Time feels evermore like a ludicrous concept in 2025, but it especially collapses when considering the career of Chappell Roan. The Missouri-born pop artist languished in up-and-coming mode for years – I first learned of her prismatic gay club anthem Pink Pony Club via a friend’s recommendation in 2020 – only to experience one of the swiftest ascents into the mainstream I’ve ever witnessed. dance to 13,000 devotees, ranging from young girls to queer twentysomethings to a middle-aged man in front of me texting his mom “I love her!!! View image in fullscreen Chappell Roan is joined by Heart’s Nancy Wilson. “I’m like really hard on myself, I’m really, really hard on myself, for performing … I can’t do 100% today.