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Rolling Stone Music Now

Chappell Roan: A Star Is Born

Rolling Stone Music Now

Rolling Stone

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

41K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

We tell the entire story of Chappell Roan's wild rise — and explain why her current controversies won't end up defining her career. Brittany Spanos — who wrote Rolling Stone's recent Chappell Roan cover story — joins host Brian Hiatt for the discussion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.6

The Wonder of Stevie. You might think you know Stevie Wonder. You might think you know his music,

0:10.7

but you've never heard it like this.

0:13.0

Host Wesley Morris is taking you on a deep dive through Stevie's Classic Period.

0:17.6

Five legendary albums back to back in just four years.

0:21.6

Hear about the record deal that started at all. The technology Stevie adopted

0:25.6

to create never before heard sounds and his influence on our culture. Listen to the

0:30.7

wonder of Stevie wherever you get podcasts.

0:34.0

I'm Brian Hyatt. This is Rolling Stone music now.

0:38.0

So one of the hardest things here at Rolling Stone,

0:41.0

especially in an ever more culturally fragmented era, is finding genuinely unifying

0:46.6

new superstars to put on the cover.

0:49.2

But one of the most pleasant surprises of this year is how Chapel Roan, who's been bubbling under for a few years now,

0:55.2

has suddenly become one of the most blazing pop supernovas we've seen in a long time.

1:00.3

And her songs are easily good enough to deserve it.

1:03.0

Recently she's gotten attention for stuff outside of music,

1:06.0

political statements, cancelling shows,

1:08.0

setting firm boundaries with her fans,

1:10.0

but that's trivial compared to how much fun her music and performances are.

1:15.0

And as she said in a Q&A with fans recently, it's a gay girl doing it.

1:19.3

For anyone who remembers how shrouded stars once had to be about their sexualities. The presence of

1:24.5

chapel and so many other openly queer musicians at the top of the charts is

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