Bad news, lesbians: Chappell Roan says her next album ‘doesn’t exist yet’ and may take five years
Don’t expect a new Chappell Roan album anytime soon. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty)
Don't expect a new Chappell Roan album anytime soon. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty)
Despite the release of new song “The Subway”, don’t get your hopes up, Chappell Roan isn’t releasing a new album anytime soon.
The Grammy Award-winning 27-year-old pop star, born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, has revealed that a second album does not yet exist, and also she insists she’s not going to be rushing the creative process.
Chappell Roan’s debut studio album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, released in 2023, shot her to global stardom with her hit “Pink Pony Club”, and many have been clamouring for more from the singer.
At the beginning of July, she was spotted filming the “The Subway” music video and planting posters in New York City. “The Subway” was Roan’s hotly anticipated second single this year, following her sapphic country song “The Giver”.
Hype swelled about new music from the sapphic singer. Some even hoped this would be an introduction to another album.
Chappell Roan had previously shared her concerns about recording her new song “The Subway” in the studio. However, the track was met with a phenomenal response. The song ascended to the number one spot on the global Spotify chart, becoming the highest-streamed debut by a female artist this year.
However, in an interview with Vogue that dropped on Monday (4 August), Roan has shared the new single is not a hint at an album.
“The second project doesn’t exist yet,” Roan clarified. “There is no album. There is no collection of songs.
“It took me five years to write the first one, and it’s probably going to take at least five to write the next. I’m not that type of writer that can pump it out.”
‘There is no collection of songs.’
Chappell Roan also notes that she isn’t interested in making music while under pressure. She remarked: “I don’t think I make good music whenever I force myself to do anything.
“I see some comments sometimes, like, ‘She’s everywhere except that damn studio.’ Even if I was in the studio 12 hours a day, every single day, that does not mean that you would get an album any faster.”
Despite the news that a new album isn’t on the cards, the singer was optimistic about her future in the industry.
She is helming a series of pop-up shows this fall in New York, Los Angeles, and Kansas City, Missouri, with profits from the concerts helping trans youth.
“This pace is good right now. This feels good and manageable,” she said.
“I feel like, for the first time in over a year, I can finally be excited about going to work and doing my job.”
