Chappell Roan’s rise to fame has skyrocketed throughout 2024, and now she’s ending the year by reflecting on that fame.
The music superstar appears on Apple TV+ and Apple Music’s A Karaoke Carpool Christmas. During the segment, she was joined by her parents, Kara and Dwight, as well as host Zane Lowe for a special SUV sing-a-long of her song “Pink Pony Club”.
The segment — first popularized by James Corden — features Lowe driving Roan and her parents around rural Missouri in an SUV, complete with Christmas decorations scattered throughout. car. When Lowe played “Pink Pony Club,” Roan and her parents sang along, the latter two becoming emotional — especially the references to her Midwestern family.
When the song ends, her parents discuss its impact.
“That song… I loved singing it with her at her shows,” her mother said. I like when you can see people responding to that song so much.” “Even when we grow up, we really care what our parents think of us… I hope that’s what she always knows, that we love her so much and we can never not proud of my mother”.
Her father shed tears before reflecting on the song’s importance.
“What she represents is a lot of hope… but what she taught me as a father is respect for others and all people. That’s what I want people to understand, everything about her is all about loving people… and she taught me that,” he said.
Later in the episode, Roan’s parents took Lowe on a tour of their farm in Missouri. As for Roan, she sat down with Lowe to discuss her 2025 Grammy nominations and joked that she might say something controversial.
“It’s an honor to be nominated along with some other artists. I haven’t given a speech yet but you know me. I’m about to say something controversial. Why not?” she said.
Chappell Roan when nominated at #GRAMMY:
“It’s amazing that a gay artist wrote a gay song that went to number one, with a gay writer who didn’t grow up in the industry, didn’t have a relationship, tormented her all the time a decade. It was such an honor for me. It… pic.twitter.com/A4KVE7uQir
— Chappell Roan Philippines (@chappellroanPH) December 16, 2024
Over the past year Roan has made many controversial comments, including criticism Billboard for a report claiming that she had broken up with her manager.
“Chappell Roan has parted ways with his management team, sources confirm to Billboard. The news comes after the breakout star earned his first slate of Grammy nominations, including all categories Big Four section. Roan’s notable nods go beyond the congratulatory post shared from the Instagram account of State Of the Art – the company Roan was previously signed to with Nick Bobetsky as manager her,” the post write.
Roan caught wind of this post and fired back in its comments section.
“So bad about this,” she said in response to the news, which many commentators felt she overreacted to.
Roan was also forced to clarify comments she made about Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 US election. Roan received backlash for comments she made in an interview Guardian where she doubled down on her nonpartisan stance, saying she had “a lot of problems with our government on every front.”
Roan continued: “Both sides have problems. I encourage everyone to use your critical thinking skills, use your vote – vote small, vote for what’s going on in your city.” your street”.
Many people called her a Trump supporter after this, but she denied this claim and said that she would not vote for Trump.
“The question of whether someone tweeted something about something else is true or not. It’s important to ask the question, because that’s how I think we’re going to move forward,” she said.
Roan added: “This is my third election vote and the world is changing very quickly, and I want to be part of the generation that changes things for good, because we need that”.
“Actions speak louder than words and actions speak louder than testimonials,” she concluded.
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