Chappell Roan admits backlash hurts when 'people started hating me for me'
Chappell Roan admits backlash hurts when 'people started hating me for me'
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Chappell Roan, Doechii and Lana Del Rey sparkle at the Met Gala
Chappell Roan, Doechii and Lana Del Rey arrive at the Met Gala in style.
Chappell Roan is drawing the line between being an artist and being herself: Kayleigh Amstutz.
The "Pink Pony Club" hitmaker, who switches between her alter ago and her legal name, has been candid about the personal pitfalls of fame and is opening up once again. In a new article for Interview magazine published June 17, Roan gets candid with her industry peer SZA.
When SZA asked Roan if she cared about the "backlash" she has experienced, Roan admitted that a certain type of criticism has personally affected her.
"I didn't, until people started hating me for me and not for my art. When it's not about my art anymore, it's like, 'They hate me because I'm Kayleigh, not because they hate the songs that I make.' That's when it changed," she said.
When the "30 for 30" collaborator pointed out that critics "literally don't know Kayleigh," Roan agreed: "They don't" know her but added that "when things are taken out of context, people assume so much about you."
Roan, who said "I didn't realize I'd care so much," added that "when it comes to my art," she said people "can think whatever you want. You are allowed to hate it with all your guts." However, the "Giver" crooner jokingly asked whether she's "the most insufferable (person) of our generation" when "it comes to me and my personality."
SZA replied, by telling Roan that "if you are, then I really am." The reigning Grammy best new artist recipient added that "it's comforting to know" that Roan cares "because from the outside, you can come off as so superhuman."
Chappell Roan has sparked backlash for past comments
Throughout her meteoric rise, Roan has received a slew of backlash for controversial comments and behavior considered offensive by some amid critical acclaim for her music.
Most recently, during a March interview on the podcast "Call Her Daddy," Roan garnered backlash when she said that all of her friends with children under the age of 5 "are in hell."
"I actually don't know anyone who's like, happy and has children at this age," the 27-year-old pop singer told host Alex Cooper. "I literally have not met anyone who's happy, anyone who has like, light in their eyes, anyone who has slept."
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In September, Roan addressed pressure from fans to discuss politics in two interviews. In the first, with Rolling Stone, she said she doesn't "have a side because I hate both sides."
She doubled down on the sentiment days later in an interview with The Guardian, telling the British outlet that she didn't "feel pressured to endorse someone" in the 2024 presidential election.
"There's problems on both sides. I encourage people to use your critical thinking skills, use your vote – vote small, vote for what's going on in your city," she said. Roan also garnered attention last year for her controversial conflicts with celebrity photographers.
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