Chappell Roan, pop icon of "Pink Pony Club" and "HOT TO GO" released a country song recently, and it's been a phenomenal success. But she doesn't want to wade any further into the genre.
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The singer recently sat down with Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson on Amazon Music's Country Heat Weekly Podcast to talk about her country song, "The Giver." The tune released a couple of days ago, and is already becoming a country earworm.
Amazon shared with WOC that "Chappell Roan's "The Giver" has officially become the most streamed country single globally on Amazon Music within its first 24 hours of release." This is a huge accomplishment and shows just how many folks are digging the single.
However, despite the success of her country single, Chappell Roan doesn't want to become a quote-unquote 'country artist.'
That's right, you can put your pitchforks down, country purists. The singing superstar simply wanted to pen a "lesbian country song" for her personal enjoyment, as the genre means a lot to her.
Chappell Roan Explains Why She Doesn't Want To 'Do Country'
When talking on the podcast, Chappell Roan explains that "The Giver" appears to be one-off.
"I wrote a country song not to invade country music, but to really capture what I think the essence of country music is for me," she explained. To her, country means nostalgia, summertime fun, and "feeling like [a] country queen."
"It makes me feel a certain type of freedom that pop music doesn't let me feel."
She previously explained that she's been around country music all her life, and wanted to pay homage to it.
"I can't call myself the Midwest princess and not acknowledge country music straight up. That is what is around me in the grocery stores. That's what is playing on the bus...I know that my heart really wanted to write a country song," she continued.
"I'm trying to really articulate that it's not me trying to cross genres and be like, 'hey, you know, look at me.' I'm not trying to convince a country crowd that they should listen to my music by baiting them with a country song. That's not what I feel like I'm doing. I just think a lesbian country song is really funny, so I wrote that."
She wanted to write a country song, so she did. And I gotta say, it's pretty good. It may even breach our weekly ranking of the latest new songs next Thursday. Maybe.
