Chappell Roan (born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz in Willard, Missouri in 1998) is an American pop singer-songwriter. Her debut The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (2023) arrived quietly, then Good Luck, Babe! and Pink Pony Club turned it into 2024's biggest slow-burn phenomenon — she took Best New Artist at the 2025 Grammys. Shop Chappell Roan vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, performing as Chappell Roan, was born in Willard, Missouri on February 19, 1998. She signed with Atlantic Records as a teenager but was dropped in 2020 before relaunching her career on Dan Nigro's Amusement Records (Island distribution). Her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess was released in September 2023 to modest initial attention; it then became a commercial phenomenon in 2024 through extensive touring, the singles Good Luck, Babe! and Pink Pony Club, and broad cultural attention around her drag-influenced visual presentation and queer themes. She won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2025.
Chappell Roan's sound combines pop, synth-pop, and contemporary pop with theatrical performance aesthetics drawing on drag culture, gay nightlife, and 1980s and 1990s pop reference points. Her songwriting frequently addresses queer relationships, midwestern American life, and personal vulnerability.
Amusement/Island pressings of The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess have been issued in extensive color variant editions, with multiple repressings to meet demand following the 2024 cultural moment.
Listeners new to Chappell Roan typically start with The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (2023).
