Chappell Roan's Meteoric Rise: Rewriting the Rules of Pop Stardom

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Fresh off a history-making week Chappell Roan is riding an extraordinary wave as she becomes the first artist in 2025 to notch two UK Number One singles with different songs according to Music Week. In a turn that has even the most jaded industry executives buzzing her new single The Subway debuted at Number One with over 54000 units, a major achievement and her quickest chart-topping ascent yet. This comes after Pink Pony Club finally rose to Number One in March—five years after its original release—cementing her as a genuine slow-burn superstar. Both tracks currently sit in the UK Top 30, while her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess just leapt back up the album charts, reflecting a surge in week-on-week consumption. Island EMI’s Christina Incocciati called this an incredibly special moment on the eve of Chappell’s upcoming co-headline slot at Reading and Leeds Festivals, events predicted to further fuel Chappell fever.

The Subway, described by Chappell as a heartbreaking sapphic anthem capturing the hope and heartbreak of New York, has generated major headlines in outlets from PinkNews to Cosmopolitan. Accompanying its release is a striking music video that intertwines personal narrative and cityscape, even sparking speculative chatter—from JustNLife and others—about lyrical hints at a post-breakup move to Canada, though Chappell herself has not confirmed any such plans. Her heartfelt ballad and bold persona have kept social media humming, with several viral fan edits and widespread celebration across queer and music communities.

Still no sophomore album is coming soon—Chappell told Vogue and The Hollywood Reporter that the second project does not exist yet. She insists she needs time and refuses to force the process, warning fans not to expect updates until the work feels fully hers. Online memes about her being everywhere but the studio only amuse her, she says, reminding the world she will take as long as she needs.

Live, her calendar is a blur of global dates. August is packed with European festivals before she returns to headline her own U.S. pop-up tour in New York, Kansas City, and Los Angeles, with a cut of proceeds pledged to trans youth charities. Sold-out parties and tribute nights are popping up from sugarush’s wild club events in Australia to dedicated Pink Pony Club blowouts. Despite her digital ubiquity Chappell has deleted social media from her phone to safeguard her mental health, as she revealed to The Tango, proving some boundaries still can hold in the digital age. Every sign points to a star, not just breaking through, but bending the industry—and the timeline of stardom itself—to her will.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fresh off a history making week, Chapel rone is riding
an extraordinary wave as she becomes the first artist in
twenty twenty five to notch two UK number one singles
with different songs, according to Music Week, in a turn
that has even the most jaded industry executives buzzing. Her
new single The Subway debuted at number one with over

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fifty four thousand units, a major achievement and her quickest
chart topping ascent yet. This comes after Pink Pony Club
finally rose to number one in March, five years after
its original release, cementing her as a genuine Slowburn superstar.
Both tracks currently sit in the UK Top thirty, while
her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest

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Princess just leapt back up the album charts, reflecting a
surge in week on week consumption. Island m I s
Christina Incociati called this an incredibly special moment on the
eve of Chapel's upcoming co headline slot at Reading and
Leeds Festivals, events predicted to further fuel Chapel fever. The
Subway described by Chapel as a heartbreaking, sapphic antem capturing

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the hope and Heartbreak of New York has generated major
headlines and outlets from Pink News to Cosmopolitan. Accompanying its
release is a striking music video that intertwines personal narrative
and cityscape, even sparking speculative chatter from Just Nigh Life
and others about lyrical hints at a post break up
move to Canada, though Chapel herself has not confirmed any

(01:26):
such plans. Her Heartfelt Ballad and Bold Persona have kept
social media humming, with several viral fan edits and widespread
celebration across queer and music communities. Still, no sophomore album
is coming soon. Chapel told Vogue and The Hollywood Reporter
that the second project does not exist yet. She insists

(01:48):
she needs time and refuses to force the process, warning
fans not to expect updates until the work feels fully.
Hers online means about her being everywhere, but the studio
only amuse her, she says, reminding the world she will
take as long as she needs live. Her calendar is

(02:09):
a blur of global dates. August is packed with European
festivals before she returns to headline her own US pop
up tour in New York Kansas City and Los Angeles,
with a cut of proceeds pledged to trans youth charities.
Sold Out parties and tribute nights are popping up, from
Sugar Rush's Wild Club events in Australia to dedicated Pink

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Pony club blowouts. Despite her digital ubiquity, Chappelle has deleted
social media from her phone to safeguard her mental health,
as she revealed to The Tango, proving some boundaries silk
can hold in the digital age, every sign points to
a star not just breaking through, but bending the industry
and the timeline of stardom itself to her will. And

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