Chappell Roan on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, perseverance and the freedom of drag

Q16:37Chappell Roan: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, perseverance, and the freedom of drag

When she was just 17, Chappell Roan signed her first record deal with a major label and moved to Los Angeles. But when the deal fell through, she returned home to Missouri where she began soul searching and trying to figure out her next steps. Roan talks to Q's Tom Powerabout being discovered on YouTube, how she responded when she was dropped from her record label in 2020, and what inspired her critically acclaimed debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.

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Interview withChappell Roanproduced by Glory Omotayo.