Chappell Roan

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Chappell Roan
Birth nameKayleigh Rose
Born1999/2000 (age 21–22)[1]
Willard, Missouri, United States
GenresPop music
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2017–present
WebsiteChappell Roan

Chappell Roan (born 1999/2000) is an American singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. A pop music artist, she writes most of her own songs and has described her style as "dark pop with ballad undertones."

When she was 17 years old and in eleventh grade, Roan uploaded a song titled "Die Young" to YouTube, leading Atlantic to sign her to the label. In summer 2020, she released a song titled "Pink Pony Club", which was later described as "the Song of Summer 2021" in Vulture. As of 2022, she was an independent artist.

Early life[]

Chappell Roan was born Kayleigh Rose in Willard, Missouri.[1] When she was 10 or 11, she began playing the piano.[2] At 14 or 15 years old, she began uploading cover versions of songs to YouTube, drawing attention from various record labels.[3] When she entered her teen years she began songwriting.[2] When she was 17 years old, she uploaded a song titled "Die Young", and was subsequently signed to Atlantic Records.[1] She was in eleventh grade at the time.[4]

Musical career[]

Early releases[]

On August 3, 2017, Chappell Roan released her first single, a song titled "Good Hurt". The song was reviewed favorably in Interview, in which an article praised her "striking maturity and surprisingly deep vocals"[5][4] On September 22, 2017, she released an EP titled School Nights. Also in 2017, she went on her first concert tour, the Lay It On Me Tour headlined by Vance Joy.[6]

In 2018, Roan moved[1] to Los Angeles from Springfield, Missouri.[7] She later described feeling "overwhelmed with complete love and acceptance" after the move, stating that it allowed her to begin "writing songs as the real me."[8] From January to March 2018, she toured the United States with Declan McKenna.[3]

"Pink Pony Club"[]

In April 2020, Chappell Roan released the song “Pink Pony Club”, which was later described in Vulture as "the Song of Summer 2021". According to the article in question, the song is a "synthy infectious bangarang" that (in reference to its 2020 release) is "the song of summer of our time, just not the correct time".[1] “Pink Pony Club” tells the story of a girl who leaves the small town where she lives to become a stripper in West Hollywood;[1] Roan has cited a visit to in West Hollywood as the inspiration for the song,[7] which has been described as "highly autobiographical".[8] It was produced by Dan Nigro.[1] A music video for the song was directed by .[7]

USA Today ranked the song third on a list of the "10 best songs of 2020", directly above "WAP" and below "Levitating"; an accompanying description characterized it as dance-pop that "earnestly [celebrates] queer culture, acceptance and chasing your dreams."[9]

As an independent artist[]

In March 2022, Chappell Roan released a single titled "Naked in Manhattan". The song was her first release in two years, and her first as an independent artist. It was described by NPR as a "queer girl bop" with lyrics that are "tender, nostalgic" and "flirty yet uncertain".[10]

Musical style[]

Chappell Roan writes most of her songs by herself, but has co-written some of them with other songwriters.[5] After the release of her debut single, her style was described in Interview as "pop sound [...] infused with a dark and unsettling tone that underscores her intense, somber lyrics".[4] In 2018, she described her musical style as a mix of organic and electronic sounds, with a pop tone,[3] and as "dark pop with ballad undertones."[2] In her songs written while she was a teenager, according to Atwood Magazine, she "brought the hardship and turbulence of our teenaged years to life with a candidness and vividness seldom seen from her peers."[11]

Roan has cited inspirations including the artist , the film The Beguiled, and musical artists alt-J,[4] Stevie Nicks, Lorde, and Lana Del Rey;[6] a 2017 review of her debut EP in PopCrush compared her sound to the latter two artists.[12] She has also stated that the song "Stay" by Rihanna was what inspired her to begin writing music.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Alter, Rebecca (May 27, 2021). "Sorry But the Song of Summer 2021 Is This Stripper's Delight From Summer 2020". Vulture. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Lindsay, Kathryn (January 3, 2018). "The Drop: Exclusive Music Video Premiere For Chappell Roan's "Die Young"". Refinery29. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Kato, Brooke (February 20, 2018). "Chappell Roan to show off evolving sound at The Lost Horizon". The Daily Orange. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Czemier, Zuzanna (August 1, 2017). "Exclusive Track & Video Premiere: 'Good Hurt,' Chappell Roan". Interview. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Holman, Gregory J. (August 17, 2017). "Chappell Roan is a singer from Willard. She just made the big time". Springfield News-Leader. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Samel, Ketki (October 5, 2017). "Chappell Roan soars at Herbst Theatre despite lack of audience connection". The Daily Californian. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "V Exclusive: Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club' out NOW!". V Magazine. Interview with Chappell Roan. April 3, 2020. Archived from the original on April 5, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ a b Wass, Mike (April 3, 2020). "Chappell Roan Reinvents Herself With Genre-Bending "Pink Pony Club"". idolator. Retrieved December 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Ryan, Patrick (December 16, 2020). "The 10 best songs of 2020, including Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and Cardi B". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  10. ^ Kinnaird, Madeline (March 15, 2022). "Chappell Roan, 'Naked in Manhattan'". NPR. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  11. ^ Mosk, Mitch (February 1, 2018). "Premiere: Chappell Roan's Haunting "Bitter" Dwells in Darkness". Atwood Magazine. Archived from the original on November 2, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  12. ^ Tan, Emily (November 28, 2017). "Chappell Roan Heals a Broken Heart With 'School Nights'". PopCrush. Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2021.

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