Simon Says is an iconic party that was once thrown by Andres Rigal and Love Bailey in the New York hipster era of the early 2000s (ugh, you just know they had the best music), which was pretty popular back in the hay day of Azelea Banks, Brooke Candy, and many other pop divas, now revived by Andres Rigal in Los Angeles.
Legendary photographer Cobra Snake, who has shot the likes of Kim K, Paris Hilton, and any other infamous it girl of the late 2000s, is the photographer who runs around snapping candid photos of the club-goers, who then places them inside a mini magazine that is released at the next party.
The cover girl for the first Los Angeles issue was none other than Hollywoods Community Hero, Love Bailey, and inside the magazine were the faces of Adam Lambert, Venus Velour, Lulu Levine, Judy Jimenez-Visutsiri, Marren Altman, Raquel Starr, D’Mahdnes Lavaughn, Karmalita Fox and many more. Once inside the club, you can barely move around, it is so packed that you have people crawling on top of the stage or the top of the couches just to dance.
I swear when the DJ played ‘Dancing on My Own’ by Robyn I transcended into another dimension. Love Bailey got down and dirty on stage, she claims that she was taken over by a goddess spirit.
“I was on my last two brain cells and Felix Da House Cat revived me into a sexy siren Goddess. I was popping my P*ss on the dance floor.”
I began by dancing on the dance floor alone and before I knew It I had met a marvelous array of people with such loving energy and had dancing partners, some of whom I had never met until that night, and others who I already knew and adored. I don’t know about you, but I have been to many clubs or bars where the energy was just always… meh. People didn’t dance with you for longer than 10 seconds or you felt like leaving the dance floor and lounging somewhere because the music wasn’t hitting.
At this party I was addicted to the dance floor, I mean it. The only time I left the floor was to refill my vodka-cran. I wanted to remain immersed in the sweaty bodies, carelessly dancing to Felix Da House Cats' disco beats and vocals of Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Donna Summers, and many more powerful female vocalists over hard throbbing beats.
I understand why it is that disco, house, and electroclash are coming back in style. People want to just fucking dance and go crazy on the dance floor no matter how they look, they want to feel something other than the dreadful weight of the world. I think after 2020 club life struggled a bit to find its footing, but now club culture is healing, as is art… But that's for another discussion.
If you're in Hollywood, Simon Says is that party that will be at the forefront of club culture very soon. So if you desire to dance with dolls, queers, trade, or lovely hot people in general, Simon Says will be hosting their next party on July 13th, and trust…I’ll be there.
Photo Credit: Cobra Snake/Simon Says Party LA @Cobrasnake & @simon_says_party on Instagram
Written By: Drea-Jean @dreajeanroberts on Instagram