Chappell Roan Predicts Long run Grammy Win at 14 in Resurfaced Video

Chappell Roan knew all of it alongside. After the “Red Pony Membership” singer capped a stellar yr with a absolute best new artist win and a headline-making efficiency at Sunday night time’s (Feb. 2) Grammy Awards, an X person resurfaced an previous video of a then-14-year-old Kayleigh Rose Amstutz accepting the first-place prize at 2012’s Springfield’s Were given Ability display contest, which netted her a $1,012 novelty-sized test and a helpful quote.

“I wish to win a Grammy,” the teenager singer mentioned on the time within the video shared by way of X person @m1dwestprincess. “In order that’s my objective. And I’m going to do no matter it takes to get it. In order that’ll be the struggle for me.”

Speedy ahead to Sunday, and no longer best did now-26-year-old Roan placed on a kaleidoscopic, Broadway-worthy efficiency of her hit “Red Pony Membership” that Billboard known as a “queer nation clown fantasia,” however she additionally gained her first Grammy. In line with her choice to make use of her platform to unfold love and all the time push the needle, she known as for correct healthcare for musicians in her acceptance speech.

“I instructed myself if I ever gained a Grammy and I were given to get up right here in entrance of essentially the most tough other folks in tune, I’d call for that labels and the business profiting tens of millions of bucks off of artists would provide a livable salary and healthcare, particularly for growing artists,” she mentioned, studying out of a pocket book.

She then shared that after she was once dropped from a big label previous in her profession the loss of improve had a big affect on her. “I were given signed so younger … and after I were given dropped, I had 0 task enjoy below my belt, and prefer most of the people, I had a hard time discovering a role within the pandemic, and may no longer find the money for medical health insurance,” she mentioned. “It was once so devastating to really feel so dedicated to my artwork and to really feel so betrayed by way of the machine and to be so dehumanized not to have healthcare. If my label would have prioritized artists’ well being, I may have been equipped care by way of an organization I used to be giving the whole lot to.”

She additionally later spoke to GLAAD and made a decision to improve trans rights as they face an remarkable assault from the Trump management, which has spent the previous two week erasing internet pages that point out LGBTQ other folks and eliminating the closing two letters from govt web pages. “Trans other folks have all the time existed and they are going to perpetually exist. They’ll by no means, it doesn’t matter what occurs, take trans pleasure away,” she mentioned. “I’d no longer be right here with out trans ladies. Simply know that pop tune is considering you and cares about you. I’m attempting my absolute best to get up for you.”