Chappell Roan Teases Unreleased Country Song ‘The Giver' Via Dial-In Stunt
Chappell Roan is teasing her single 'The Giver' again. After surprising fans in November by playing the country-spiked song during her Saturday Night Live debut, over the weekend Chappell was at it again, though this time she made them work a bit to hear it.
The tune was hidden in a dial-up stunt Roan posted on her Instagram Story (check out a repost of it here), reachable by dialing the number (629) 468-8646 (aka 'Hot To Go'), at which point a voice menu offered a series of options to reach a dentist, attorney, plumber or construction services.
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Hitting the options took you to a trio of low-fi snippets of the song, on which she confidently notes her ability to 'get the job done' and satisfy a female partner better than any man ever could. During a spoken word portion of the fiddle-flecked tune on SNL, Roan noted, 'All you country boys think you know how to treat a woman right. Well, only a woman knows how to treat a woman right. She gets the job done.'
The song, which has not yet been officially released, is Roan's first new music since the release of the singer's Grammy-winning 2023 debut LP, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. In a New York Times interview last fall, Roan producer Dan Nigo teased that the twangy tune would be a 'fun, uptempo country song' featuring some fiddle that would show a new side of the singer.
At the time, Nigro said he and Roan were already five songs into recording her sophomore effort, which he said would also include a 'couple of ballads' and a 'mid-tempo rock song.' Without saying too much, Nigro said that the untitled second LP would spotlight 'a new version of Chappell.'
After Roan's best new artist acceptance speech at last month's Grammy Awards, a number of powerful figures in the music business have stepped forward to help heed the singer's call to support up-and-coming artist's need for health care. Among those who've donated to the cause so far are labelmate Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX and Noah Kahan, with Live Nation, AEG Global Touring, Wasserman Foundation and Hinterland Music Festival also joining the We Got You campaign.
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