Elton John shares advice he gave to Chappell Roan on coping with fame

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Elton John has revealed the advice that he’s shared with Chappell Roan on coping with fame – see what nuggets of wisdom had had to impart below.2024 saw Chappell Roan get catapulted to meteoric levels of fame – thanks in large part to her 2023 debut album ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess’.

For instance, her Lollapalooza set was one of the festival’s most-attended in history. Elsewhere during the year, she opened Olivia Rodigo‘s ‘Guts’ tour before putting on headline-making performances at Coachella and Governors Ball.However, it hasn’t been an entirely positive experience for the singer, who has also witnessed the stresses of her sudden fame.

Roan has been vocal about her experiences of fame over the last couple of months, venting about the normalisation of extreme fan behaviour, including “stalking, talking shit online, [people who] won’t leave you alone [and] yelling at you in public”.The former NME Cover star also compared fame to “an abusive ex-husband”.

Elsewhere, she took to TikTok to share her thoughts on “weird” and “creepy” followers, and called out the “predatory behaviour” of so-called “superfans” that included “nonconsensual physical and social interactions”.Since entering the upper echelons of fame, Chappell Roan has sought advice from the likes of Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Charli XCX, Lorde and more.