Which one of you bitches is Pink Pony Paw Paw?

I'm not him but I fucking love her. I have listened to nothing else for the last 48 hours. She's a top pop girly.

Is she less vacuous than. Taylor Swift? I like what I'm seeing so far, but I want to be sure before I deep dive.

R2 Don't even mention that mid-bitch in the same breath, please. No. She is nothing like Taylor Fucking Swift. What is wrong with you?

R1 I just went on a deep dive too. Wanted to see what all the hype was about.

She's the best thing since peak Gaga. She can really sing. Has fantastic songs. And has the It Factor in spades.

Thank you, Mother Roan. So nice of you to help the "cause."

Burffff.

What I love about her is that she sings in her powerful feminine voice instead of this squeaky crap that's been trendy since Lorde. No vocal fry with this gal!

I love Hot to Go! It's my official song of the summer!

I TOLD YOU SO!

The first time I heard the name “Chappell Roan”, I thought it was a cheap claiming horse with an uninspired name.

Is that his partner to his left?

She's just Taylor + Billie.

A lot more soul than Taylor l, a lot less manufactured than Billie

I'm seeing her in Chicago at Lollapalooza in August. My old ass Millennial self is super excited! Every time I like one song, I hear another with a good hook and message. This is my latest love affair from her album. Makes me remember jamming out to songs like this when I was a moody, lonely, teenager stuck in a Midwest closet watching my friends all date, fuck, and live it up in High School.

What's heartwarming about all of this is the kids are making videos on TikTok about this, recognising how much older gay men have been through and all we lost from HIV/AIDS. They're really not that bad, y'all.

Or, a cynic might say elder gay male history and trauma is being appropriated and repackaged to build this pop chick's "queer icon" brand.

That's what this text reads like, to moi:

"Those videos’ comments are full of folks saying they can’t help but cry when they see Pink Pony Pawpaw, but why is he such a tearjerker? He reminds folks of all the elder LGBTQ+ people who left us too soon — be they relatives, friends, beloved celebrities, or all those lost to the AIDS crisis — who never got to experience the visibility and joy of a queer superstar like Roan and no doubt would have loved her music."

Please tell me about the masses of Lesbians and Queers and "+" who "left us too soon" dying of AIDS. "Queers" wasn't even a category for crissakes.

I mean the dude is great but something about the meme has the necessary maudlin, young navel gazing of this:

The only thing we learned about you, r15, is that you're an insufferable cunt. But thanks for illustrating to everyone here that you can make a choice between the dark side and the progressive side. Certainly know what side you're on.

What a weird thread with the same person replying over and over.

What a weird comment to make when there was an actual point-counterpoint discussion happening on a... discussion board.

R19 is OP and R17. And posted 8 times in this little thread. And apparently considers calling me a "insufferable cunt" and "on the dark side" to be constructive point-counterpoint discussion.

Made no secret of either, r20. You missed that I signed my post at r19, clarifying that you're a bad actor who only wants to stir up shit. But you know what you're doing.

And I mean the technical definition of bad actor,.not.jist some loose term. More info on that here.

If you watch any interview with her - she’s obnoxious and seems quite unstable. I think she’s one of those attention seekers who is publicly bipolar and queer etc. Her real name is something like Kayleigh and she’s from the Midwest.

But I agree that her voice is beautiful and her songs are great. I can listen to her album straight through - no bad songs. Plus her newer songs (not even on the album) are great.

I have a few of her songs on my playlist. I like the songs but she’s a typical indie girl pop girl today. She’s being singled out for her image, which I think is great but she’s not a breath of fresh air if you’ve been listening to this type of music for a while lol.

It’s too bad Caroline Polachek never broke through to the mainstream.

Polachek is fantastic, and I love how she doesn't take herself too seriously.

R11 No that’s not Taylor / Billie.

That’s indie girl pop. The blend of 80s, 90s, and 2000s sound.

It’s all over Spotify lol.

I feel bad for people who don’t have Spotify and don’t have the pleasure of all the one-song wonder gems that are popular.

Spotify is its own world.

That’s why I’m annoyed of the payola that’s going on right now with Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX where they’re popping up on people’s auto play. It’s definitely going to take away discovering little gem songs now if record labels are going to turn Spotify into a payola radio system now.

Gays truly have the worst taste in music.

R25 What’s sad is people who grew up in the 70s and 80s who think music is “crap” today don’t know about artists like Caroline (and many others) who are right up their alley. A lot of them don’t have Spotify or know how to discover artists like her and only have the radio and etc.

My grandmother (who’s 81) firmly believes she grew up listening to Camera Obscura’s “French Navy” and “The Sweetest Thing”. I never told her those songs came out in 2009, she thinks they came out in the 60s and has a false memory of them.

I’m in my 30s and I have retro playlists mixed with new stuff and sometimes I can’t tell if a song is from the 70s or 80s or 90s or now.

Millennial artists are really good at nostalgia music and it’s a shame those generations are unaware of it and think music is just Taylor Swift type of music or Cardi B type of music or nothing at all.

New album and single drops Friday!

Omg MARY! "I get it now!"

WTF is going on with her makeup at the OP? She looks like Dee Snider from Twisted sister.

Yikes.

It's her schtick, and not the best part of it. She looked a bit better/put together on her Tonight Show appearance.

Wow. Late to the party again. She's fucking amazing, even if a touch staged, but the song is beyond brilliant. Killer melody.

And as someone who had one of those kind of relationships once upon a time, lyrically it is the lacerating kiss off I more than l wish I had penned.

Watching her on Fallon was similar to when I first saw Gaga.

Her background makes no sense. Her mom was a veterinarian but she grew up in a trailer park?

She probably pretends to be poorer than she is.

She’s some middle class white girl obsessed with “drag.”

It’s bullshit but the songs are catchy and her voice is beautiful.

She looks annoying.

R34 I keep saying the same thing, though she's not quite in Gaga's league. Gaga was more polished from day one. And went waayy bigger. But it's clear that Roan is a big fan of Gaga.

But now that I've listened to more of Roan's music, the music itself is much more Taylor Swift (but with way more edge and bite) than peak Gaga, but it's still really great.

The hooks are big, the melodies just different enough and her voice is wonderful.

I've now digested enough of the album to be even more ashamed of being so late to the party..

Damn. She's a keeper.

And there's a new one dropping tomorrow!

R35 Maybe she was a lousy veterinarian

This song is in my head and she has very nice vocal chops. She’s the new Lady Gaga.

I love her. She’s pop without being boring and shallow. She’s also got her own solid image unlike Gagme who is a ripoff artist theater geek who has no personality and tries to compare herself to Bowie. Ha!

Chappell Roan is revealing why she’s actively trying to avoid reaching another level of fame for the time being.

The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer, who has found her way into the spotlight this year, recently shared on the Comment Section podcast that she’s started to feel unsafe due to some of her fans’ behavior. This has led her to want to “pump the brakes” on fame

You're missing out If you haven't watched Chappell's tiny desk concert,