Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova (Live) | Vevo DSCVR Artists to Watch 2024 In 2012, a newly-minted teen named Kayleigh was watching ‘Katy Perry: Part of Me’ and having a moment. “I just thought it looked so fun to do that on stage,” she remembers about the day Chappell Roan was born. The power of pop music had always been a useful escape hatch, taking her from the small town of Willard, Missouri to a larger, more accepting world. Her first concert was a bill of Miley Cyrus with Jonas Brothers opening. Seminal pop totems such as Lady Gaga’s ‘The Fame,’ Kesha’s “Don’t Stop,” and Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’ soundtracked her formative years. Take it from Chappell: “It was an amazing time to be tween.” Her subsequent journey, from the Midwest to Los Angeles, from a teenage girl fearful of how people might judge her sexuality to a fully-throated LGBTQ+ activist, is well-documented in her musical world-building. Over the past few years, her undeniable “Pink Pony Club” has been a staple at drag bars, ...