Chappell Roan calls for ‘freedom for all oppressed people’ in onstage response to the White House
Queer pop star Chappell Roan said she rejected an invitation from the White House to perform at a Pride celebration.
Queer pop star Chappell Roan said during a performance at the Governors Ball Music Festival on Sunday that she rejected an invitation from the White House to perform at a Pride celebration.
“This is a response to the White House, who asked me to perform for Pride. We want liberty, justice and freedom for all. When you do that, that’s when I’ll come,” she said before introducing her song “My Kink Is Karma.”
Roan, who performed while dressed as the Statue of Liberty, pointed to lines from the poem mounted at the base of the New York City monument.
“But in case you have forgotten what’s etched on my pretty little toes: ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to be free,’” she said, quoting the poem by Emma Lazarus.
“That means freedom in trans rights, that means freedom in women’s rights, and … it especially means freedom for all oppressed people in occupied territories,” she said, taking an emotional pause to collect herself.
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