Who is Orville Peck? Canada’s Masked Gay Country Star!

Two-stepping into fabulous mystery

Esther Spurrill-Jones
Prism & Pen
Published in
3 min readJun 29, 2022

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Orville Peck, wearing a cream-coloured cowboy hat, a black mask covering his eyes with gold fringe on the bottom covering the rest of his face, and a cream-coloured shirt with yellow and gold patterns. Behind him is a blurred marquee of neon lights.
Image via Alfred Marroquin on Wikimedia Commons

In 2018, Orville Peck two-stepped onto the country scene in a cowboy hat, fringed Zorro mask, and fabulously overdone cowboy outfits. Rhinestones and leather and even crop tops are Peck’s signature look, along with his ubiquitous mask and hat.

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Esther Spurrill-Jones
Prism & Pen

Poet, lover, thinker, human. Poetry editor at Prism & Pen.