Review: Chappell Roan was born to do this

"Friday's show, which Roan said was the biggest headlining date she'd ever played, was the first of two at Brookside at the Rose Bowl to conclude a brief run of U.S. concerts she's calling Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things. The performances in New York, Kansas City and Pasadena can be seen as something of a victory lap after the slow-building success of her 2023 debut album, " The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,""

""We're gonna teach you a dance," she said, though few in the audience probably needed the lesson at this point in Roan's ascent. For more than a year, social media has been awash in video clips of Roan's fans doing a "Y.M.C.A."-like routine in time to the frenzied chorus of "Hot to Go!" But wait a minute: "There's a dad in the crowd that's not doing it," Roan reported with practiced disbelief."

Chappell Roan, age 27, won a Grammy for best new artist and has achieved four top-10 hits since September 2024. She fills sold-out venues where fans wear pink cowgirl hats and perform choreographed dances to songs like "Hot to Go!" Tens of thousands attended the Rose Bowl grounds show, where she taught a dance and playfully scolded a nonparticipating father. The Brookside performances capped a brief U.S. run titled Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things and followed the slow-building success of her 2023 debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Songs such as "Pink Pony Club" exceed a billion streams and explore queer desire and emotional complexity.

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