Chappell Roan is not afraid to call out disrespectful behaviour, but she believes it can be at a determent to her career.
The pop sensation became a global superstar last year thanks to her hit ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ going viral a year after it was first released on her debut album ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’.
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She quipped: “I think, actually, I’d be more successful if I was OK wearing a muzzle.
“If I were to override more of my basic instincts, where my heart is going, ‘Stop, stop, stop, you’re not OK’, I would be bigger.
“I would be way bigger… And I would still be on tour right now.”
The musician – whose real name is Kayleigh Amstutz – cancelled concerts to prioritise her mental health after struggling with her rise to fame and was diagnosed with severe depression.
And Chappell says the advice her grandfather gave her about there always being “options” made her OK with turning down more concert offers.
She said: “There’s something he said that I think about in every move I make with my career. There are always options.
“So when someone says, ‘Do this concert because you’ll never get offered that much money ever again’, it’s like, who cares?
“If I don’t feel like doing this right now, there are always options. There is not a scarcity of opportunity. I think about that all the time.”
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Sources: Good Luck, Babe!, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Music News, Music, BBC Radio 1
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