Chappell Roan says she would be bigger if she “wore a muzzle”

Chappell Roan has shared her thoughts on fame, suggesting her career trajectory would be different if she was less outspoken about her experiences.

The ‘Hot To Go singer has discussed her approach to addressing disrespectful behaviour in the public eye. ‘I’ve been responding that way to disrespect my whole life – but now there are cameras on me, and I also happen to be a pop star, and those things don’t match. It’s like oil and water’, she told the BBC.

‘I think, actually, I’d be more successful if I was OK wearing a muzzle’, she continued. ‘If I were to override more of my basic instincts, where my heart is going, “Stop, stop, stop, you’re not OK”, I would be bigger. I would be way bigger… And I would still be on tour right now’.

Roan explained her decision not to extend her 2024 tour was influenced by advice from her late grandfather. ‘There’s something he said that I think about in every move I make with my career. There are always options’, she said. ‘So when someone says, “Do this concert because you’ll never get offered that much money ever again”, it’s like, who cares? If I don’t feel like doing this right now, there are always options. There is not a scarcity of opportunity. I think about that all the time’.