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Chappell Roan Goes A Little Bit Country with New Single 'The Giver'
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Chappell Roan rides in a new direction with "The Giver," which she's characterized as "a lesbian country song." The new single dropped on March 13.
"The Grammy-winning superstar announced the single earlier this month via Instagram, sharing a photo of herself dressed up in construction gear," Billboard recalled.
In the post, the "Good Luck, Babe!" singer reckoned that "It is def a bold and scary move to release a full ass country song after only releasing one song last year and it having such a success in the pop genre," and went on to add, "Country music is fire. It's the campiest of camp. some of you may be new to the country scene and not quite sure what to make of me having a fiddle and banjo in my song."
In a separate post, Roan recounted, "I grew up listening to it every morning and afternoon on my school bus and had it swirling around me at bon fires, grocery stores and karaoke bars."
The singer, who hails from Missouri, added that she's now been fielding questions as to whether she's got a whole album of country songs coming.
"My answer is.. hmm right now I'm just making songs that make me feel happy and fun," the "Hot to Go!" singer wrote.
Roan told the podcast "Country Heat Weekly" that she's "not trying to convince a country crowd that they should listen to my music by baiting them with a country song," Billboard recalled. "I just think a lesbian country song is really funny, so I wrote that."
Wherever Roan wants to roam, we'll be there for it.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.