{"id":16741,"date":"2025-02-14T23:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/chappell-roan-celebrates-pink-pony-club-turning-6\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T23:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:52:13","slug":"chappell-roan-celebrates-pink-pony-club-turning-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/chappell-roan-celebrates-pink-pony-club-turning-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Chappell Roan Celebrates &#8216;Pink Pony Club&#8217; Turning 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSix years ago today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/chappell-roan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chappell-roan\" data-tag=\"chappell-roan\">Chappell Roan<\/a> made magic. On Friday, the 2025 Grammys\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/chappell-roan-best-new-artist-grammys-speech-1235245283\/\">Best New Artist celebrated<\/a> the sixth anniversary of writing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/chappell-roan-tiny-desk-concert-1234992229\/\">Pink Pony Club<\/a>,\u201d the single that would spark the ascent of her stardom just a few years later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt was quite confusing because I had never written a song like it. Where did it come from? I swear to god it was spiritual, it had to be,\u201d Roan wrote about penning \u201cPink Pony Club,\u201d sharing that it took her two days to write the track. \u201cThank you for lifting her up all these years. Thank god I wrote a song that scared the hell out of me, she had my back the whole time, still to this very day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWelcome to the pink pony club where boys and girls can all be queens every single day bitch,\u201d she added, quoting the song\u2019s lyrics. \u201cThis is so corny but literally follow your wicked dreams ok Tootles!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhile speaking for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/chappell-roan-good-luck-babe-fame-fans-1235094314\/\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em> cover story <\/a>late last year, Roan reflected on how her old label, Atlantic Records, did not want her to release the now-iconic song. She co-wrote the track with producer Dan Nigro and both of them believed it could reach a wide audience, but Roan revealed that Atlantic tried to discourage her from even releasing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI was so devastated,\u201d Roan said in the interview. \u201cIt made me second-guess myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt feels so good to prove them wrong because they weren\u2019t just a little wrong,\u201d Roan later added. \u201cThey were really, really, really wrong. To know that my gut instinct was right is the best feeling in the world. Purposeful revenge does not feel good, but revenge by accident feels awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GR3Liudev18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tNigro also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/daniel-dan-nigro-chappell-roan-olivia-rodrigo-interview-podcast-1235184299\/\"> told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s Music Now <\/a>podcast that her label wanted Roan to choose between fun and emotive music. \u201cWe had \u2018Pink Pony Club\u2019 and then we had made \u2018Naked in Manhattan\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I remember they were like, \u2018She can\u2019t be both \u2014 she has to be pop music, or it has to be this sad, singer-songwriter pensive music. It can\u2019t be both things.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cAnd I remember getting so mad because I know her personality, and it\u00a0<em>is\u00a0<\/em>both! Not only can she be both, but she sounds great being both,\u201d Nigro added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEarlier this month, Roan won the trophy for Best New Artist shortly after taking the stage to perform the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/chappell-roan-2025-grammys-performance-1235250293\/\">LGBTQ-celebrating track <\/a>that kicked off her <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/chappell-roan-midwest-princess-freedom-queer-identity-1234828846\/\">Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/a><\/em> album. It has since been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/chappell-roan-country-covers-good-luck-babe-1235099833\/\">covered by everyone<\/a> from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kacey-musgraves-covers-chappell-roan-pink-pony-club-1235095545\/\"> Kacey Musgraves<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kelly-clarkson-chappell-roan-pink-pony-club-kellyoke-1235181471\/\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/chappell-roan-celebrates-pink-pony-club-turns-six-1235268859\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six years ago today, Chappell Roan made magic. 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