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News.com.au
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Chappell Roan recalls reaction to hearing her music on radio for first time
The Pink Pony Club singer has been dropping music consistently since 2020 but she didn't find mainstream success until she released her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, in 2023 and the single Good Luck, Babe! in spring 2024. During an interview with W Magazine, Chappell recalled her reaction when she heard herself on the airwaves for the first time. "I think it was in an Uber when I was on tour. I heard Good Luck, Babe. I grabbed my friend's hand and I was like…'
Forbes
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Chappell Roan Charts Her First No. 1 With An Unexpected Hit
Chappell Roan is actively promoting two singles at the moment, but only one has become a major radio hit in her home country. "The Giver" started strong on a number of Billboard rankings, but it's now on the decline. After just a few weeks of being pushed to pop radio, it looks like it may soon disappear. Meanwhile, "Pink Pony Club" — featured on her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess — is still gaining momentum. The years-old tune has helped Roan reach a never-before-seen high on one radio tally, as it's become a surprise airplay hit. "Pink Pony Club" gallops from No. 3 to No. 1 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart. The track earns Roan her first leader on Billboard's ranking of the compositions that rack up the largest total number of audience impressions across U.S. radio stations that play a more mature side of pop. Throughout her career, Roan has sent 34 songs to the Adult Pop Airplay chart. Before "Pink Pony Club" arrived, only one of them, "Good Luck, Babe!," had cracked the top 10. That track stalled at No. 9 in September 2024. Her other hits, "Hot To Go!" (No. 11) and "The Giver" (No. 32), never quite made it to that uppermost tier. "Pink Pony Club" currently appears on all three of Billboard's pop radio charts. It holds at No. 2 on the general Pop Airplay list, after previously dominating. At the same time, it steps up one spot on the Adult Contemporary roster, hitting a new peak of No. 17 in the process. While "The Giver" was released earlier in 2025, "Pink Pony Club" originally dropped half a decade ago. The tune was shared by Roan before she had a major fanbase or had scored a breakout hit. Although it was included on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, "Pink Pony Club" never earned true single status until Roan won the Grammy for Best New Artist. At the ceremony, she performed the cut, turning it into an overnight viral sensation. True commercial success quickly followed. After a huge uptick in sales and streams, the track was promoted to radio, where it has found its footing and turned out to be one of the pop superstar's most successful releases.
Daily Mail
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Chappell Roan slams The Voice as she reveals her painful audition for the hit show: 'Scariest thing ever'
Chappell Roan has slammed The Voice while recounting the painful audition experience she had for the competition show. The 27-year-pop star rocketed to fame thanks to her 2023 album The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, which emerged last year as a sleeper hit. Along with being captivated by her songs, her fans have also praised the Missouri-born songstress for her forthright attitude - though her behavior fell under scrutiny last week when she was accused of pushing her assistant on the red carpet. She was as blunt as ever in her latest interview, in which she recalled trying out for The Voice when she was just 15 years old. Her 15th birthday landed in February 2013, the year The Voice aired its fifth season, with Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green as judges. Although Chappell did not say she appeared before the celebrity panel, she shared the brutally dismissive treatment she received at the hands of 'the producer or whoever the f*** was watching ' her audition, in a cover interview with W. 'When I auditioned for The Voice, I was 15 and I sang Stay, by Rihanna,' said Chappell, referring to a 2012 song by the Umbrella hitmaker. 'That was when the Bruno Mars song When I Was Your Man was really big, and I thought I was so unique in switching it around and singing 'When you were my man' and making it about gender. But every girl was like: 'I'm switching it around.'' She added: 'By the way, when I did the Voice audition, the producer or whoever the f*** was watching did not even look up from his phone. He was like, 'Okay, next.'' Chappell remembered: 'And I went up there and sang a cappella, the scariest thing ever. He never really looked at me.' In the same interview, she shared that The Voice was not the only reality competition series that she tried out for when she was a teenager. 'With America's Got Talent, I was 13, and we flew to Austin, Texas, and waited in line with thousands of people at 4 a.m. I sang True Colors, by Cyndi Lauper. Did not make it either,' dished the Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl singer. Days ago, fans accused Chappell of pushing her assistant on a red carpet, in a clip that went viral of her at the 2025 Fashion Los Angeles Awards. The footage initially showed her waving at fans while standing next to two other people - but at one stage the Good Luck, Babe! singer appeared to softly collide with her assistant and gently push her away with her arm. Social media users scathingly denounced Chappell for her 'rude and disrespectful act' and her 'nasty evil spirit,' with one remarking: 'it was an emotional and psychological push, with her hand there to infer of a push… truly sinister.' Chappell made headlines this past September for furiously snapping back at a red carpet photographer at the MTV Video Music Awards. The exchange began when a male photographer off-camera was heard apparently shouting that someone needed to 'turn.' At some point, a photographer was heard shouting: 'Shut the f*** up,' to which Chappell turned and bellowed back: 'YOU shut the f*** up!' She added: 'No! Not me, b****!' prompting whoops from some of the observers on the scene. 'Tell him, girl,' said one woman who was watching the encounter. Chappell was previously vocal about her exasperation over 'weird' fans making her 'uncomfortable' with their intrusive behavior - prompting a backlash from social media users who felt she was being ungrateful for her stardom. 'I don't care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous, whatever,' she said on TikTok last August. 'I don't care that it's normal. I don't care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, the career field I've chosen.' Chappell continued: 'That does not make it okay that doesn't make it normal. That doesn't mean that I want it, that doesn't mean that I like it....' She defiantly declared she did not 'give a f***' about being regarded as 'selfish' for saying ''no for a photo or for your time or for a hug. That's not normal, that's weird.'
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chappell Roan hits back at Grammys speech criticism
Chappell Roan has hit back at a music executive who criticised her speech at the Grammys. At the weekend, the US singer called for record labels to give a 'liveable wage' to rising stars, after winning the best new artist award at the ceremony. Her comments, which also urged companies to provide healthcare for those at the start of their music career, were criticised by Jeff Rabhan, who has worked with singers including Kelly Clarkson, and is the co-founder and chief executive of an artist, audience and brand platform. In an opinion piece in the Hollywood Reporter, Rabhan described Roan's speech as 'noble, but also wildly misinformed'. He said her 'rise to stardom, fuelled by viral moments, major label backing and an industry desperate for the next alternative pop starlet, proves she's no longer a struggling artist'. He added that she should 'do something about' the issues for rising stars in the industry, instead of just talking about the problem. On Friday, Roan, 26, urged Rabhan to 'match me' in donating 25,000 US dollars (£20,166) to 'struggling dropped artist', in an Instagram story, and added: 'Let's talk.' She followed this up with another story saying: 'Mr Rabhan, I love how in the article you said 'put your money where your mouth is' – genius. 'Let's link and build together and see if you can do the same.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by ･ﾟ: *✧ Chappell Roan ✧*:･ﾟ (@chappellroan) The singer then wrote 'in the meantime, here are some artists that deserve more love and a bigger platform', and posted Spotify screenshots of US singers including Hemlocke Springs, Sarah Kinsley and Baby Storme. Rabhan also said that when Roan won a Grammy, she became 'no longer the scrappy indie artist fighting from the fringes, she became part of the establishment', and called her 'disingenuous' for having mainstream success, and then criticising the industry. He also wrote: 'Record labels are businesses, not charities, and the deal is simple, they put up the money, take the risk and, in return, they get a cut of the profits. 'Could the system be better? Sure. Should artists get better deals? Absolutely. But Roan's speech lacked the nuance and industry awareness to build any consensus or even speak to the priorities of an artist's platform of issues.' Elsewhere, Rabhan said that starting a foundation, running a mentorship programme and investing in up and coming artists 'is what real industry disruptors do', citing the example of artists such as Taylor Swift, who got control of her own music by re-recording her albums. Roan was nominated for six awards at the ceremony, including album of the year and best pop vocal album for The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, and song of the year and record of the year for Good Luck Babe! She said at the event on Sunday: 'I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists, would offer a liveable wage and healthcare, especially to developing artists.' She added that she 'got signed so young, I got signed as a minor, and when I got dropped, I had zero job experience under my belt and, like most people, I had a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic and could not afford health insurance'. She called for record labels to treat artists as employees, with wages and health insurance. According to a census from charity Help Musicians and the Musicians' Union (MU), about half of British musicians are earning less than £14,000 a year from music, and 43% of respondents said they earn less than that figure. It also disclosed that the average annual income from music is reported at £20,700, which is based on all respondents earning any percentage of their total income from music.
