Chappell Roan

Chappell Roan specializes in jubilant, femme-positive pop that combines a strong romantic streak with a hunger for grand experiences. Kayleigh Rose Amstutz (born in 1998 in Willard, Missouri) began posting covers online in her teens, and after releasing her first EP, School Nights, in 2017, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her pop-star dreams. In early 2020 she connected with Dan Nigro (the producer who’s worked extensively with Olivia Rodrigo), and that April she released “Pink Pony Club,” a torchy ballad about thriving at “a special place/where boys and girls can all be queens every single day.” Roan released a smattering of singles, including the writhing “My Kink Is Karma” and the yearning “Casual,” before putting out her first full-length, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, in September 2023. Roan’s unbridled, lusty pop songs became an online phenomenon, and she hit the arena circuit when she opened for Rodrigo on the latter’s GUTS tour in early 2024. But her true breakout moment came with her irresistible 2024 smash “Good Luck, Babe!”—an ’80s-inspired slice of yearning pop brilliance that catapulted her from word-of-mouth rising talent to true pop superstar.