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Chappell Roan\u2019s debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em>, is a phenomenal culmination of imaginative and personal pop music. Roan splices in some of her more contemplative, melancholic tracks with her jovial dance beats. The whole of which encapsulates a sweet retrospective into womanhood, as Roan participates in it. Her lyricism incorporates some big sisterly personal advice \u2013 \u201cDon\u2019t waste a Friday night on a first date\u201d and \u201cShould\u2019ve listened to your friends about his girlfriend back in Boston\u201d to name a few. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em> is an apt name for the highs and lows of a queer woman\u2019s bildungsroman, because Roan experiences quite a range of emotions throughout the 14 tracks. Think of the late-night energy of Lorde\u2019s Melodrama<\/em>, but if it took place in a queer club with a lot more tequila flowing. The album is like a living document of love in every shade, from one night stands, to ruining friendships, to dancing with your friends. It is fresh, original pop music, the reinvigoration the genre has been needing, blending gut punching desire with honey-drunk joy, sardonic and relatable lyricism, and colorful dance pop production to create what is truly the party girl album of the year. <\/p>\n

The album opens with two of Roan\u2019s most upbeat, sexy singles: \u201cFemininomenon\u201d and \u201cRed Wine Supernova.\u201d The former, released as a single in Aug. 2022, is an onomatopoeic banger focused on the inevitability of male disappointment. The latter is a sexy, only slightly vampiric ode to the magic of sapphic longing, featuring my favorite Chappell Roan bridge of all time, particularly the lyric \u201cI heard you like magic \/ I\u2019ve got a wand and a rabbit!\u201d which is a double entendre referring to both equipment for standard magic tricks and sex toys. Both songs wrap the pain of men or the intoxicating power of women into a playful dance party track, magical storytelling that provides just a taste into the various emotions and situations that Roan will spin into stunning, refreshing pop. <\/p>\n

These are followed by \u201cAfter Midnight,\u201d a beautiful bisexual anthem, drunk on neon lights, chronicling a partying midwest princess at a peak. Roan pokes fun at bisexual stereotypes by embracing them, singing \u201cI kinda wanna kiss your girlfriend if you don\u2019t mind\u201d and \u201cI kinda wanna kiss your boyfriend if you don\u2019t mind.\u201d The song also carries similar themes to \u201cPink Pony Club,\u201d and the album as a whole, by straying from her mother\u2019s opinion and engaging in nightlife and following her dreams. <\/p>\n

The lows then follow, with the slow and solemn \u201cCoffee.\u201d Roan warns herself of drinking and bad decisions, the subtle dangers of nighttime, in relation to a past relationship. In the process of attempting to move on from an ex, Roan comes to the realization by the end of the song that it\u2019s best not to have any contact at all, singing \u201cIf I didn\u2019t love you \/It would be fine \/ \u2019Cause if we do coffee \/ It\u2019s never just coffee.\u201d She laments on her pain and longing, but in the end comes to the tough decision to move on, to learn from her mistakes and close this one solemn chapter. <\/p>\n

The next low is wrought with rightful anger in \u201cCasual.\u201d In a previous interview with Sarah Fournell for Milk Crate<\/span><\/a>, Roan explained that the origin of the song comes directly from a relationship being labeled as casual, when to Roan it was anything but that. With this track, she sings to the painful, gut-wrenching universality of \u201csituationships,\u201d a term and concept that should be completely abolished. Too many women have fallen victim to what seems like deep emotional and\/or physical connections that become disrespectfully brushed off as \u201cCasual\u201d by men who are scared of commitment. <\/p>\n

\u201cSuper Graphic Ultra Modern Girl\u201d opens with an extremely iconic spoken word section, detailing a lackluster first date in which the man wears \u201cfugly jeans,\u201d and Roan longs instead for a girl like her. Done with \u201chyper mega bummer boys,\u201d Roan instead chooses \u201cmaking out while the world collapses\u201d with a super graphic ultra modern girl just like her, taking off to a galaxy in which none of these bummer boys are welcome. <\/p>\n

The party continues with \u201cHOT TO GO!,\u201d a track where Roan indulges in her cheer fantasy, and seizes her opportunity to make a song that allows her to sing and dance to a track about being hot and sexy! Accompanied with a dance she teaches at concerts, \u201cHOT TO GO!\u201d is all about self-confidence and having fun, an opportunity for every girl that dreamed of being a cheerleader. <\/p>\n

Returning to red-hot anger with \u201cMy Kink is Karma,\u201d Roan sings about getting off on seeing the deterioration of her ex\u2019s life. She explains that she knows that the sentiment of the song is toxic and unhealthy, but it\u2019s also a genuine expression of emotion. The song\u2019s intense anger is cathartic, with Roan singing \u201cPeople say I\u2019m jealous by kink is watching \/ You crashing your car \/ You breaking your heart \/ You thinking I care.\u201d This track is Roan putting a signature sexy spin on her authentic emotions, acknowledging the innate human toxicity in all of us, that always seeks to win the breakup. <\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s her playful party tracks that garner more attention, Roan\u2019s delightful vocals also create stunning, emotional ballads, like that of \u201cPicture You\u201d and \u201cKaleidoscope.\u201d \u201cPicture You\u201d focuses on the insecurity that is inevitably wrapped in desire, wondering if the person you want thinks about you too. It\u2019s a moment of reflection, a brief second of self-consciousness in the midst of lust and desire. \u201cKaleidoscope\u201d follows with a broader lamentation on the colorful, equally gorgeous and confusing mystery of love. She explains that \u201cIt\u2019s never just a shape alone\u201d in \u201cevery color of the rainbow,\u201d where love can look like so many different things, it is entirely unexplainable, but we have to live in it regardless. With the personal nature of \u201cKaleidoscope\u201d she admits to us all of what she doesn\u2019t know, and with the following track she tells us what she needs. <\/p>\n

The chorus to \u201cPink Pony Club\u201d contains the thesis of Roan\u2019s album, particularly with the lyric \u201cI\u2019m gonna keep on dancing.\u201d It tells the story of a girl leaving Tennessee to dance at a queer club in Santa Monica, at the dismay of her churchgoing mother. The song marries an unapologetic love for the stage and a desire for queer belonging with the emotional difficulty that comes with leaving home and following one\u2019s dreams. <\/p>\n

Roan\u2019s hit single \u201cNaked in Manhattan\u201d is, like \u201cRed Wine Supernova,\u201d another lustful, sapphic song, this one rife with pop culture references and slumber party energy. The references range from \u201cthat Lana song it makes you cry,\u201d to \u201clike that one sex scene in Mulholland Drive<\/em>\u201d and \u201cwe both have a crush on Regina George,\u201d Roan\u2019s effortless relatability and skill for wrapping in bits of humor make this the most playful track on the album. <\/p>\n

Before she ends the album, Roan sings about homesickness in \u201cCalifornia,\u201d and the sickening feeling of leaving home to chase your dreams, only to fall short. She begs to be taken out of California and return to her homeland of Missouri, having not yet achieved the success in her career that she moved to California in hopes of. The authenticity of Roan\u2019s songwriting is what makes it so magical \u2013 every track on this album is genuine to Roan as a person and a performer. <\/p>\n

The closing track, \u201cGuilty Pleasure,\u201d ends the album by learning and unlearning from the musical parables that detail the tracklist. She showcases her cheeky humorous writing with lyrics like \u201cYou\u2019re a pothead \/ You\u2019re a cinephile \/ It\u2019s been awhile since you turned up the dial.\u201d She reflects on her guilt with the lyrics \u201cSo shame on me \/ And shame on you\u201d but ultimately indulges with \u201csome good girls do bad things too.\u201d Good girls, bad decisions, Roan turns it all into brilliant music, both participating in and reflecting on both her guilt and pleasure throughout this song, and the album as a whole. <\/p>\n

This Midwest Princess is unequivocally true to herself, in her dancing highs and drunken lows, throughout the course of the tracklist. She reflects on her Midwestern roots and her love for her home, while defending her plight to be a pop star. Roan fully embraces the unique power of music, in how it can spin any situation \u2013 no matter how angering, heartbreaking, frustrating, or sad it is \u2013 into a stunning pop track. No other current pop girl is making music with as much sentiment, emotional power, and playfulness. This album is all the proof anyone could need that Chappell Roan is a star in every sense of the word; a meteoric rise is inevitable. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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