Watch Chappell Roan and Elton John perform ‘Pink Pony Club’ duet at Oscars viewing party

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Chappell Roan and Elton John performed a duet of ‘Pink Pony Club’ at his Oscars viewing party – watch footage below.Back in January, the ‘Rocket Man’ singer took to social media to share the line-up for his annual Academy Awards viewing party in support of the Aids Foundation, enlisting Roan as the event’s sole performer for this year’s edition.Ahead of the performance, hosts Sheryl Lee Ralph and Neil Patrick Harris touched on raising funds and removing stigma, with Harris noting the Trump administration had stopped funding UNAIDS, the UN’s HIV/AIDS programme that serves communities in Africa and other parts of the world.Before Roan began, John introduced her with a speech, in which he reflected on hearing her work for the first time. “I just freaked out when I heard her.

I interviewed her and fell in love with her and the album,” he said. “She’s so kind to do this. She’s one of the biggest stars in the world right now.

Not only does she speak with her voice on stage but off it.”oh chappell roan you sing so beautifullypic.twitter.com/PpUdZ3GMUN— best of chappell roan (@bestofchappell) March 3, 2025Only the night before, Roan had used her voice to dedicate her BRIT Award win “to trans artists, to drag queens, to fashion students, sex workers, and Sinead O’Connor,” and prior that made headlines after using her Best New Artist speech at the 67th Grammy Awards to take aim at record labels and share her past experience as a struggling new artist.At John’s fundraising event, she took the stage for a full set that included more duets with John for ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me’ and ‘Your Song’, which she covered on YouTube five years ago before finding mainstream fame.As well as performing ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest.