Chappell Roan is over-the-top, but that’s not who she really is.
This eclectic singer has built a reputation as a mini Lady Gaga with her elaborate outfits and drag queen-inspired aesthetic, seemingly ripped straight from a movie plug. camp. However, the star wants everyone to know that is not her real self. Her real name is Kayleigh Rose Amstutz.
During a chat with the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on November 7, the star revealed that she will be playing a character.
“Chappell is a character,” she told host Brandi Carlile over Billboard.
“I can’t be here all the time,” she added. It was too much to bear.”
She went on to talk about her song “Pink Pony Club” and how it helped her become a superstar.
“The second thing I don’t take myself seriously is when things start to click and that’s really scary,” she said.
Since scoring a top 10 hit this year with “Good Luck, Babe!” and whose album reached the top two on the Billboard 200 chart, Roan has revealed that her life is very different.
“My life is completely different now. Everything is wrong now. This kind of year has done something to everyone. Every big thing that happens in someone’s career happens in 5 month for me. It’s so crazy that things I never thought would happen.” happened 10 times. I think that really rocked my system. I don’t know what a good mental health routine would look like for me right now,” she shares.
Roan has previously shared many times about the pitfalls of fame over the past year. She canceled her appearance at the All Things Go music festival, saying things had become “too much” for her.
“I’m sorry to everyone who waited to see me in NYC & DC this weekend at All Things Go, but I can’t perform,” she shared. Everything has been overwhelming in the past few weeks and I’m really feeling it.”
Roan has previously compared fame to an abusive ex.
“The feeling of this — stalking, talking s— online, [people who] won’t leave you alone, yell at you in public – that’s what an abusive ex-husband feels like,” she said face magazine.
Roan is currently hard at work on his second album and has five completed songs on the project so far.
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