Please Stop Stalking Chappell Roan

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | July 22, 2024 |

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | July 22, 2024 |

The meteoric rise of Chappell Roan was a long time coming. I first discovered her in 2022, when my friends and I would play “Pink Pony Club” at every pre-game, during every car ride, and on any happy occasion. “Where is her record deal?!” we would cry whenever she released a new single. We feared that when she did make it big, all of our favorite songs would be forgotten.

But then, a miracle. She released her first studio album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, in September of 2023, and all the hits were on there, including “Pink Pony Club.” Between Roan, Charli XCX, and Sabrina Carpenter, we’ve been living in a girly-pop dream lately.

But it hasn’t all been a dream for Roan herself.

“People have started to be freaks—like, [they] follow me and know where my parents live, and where my sister works. All this weird shit,” she recently said on the Comment Section podcast. “This is the time when a few years ago when I said that if [there were] stalker vibes or my family was in danger, I would quit. And we’re there. We’re there!”

Roan is the kind of campy, theatrical artist who attracts rabid, devoted fans. Like a Lady Gaga for a new generation, her creativity and willingness to take risks is what makes people love her. She’s been called “Your favorite artist’s favorite artist,” and she’s attracted all of this attention in under a year. Now, she says she needs it to slow down.

“I’m just kind of in this battle…I’ve pumped the brakes on, honestly, anything to make me more known. It’s kind of a forest fire right now. I’m not trying to go do a bunch of shit,” she admitted.

Unlike some pop stars, this woman is in it for the art, not the fame. So, please leave her alone? The world needs more songs like “Pink Pony Club.”