is what I would say if I was a HATER! That little redhead changed my life and I’m going to talk about it. Her album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” has taken over everyone’s playlists and I love that.
I found out about Chappell Roan shortly after she released “Good Luck, Babe!” in April when she had around 4 million monthly listeners. Now, she has almost 40 million. At my old school, I would put on Chappell and people would groan and ask, “who is this?” At MSA, people cheered when “HOT TO GO!” played at the back-to-school dance. Here’s me talking about some of her less popular songs! Minus “School Nights” because I think we can all agree that it was rough…
“Love Me Anyway” was released in 2020 and is one of my favorites! You can even hear the yodel that she puts into her later songs. I love the story she tells in the lyrics about the one-sided relationship where Chappell is singing from the perspective of the person in the wrong.
“Subway” is an unreleased song that she performed at Gov Ball while she was dressed like the Statue of Liberty. I love the vocals, and she sings about missing a girl she met on the subway. Listening to the ending is a full body experience. Minus points though because I have to listen to it in the form of Spotify podcasts and she might not even officially release it.
“After Midnight” is the third track on “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” and it’s so fun! It’s about leaving home, finding her place, and just having fun at the club. It’s just a fun, catchy pop song. Plus points because it’s my great aunt’s favorite.
“Coffee” made me cry the first time I heard it, the piano breaks my heart. It’s about a relationship that ended but they both need closure. They want to talk about it, but they know if they see each other, the cycle will repeat of getting back together then leaving again.
“Picture You” is by far my favorite Chappell Roan song. The lyrics are beautiful, her voice is amazing, and her vocal flips at the end of the song changed my life. Her Tiny Desk performance of this song was honestly better than the original and when she performs it live, she usually has a wig on a mic stand as a partner!
“Kaleidoscope” breaks my heart every time. It’s my most skipped song from her album because I know I’ll get sad if I listen to it. It’s about confessing your crush on your friend, not being reciprocated, and then having to go back like none of it happened.
“California” hits so close to home. I still love it though and I adore the story about leaving her hometown to chase her dreams and make her family proud but becoming extremely homesick. I really relate to this story with moving to MSA and it hurts my heart to listen to.
“Guilty Pleasure” is my guilty pleasure! The beginning really threw me off the first time I heard it, it’s strangely whimsical but now I think it’s really fun to listen to. Chappell’s vocals are to die for in this song! Her yodeling changed my brain chemistry and I love the way she performs it live, too!
I know everyone and their mom talks about Chappell Roan, but I just wanted to add my two cents. A lot of people have been saying that she is bringing “camp” or tacky music back and I really love that because most of the time, I just really like to listen to fun songs, that’s it. So what if it’s tacky or overrated? Chappell Roan’s music makes me happy, and I haven’t gotten sick of listening to the same album for 4 months straight (yet).
Honestly, you might get me on the Chappell Roan train. The only song I’ve heard from her is hot to go and it was the night of the back to school dance, I’m being brainwashed by you </3
I was in shock at the name for a moment, but the way you went over all of the songs and the way they made you feel- true poetry right there. I wholeheartedly agree with you on all of the songs you named. I actually got to see her live in March and it was amazing! Once in a life time experience.
ugh i love her so much. i got my dad and sibling to watch the tiny desk concert with me and now they both love her too (in the process of teaching my dad the hot to go dance). my favorite song of her’s is pink pony club, just because i relate and it has inspired so many of my short stories over the past few months lol. i love femininonommeon (pretend i spelled that right) and it’s one of my top 5 songs that i’d like to do a drag performance to.
I’ve heard so much about her and keep putting off listening to her music, but I think now I might finally do it.