Chappell Roan won the best new artist in Grammys and used his speech to keep responsible record companies.
After thanking her friends, family and team, “good luck, baby!” The singer said: “I told myself that if I ever won a Grammy and that I stand here before the most powerful people of music, I would ask that the industry labels enjoying millions of dollars of artists would offer A salary and healthcare health, especially developing artists. “”
While the public of Los Angeles was scary and applause, Roan added: “I was signed so young, I was signed as a minor. When I was abandoned, I had no work experience with my credit, and like most people, I had … a period quite difficult to find a job in the pandemic and (could not) afford a insurance. »»
“It was devastating to feel so attached to my art and to feel so betrayed by the system and dehumanized,” continued Roan. “If my label had prioritized it, I could have been given to a company to which I gave everything. The file labels must treat their artists as precious employees with salary and health insurance and health protection. »»
She finished her victory speech by asking: “The labels, we have you, but you have us?”
Roan, who is 26, started his career in adolescence, downloading songs on YouTube under the name of Kayleigh Rose. She was signed by Atlantic Records in 2015, but the label abandoned her in 2020. In 2023, Roan signed with Dan Nigro Record Print, and she released her first album “The Rise and Fall of A Midwest Princess “In partnership with Island with Island with Island with Island Records.
Variety contacted the main record companies to comment.
Earlier at night, Roan interpreted his song “Pink Pony Club” with a giant pink horse. Flanked by an army of Rodeo clowns, Roan (in dazzled cowboy boots and many fringes) completed the ode to the gay clubs of the while the public sang.
