Whether or not you've listened to her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess , you've likely heard the name Chappell Roan if you've been even slightly online in the last handful of months. Unless you live under a rock, you've definitely heard "Hot to Go!" The Missouri-born singer has been making music for nearly a decade now, but her stardom has undeniably skyrocketed since March of this year. Since then, she's opened for Olivia Rodrigo on tour, performed at Coachella, released her single "Good Luck, Babe!" had the biggest daytime set Lollapalooza has ever seen, and watched her nearly year-old album enter the top 10 of the Billboard 200 .
Today, she has nearly 40 million monthly listeners on Spotify. According to Billboard , her weekly streams are almost 20 times what they were at the beginning of this year. Chappell has been very open about how her meteoric rise to fame has affected her life and mental health thus far, both online and at her shows.
At a tour stop in Raleigh, North Carolina, she tearfully spoke to her audience , saying, “I just want to be honest with the crowd. I feel a little off today, because I think my career is going really fast and it’s hard to keep up. I’m just being honest, I’m having a hard time today.
” Last month, as a guest on Drew Afualo's podcast, The Comment Section , Chappell spoke about mistreatment from her fans, saying, "People have started to be freaks — like, follow me and know where my parents live, and where my sister works. All this weird shit." She explained that a few years ago, she promised herself that if she felt "stalker vibes" or that her family was in danger due to her fans, that was the point that she'd quit.
She went on to say, "We're there. I've pumped the brakes honestly on anything to make me more known. It's kind of a forest fire right now.
" Today, Chappell took to TikTok to address fans directly, posting a video asking fans if they'd treat a random woman on the street the same way they treat her. "If you saw a random woman on the street, would you yell at her out a car window? Would you harass her in public?" "Would you stalk her family? Would you follow her around? Would you try to dissect her life and bully her online? This is a lady you don't know, and she doesn't know you at all. I'm a random bitch.
You're a random bitch." In a follow-up video , she continued: "I don't care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous, or a little famous. I don't care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job.
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That doesn't make it okay, that doesn't make it normal." "I don't want whatever the fuck you think you're supposed to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity. I don't give a fuck if you think it's selfish of me to say no to a photo, or your time, or for a hug.
That's not normal. That's weird! ..
. I'm allowed to say no to creepy behavior, okay." You can watch the full videos below: Do not assume this is directed at someone or a specific encounter.
This is just my side of the story and my feelings..
