Chappell Roan shares thoughts on recent success: “I’ve never given a fuck about the charts”

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Chappell Roan has shared her thoughts on her recent success as a pop artist, saying in a new interview that she’s “never given a fuck about the charts”.A recent feature published by Interview Magazine sees Roan in conversation with comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang.It begins with Yang addressing the whirlwind surge in popularity Roan has enjoyed since the release of debut album ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess‘.Amidst her ascent to pop stardom, Roan has recently gone public about her discomfort towards the “weird” and “creepy” behaviour exhibited by her fans.

She admits to Yang that the continual attention is “really weird and really hard,” due in part to her public image as an openly gay artist making her success “automatically political”.“I don’t know anyone who’s going through this, personally,” she states. “The biggest thing has been getting recognized, and just feeling not myself.

And touring, it’s all-consuming.”Prior to the release of her debut album, Roan found modest success as an up-and-coming artist, although her popularity in 2024 has added new perspective on how she feels about the music industry.“I’ve never given a fuck about the charts or being on the radio, but it’s so crazy how industry people are taking me more seriously than before,” she says. “I’m like, ‘I’ve been doing this the whole time, bitch.'”She continues: “My career doesn’t mean anything more now that I have a charting album and song.

If anything, I’m just like, ‘Fuck you guys for not seeing what actually matters.’ A chart is so fleeting. Everyone leaves the charts.