On the pop music charts, Chappell Roan is hot — and not to go. The singer-songwriter has been steadily on the rise since the release of her latest single "Good Luck, Babe!" She currently has three hit songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and her headline-making performances at music festivals like Coachella, Governors Ball and Bonnaroo have led to to accommodate massive crowds. On June 20, Roan, whose real name is Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, made her debut appearance on ," where she opened up about her rapidly rising career, the inspiration behind her elaborate fashion choices and more.
Here's everything to know about "your favorite artist's favorite artist." Roan told Fallon that she recorded her September 2023 debut studio album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess with fun in mind. “I just wanted to make something that I could party to and other people could party to.
And like, something that I would never be sad or bored performing,” she said. Roan, 26, signed her first record deal in high school but soon considered giving up music. "I gave it a year," she said.
"I didn't actually start making money where I could afford my rent until, like, the past maybe year and a half." Her back-up plan was to take a break from music, move back home and go back to school, either to be an esthetician or study genetics, she said. But "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" has seen smash success.
Now, Roan told Fallon she can’t help but feel validated. “It feels like I was.
