Chappell Roan says she’s been diagnosed with severe depression, but she hasn’t been feeling sad. The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer-songwriter, just named best new artist at the MTV VMAs, tells The Guardian she’s “in therapy twice a week” while on the road for her Midwest Princess Tour. The trek currently has her in London (Sept.
21), with a stop in Berlin next (Sept. 23) before she returns to the U.S.
for a handful of concerts, beginning with the All Things Go Festival in New York City on Sept. 28. “I went to a psychiatrist last week because I was like, I don’t know what’s going on,” Roan shared with the publication for a profile released on Saturday.
“She diagnosed me with severe depression — which I didn’t think I had because I’m not actually sad,” she said. “But I have every symptom of someone who’s severely depressed.” Roan’s symptoms have included brain frog, forgetfulness, poor focus and “a very lackluster viewpoint.
” “I think it’s because my whole life has changed,” she said of her current symptoms. “Everything that I really love to do now comes with baggage. If I want to go thrifting, I have to book security and prepare myself that this is not going to be normal.
Going to the park, pilates, yoga — how do I do this in a safe way where I’m not going to be stalked or harassed?” Later in the article, she said that “every time I walk through my front door, it just comes out of me ...
I can’t even help it, I just sta.