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Chappell Roan is known for skewering her exes by way of pop ballads littered with daggers. But during her Sunday set at Governors Ball, the singer directed the sonic fury often reserved for those who break her heart at a new target. Dressed as Lady Liberty with an exposed backside, a mint-painted Roan addressed the crowd at the annual festival to take the White House to task. “In response to the White House, who asked me to perform for Pride, we want liberty, justice, and freedom for all,” she said, pausing the set to dedicate “My Kink Is Karma” to the current administration. “When you do that, that’s when I’ll come.”
oh i fucking love chappell roan. pic.twitter.com/sWZD1LEUIU
— Ari ?ྀི (@arianasupland) June 9, 2024
While the impromptu-seeming statement was vague, Roan’s reps confirmed to Variety Monday that the campy pop star had been invited to perform at a White House Pride event — an opportunity that she, through her management, ultimately turned down. (The White House has not yet responded to Variety’s request for comment.) Later in the performance, Roan expounded on her political ideology, presumably explaining why she would skip on a White House–sponsored event.
“I am in drag of the biggest queen of all. But in case you had forgotten what’s etched on my pretty little toes, ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,’” Roan said, quoting the poem etched on the Statue of Liberty. “That means freedom in trans rights, that means freedom in women’s rights, and it especially means freedom for all people in oppressed … for all oppressed people in occupied territories.”
chappell roan not only talking about but getting emotional while speaking about all the oppressed people on occupied lands oh let me stan immediately pic.twitter.com/EgfLXkB2tI
— ave (@grandykerenee) June 10, 2024
Though she immediately launched into the horny anthem “Hot to Go!” after her emotional speech, the message seemed to resonate with festivalgoers, who cheered and screamed in response. Besides, Roan’s right: The Biden administration has the devastation of countless Palestinian lives to answer for before getting to slap its name on a celebration of queer joy. And while not a perfect balm, watching Roan dressed as a copper statue with her ass out pointedly telling the White House to get it together feels healing somehow. All hail the green lady.
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Emily Leibert , 2024-06-11 01:00:15
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