Some followers have turned on the pop star for calling out obsessive supporters. But if Chappell Roan plays her cards right, she can reassert control.
We first published this story about Chappell Roan’s decision to call out obsessive fans on August 30. We are updating it now that Roan has sinceFour years ago, Kayleigh Rose Amstutz manned the drive-through at a coffee kiosk. Now, the 26-year-old, better known as the flaming-haired drag diva, is glancing down from the towering peak of pop stardom and anticipating the drop.
It is easier to side with these vacillating artists, often tired young women, because the story of toxic fandom writes itself. Concert attendees are chucking objects — bras,over gentle pleas to set their phones down. In 2016, a fanatic shot and killed 22-year-old singer Christina Grimmie while she was signing autographs at her concert, a tragedy that’s been ossified into a cautionary tale. It’s no surprise that the press’s response to Roan’s remarks has been.
Semantics are exhausting. Semantics are part of the game. When an ordinary girl steps into the role of pop star, she assumes an expanded set of responsibilities. Not necessarily yielding to every photo request, but crafting a smart media strategy around her decisions with the assistance of her advisory board . Pop-music aficionados are attuned to the meta aspects of the enterprise, trained to find satisfaction in good maneuvers as much as good songs.
The case of Mitski is instructive. The 33-year-old is one of the most celebrated indie-rock singer-songwriters of her generation, but she’s long been suspicious of her unruly fandom. She’s addressed her alienation in her songs and interviews: “It was like everyone’s eyes were sort of glazed over, and they didn’t see me as a real person telling them to stop,” she said, recalling an uncomfortable crowd encounter. Things worsened during the pandemic after her music blew up on TikTok.
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