--- title: Christina Aguilera Showed Up in a Big Way for L.A. Pride description: Aguilera made a surprise appearance at Sunday night's L.A. Pride show — and debuted a new dance remix of her single "Accelerate." canonical: https://time.com/5308144/christina-aguilera-la-pride/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-11T15:18:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:19.994Z og:title: Christina Aguilera Showed Up in a Splashy Way for L.A. 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Aguilera, who’s in the midst of an album rollout, sang a new, dance version of her [first single “Accelerate.”](http://time.com/5264447/christina-aguileras-accelerate/) (The hip-hop-influenced track first dropped in early May, marking her official return to releasing new music since 2012 after years spent as a coach on _The Voice_ reality show.) “It’s a new remix just for you guys,” she told the crowd of [tens of thousands](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/06/10/christina-aguilera-surprise-guest-at-la-pride/) at the show on Sunday night. “For Pride.” For her surprise appearance at Pride, she decided to bring it in a big way, dressing up in a dramatic leopard-print outfit, black lipstick and bustier for her moment in the spotlight. She had crashed the stage during the drag contest portion of the evening, featuring some of the stars of [_RuPaul’s Drag Race_](http://time.com/5188791/rupauls-drag-race-history/) reality show and local performers, who all danced alongside her and fanned her as the song played. She has followed “Accelerate” with Demi Lovato collaboration [“Fall in Line”](http://time.com/5285049/billboard-music-awards-2018-best-worst-moments/) and last week’s “Like I Do” with GoldLink, with album _Liberation_ — her eighth — planned for a release on June 15. Aguilera has advocated for LGBTQ rights before; her early hit single “Beautiful” from 2002 was proudly inclusive, and she [contributed to recovery](http://time.com/4372840/christina-aguilera-orlando-shooting-proceeds-donate/) after the Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016. > [](https://twitter.com/106th/status/1006027596272893952) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5308144/christina-aguilera-la-pride/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5308144/christina-aguilera-la-pride/"},"headline":"Of Course Christina Aguilera Showed Up in a Splashy Way for Pride This Weekend","datePublished":"2018-06-11T15:18:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:19.994Z","description":"There's now a dance remix of \"Accelerate\"","url":"https://time.com/5308144/christina-aguilera-la-pride/","keywords":["Newsfeed","pride","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5308144/christina-aguilera-la-pride/","name":"Of Course Christina Aguilera Showed Up in a Splashy Way for Pride This Weekend"}}]}] ```