![]() ![]() I also loved P!nk, Katy, Gaga, but not to the degree I love it now … I was so catty about pop music as a teen, but it wasn’t fair of me to judge it the same way I judge, like, Radiohead. It’s this really high-femme, over-the-top gay pop. What’s special to me about your music is you’re not just making queer-girl music. And the last thing that needs to happen is for them to go to fucking jail. I want to be like, Fuck you! I’m doing drag if I want to! but then it’s probably putting the queens in danger. The day that I had the show was the day they signed it. ![]() If I were bigger, then I would be a little scared. I performed in Tennessee the first state to ban drag. Honestly, I’m not big enough for it to matter. What has that been like as states you traveled to began enacting drag bans? You’ve invited local drag queens to open for you on tour. “It gives people an opportunity to have fun for a couple of hours in a room where everyone else wants to have fun.” “There’s a reason why I want a party album,” she says. Fans will be able to hear that (and more) when she finally drops her debut project The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, on September 22 - a record she made with live audiences in mind. But beneath the layers of rhinestone, she has a singular voice (which she describes as a “yodel”) and takes big, ecstatic swings with her music, from soaring hooks to uptempo call-and-response tracks that evoke a particularly raunchy pep rally. Roan refers to her persona as a character, a performance piece, and, in a Gen-Z touch, a brand. She then hit the road, extending her interest in camp and fantasy to a live setting by throwing together glittery costumes and planning themes for each stop, where fans dressed up and belted along to Roan’s funny, infectious lyrics about hookups and breakups. It was a fitting award for the 25-year-old pop singer, who was dropped by her major label following the release of the 2020 infectious glam ballad “Pink Pony Club.” But instead of a debut full-length, the newly independent Roan started dropping a steady stream of shimmery queer-pop singles (“Naked in Manhattan,” the auto-correct-inducing “Femininomenon”) and music videos. ![]() But in a huge upset, the trophy went to - and this was the official wording - “Chappell Roan’s when it comes out.” At this year’s Las Culturistas Culture Awards, a glitzy cross-pop-cultural ceremony hosted by and voted on exclusively by comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, the Album of the Year competition was stiff: Beyoncé, Taylor, Katy Perry, the Into the Woods 2022 original Broadway recording (we stan) were all up for the top prize. ![]()
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