.
Also, unlike previous seasons, instead of visiting different cities each episode, the queens are spending their time in just two metro areas: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. As the official logline from HBO notes, “they continue the show’s mission of spreading love and connection through the art of drag across small-town America” while taking “an in-depth, immersive look at recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and the effect it has had on the community.” And with all of the anti-gay, anti-drag, and anti-trans legislation being whipped up in almost entirely red states, the stories the queens hear, and the desperation of the queer people they meet should be a wakeup call for anyone who thinks it couldn’t happen in “their” town. Oh, yes. It’s closer than you think.
You can watch the new preview embedded in this post.
“We’re Here” season four debuts Friday, April 26 at 9:00 PM, with new episodes every Friday thereafter.