Story by Joan Summers / Interview by Trixie Mattel / Photography by Hector Clark / Styling by Genesis Webb / Makeup by Doniella Davy / Hair by Faye Celesteis the “missing link” between drag queens and pop stars. Roan responds bashfully: “I would not even make the finals at a local show. I can’t really give shows the way that actual queens can.”
My mind struggles to capture the energy behind me now and in the moment, as I turn back to face her then. Words pale when faced with that massive crowd and her piercing voice; she’s totally in command of those wide eyes and joyous faces that etch themselves into my memory. “Screaming twinks and girls in pink cowboy hats, priestesses of Chappell Roan,” my notes trail off, and I don’t look down at them once until the crowd disperses and carries me off.
Prior to the current tour, or the ubiquity of “Good Luck, Babe!” on TikTok, her breakthrough 2020 single “Pink Pony Club” had longevity in the cultural conversation at odds with the reasons she’d been dropped by Atlantic that same year. The label cited a lack of interest or profits in her music, and after a short return home to work in a donut shop amid the pandemic, Roan picked up the pieces of her career and moved back to LA. “I was like, I have to give this a shot, one more year.
This sentiment extends beyond herself, driving the inertia of the moment for her, as the pop ascendancy pulls Roan upward. Mattel asks about the influence of the Midwest in her work, and Roan gushes: “I think it’s very easy to think of the Midwest and South as a monolith. I’m like, ‘No, bitch, there are queens everywhere, regardless if you think there are or not.’” Mattel agrees, and Roan drives home the point.
There are queer people everywhere in these teeny tiny towns who are the same as the bitches on the coasts.It’s crack-headed. I DJed two days ago outdoors in Pensacola, Florida. All the sickening gays, and I was at the beach, and it was 85 and humid. I got on the microphone and said, “You sun-damaged faggots. I will never forgive you,” because I expect gay people to control the weather.
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