Indie pop artist, Chappell Roan is rising up the charts with her latest release, "Good Luck, Babe!", an offbeat song that challenges heteronormative societal behavior, a subject that certainly is not discussed much in pop music. The twenty-six year old Missouri native, born Kayleigh Amstutz, is a queer artist who has stated she had taken on "Chappell Roan" as her own form of a drag queen persona, finding much in common with those gifted illusionists.
Immersed in music since she was a child, a fourteen year old Roan began like many aspiring musicians do today by uploading herself performing covers on YouTube. And this did help her gain attention by record labels, signing with Atlantic Records. Roan soon began writing original songs and at nineteen released her first single, "Good Hurt", followed by an EP, "School Nights", gaining her critical praise and a small following.
This lead to Roan connecting with Dan Nigro, a producer who had worked with Sky Ferreira, Carly Rae Jepsen, Caroline Polachek and Kylie Minogue, and after signing to his label imprint, the two began working together in 2020. Their first musical creation was "Pink Pony Club", inspired by Roan's trip to the Abbey, a gay bar in West Hollywood.
This record soon brought more buzz to Roan and two year later, released her debut album, "The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess". This collection of quirky, dance-pop tunes found it's way on several year-end Best Album lists. While fitting comfortably into the edgy pop vibe of fellow singer/songwriters, Lorde, Charli XCX, Lana Del Rey and Olivia Rodrigo (which Nigro was also behind), Roan has her own brand of distinctive, over-the-top musical flair to offer.
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