Why Chappell Roan is the sound of 2024

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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For months, listeners have been peppering us with the same question: “When are you going to cover Chappell Roan?” We genuflect, then respond, “We interviewed her back in 2023!" The people don’t care. They want breakdowns of Chappell Roan’s musical wizardry, and who are we to deny them? After all, Chappell is having a moment, with five songs on the Billboard Hot 100, iconic performances on the biggest stages, and an average of seventy million streams a week. Everyone from the mailman to your grandma is dancing along to her buoyant choreography and undeniable melodies—but why? What are the musical devices Chappell and producer Dan Nigro are using to craft her ubiquitous sound? And why are her empowered, defiant lyrics resonating with audiences at this particular moment in history, when queer and trans rights are under attack? In this episode, Nate and Charlie visit the Pink Pony Club to get some much-needed answers. Songs Discussed Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!, HOT TO GO!, Red Wine Supernova, Pink Pony Club, Hurt Toni Basil - Mickey Devo - Whip It Starship - We Built This City More Read Constance Grady's Vox article, Chappell Roan spent 7 years becoming an overnight success Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.0	Pop. Welcome to Switched on pop.
0:51.0	I'm musicologist Nate Sloane and I'm songwriter Charlie
0:54.0	Harding. Charlie every day we get the same message in our emails in our
0:59.3	Instagram dems literally people accost costing me on the street and you know what they're all saying.
1:07.0	Give me five dollars?
1:08.0	When are you going to cover Chapel Rhone?
1:12.0	Five, six, 7, 8.
1:15.6	But we did cover Chapel Roan back in December.
1:17.9	We spoke with her.
1:18.7	Well, Charlie, this is often my response as well.
1:22.2	Cast back to December 2023 when we had the one and only chapel
1:28.3	Roan on this very program in a candid conversation.
1:32.3	You famously described her sound as slumber party pop.
1:36.2	I don't remember that. And yet this does not satisfy the people this response Charlie
1:42.3	because we are living in a
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