Roan spoke out against unfair labor practices within the music industry during her acceptance speech, saying:
“I told myself that if I ever won a Grammy and got to stand up here before the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels in the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and health care, especially to developing artists. I got signed so young—I got signed as a minor. When I got dropped, I had zero job experience under my belt, and like most people, I had… quite a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic and [could not] afford insurance. It was devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and dehumanized. If my label had prioritized it, I could have been provided care for a company I was giving everything to. Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection.”
I honestly haven’t even listened to any of her music (and maybe I should give it a try at least) but so far I’ve liked almost everything I’ve seen and heard about her online. The mainstream music industry needs more punks and rebels to speak out and cause a ruckus. If anything, just to kill the manufactured, conformist slop it’s all become.
(and maybe I should give it a try at least)
It’s often pretty explicit, but legitimately quite good. It’s got an old school vibe with a modern bent.
Just listened to “Good Luck, Babe!” and “Hot to Go!”. Definitely poppier than my usual tastes, which I was expecting. But old school, as you say, and it gives me feelings of nostalgia. Her voice is awesome too.
I’m definitely sometimes in the mood for this kind of jam, so this might actually become a little guilty pleasure of mine. I think it would fit well with all the '90s (and some '80s) shit on my playlist anyway.
“Definitely poppier than my usual tastes, which I was expecting”
This is also my experience. I can also see myself occasionally feeling like this style of music though. Not listening to pop can sometimes cause people like me to be assholes and look down on pop music and anyone who enjoys it. My respect for Chapell Roan’s persona/politics and her showmanship caused me to listen to her stuff less judgmentally, allowing me to experience “pop music done well”
Pink pony club gets stuck in my head all the time, especially since I first heard it as an AI cover in Plankton’s voice.
