Pop singer Chappell Roan, who has , is opening up about her newfound fame and the "weird" interactions she has had with fans. In two videos posted to Monday, Roan slammed fans who "think that you know a person just because you see them online or you listen" to their music. "I don't care that abuse, harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous, whatever," she said in the videos, which were viewed a combined total of 3.
5 million times within two hours of being posted. "I don't care that it's normal. I don't care that this type of crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, the career field I've chosen.
That does not make it OK." She added that even though other celebrities deal with the same thing, "that doesn't make it normal. That doesn't mean I want it, doesn't mean that I like it.
" "I don't want whatever the f--- you think you're supposed to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity," she said. "I don't give a f--- if you think it's selfish of me to say no for a photo or for your time or for a hug. That's not normal! That's weird!" "It's weird how people think that you know a person just because you see them online or you listen to the art they make," she concluded.
"That's f---ing weird! I'm allowed to say no to creepy behavior, OK?" Roan's latest single, "Good Luck, Babe!" skyrocketed in the charts earlier this summer, spawning a newfound fandom for the singer and her earlier works like " " and "Hot To Go!" Her rise in stardom has been so rapid and meteoric that she's had to be moved to larger stages at least two music festivals this summer. At Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music Festival in June, organizers relocated her to a larger stage and she drew in a major crowd, reported. Chicago's Lollapalooza earlier this month had to upgrade Roan to a main stage for her performance as well, according to the Rolling Stone, and the aerial shots of her fans dancing to “Hot To Go!” in synchrony made national headlines.
As of Aug. 19, Roan has seven total songs on the chart: "Good Luck, Babe!", "Hot to Go!", "Pink Pony Club", "Red Wine Supernova", "Casual", "Femininomenon" and "My Kink Is Karma." Sam Kubota is a senior digital editor and journalist for TODAY Digital based in Los Angeles.
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