At Club Quarantine, an underground queer nightclub on Zoom, there's drinking, flirting, and lots of twerking
Photo: Courtesy of Club Quarantine On Saturday night at 10:08 p.m., there are exactly 490 people at the club, drinking booze, flirting subtly and not so subtly, and twerking and twerking and twerking. Someone asks, “Is there an after-party?” Another demands, “Play ‘Wonderwall.’” Someone lights a bowl. Someone freshens their lip gloss. Someone else drops their pants. And someone else … changes their digital background.
Club Q was started by four 20-something, uncomfortably attractive club-kid scenesters based in Toronto: Mingus, a digital creator; Casey MQ, a musician and resident DJ at Club Q; Brad, a comedian and producer; and Andrés, a recording artist. Like many of us on recent lonely nights, the four were video-chatting one night on Instagram, drinking and listening to music, before realizing they could add more screens on Zoom.
@maddee_ Photo: Courtesy of Club Quarantine Outside of the music, the kids have adapted well to the digital age, flirting and hooking up just like in a real club — except instead of running outside and calling an Uber , people just escape into private Zoom calls. There are rumors of “private shows” and “dark rooms” when the clock strikes midnight, and per the founder, there is always a demand for an after-party. According to Brad, “It gets a little crazier. It’s like a real after-party.
@aminaformayor Photo: Courtesy of Club Quarantine In a moment when everything feels uncertain, the infectious happiness of Club Q is an escape. The digitalization of the club creates a certain pleasurable voyeurism, a Gatsby-like “within and without” feeling. “Once you get in there you start to see the people and you’re kind of enrapt. You’re like, I wanna be at the party. Like, what’s going to happen next? Who’s going to show up next?” said Casey.
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