Chappell Roan celebrates win for best new artist by calling out record labels
It’s been the year of Chappell Roan.
It’s been the year of Chappell Roan. Fresh off a record-breaking festival circuit, Roan secured the Grammy for best new artist Sunday night.
Roan, known for being outspoken, stayed the course with her acceptance speech. After she offered a host of thank-yous, she fulfilled a promise to herself.
“I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and health care, especially to developing artists,” Roan began, reading from a diary.
Having already rotated through a few outfits just halfway through Sunday night's ceremony, Roan wore a sizable cone hat onstage. It promptly fell off as she began her speech with a giggle.
As she continued, Roan talked about her experience being signed as a minor and how she got dropped from her label with “zero job experience under my belt, and like most people, I had a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic and could not afford health insurance.”
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