Chappell Roan dedicates her BRIT Award to “trans artists, drag queens, fashion students, sex workers, and Sinead O’Connor”

nme.com:

Chappell Roan dedicated her BRIT Award win last night (March 1) to “trans artists, drag queens, fashion students, sex workers, and Sinead O’Connor“.Roan won Best International Artist and Best International Song for ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ at the 2025 awards yesterday.

Though she wasn’t in attendance, she used her speeches to show solidarity with other artists while accepting via video.In her first speech for Best International Song, she highlighted the pressures faced by many of her peers today, saying: “Artists deserve the freedom to write bad songs and to explore horrible concepts and to flop, and rise, and not be pressured into making music based off what’s trending.”Then, while accepting the award for Best International Artist, she said, “Chappell Roan was born through experiencing queer joy.

It’s so special, I had to write an entire album about it.”She continued, “I dedicate this to trans artists, to drag queens, to fashion students, sex workers, and Sinead O’Connor.

Because of all those people – they have laid the groundwork for me to be here today. I did not give up because of them, and I will continue going because of them.”It’s not the first time Chappell has used her immense platform to vocalise her support of the trans community.