There's a comic book cover artist, Frank Cho, who about a month ago did a variant cover of a Superman comic book, that had Zatanna the (sexy) magician's doves and rabbits escaping in the background. And one cheeky rabbit was holding Zatanna's wand in its paws. I guarantee that that wasn't a coincidence, and that Frank Cho is as smitten with the Midwest Princess as we all are here!
What impresses me about her is how she draws on old country/western music and seamlessly pulls the narrative structures and vocal breaks characteristic of that genre into rock/pop. Listen to Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Sr, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton--and you'll see it. As a Midwesterner, I can tell she grew up here and listened to these old classic singers. As much as I love Gaga--she couldn't do what Chappell Roan does here.
I was thinking as he was pointing it out that the "flips" were more like yodels. Basically the same thing really but more... vibrato? Idk a yodel just hits different. I'm sure there's a technical term.
The other musical member of her family was her late, maternal grandfather Dennis Chappell. They were all Missourians... nobody moved away. The music in her home -- she says she grew up in a trailer park -- was Christian and country. When her family was surprised to learn she could really sing and was very talented, they urged her to go into those genres. Chappell, a gal with her own mind, went a different way. But, yes, she grew up thoroughly immersed in the culture of smalltown southwest Missouri and clearly picked up the yodels/flips and propensity for narrative songwriting from country western music.
@@bartlebyscrivener2980 I grew up with those musical influences as well (and most people don't even know "western" music from "country western" music)--when I first saw her name I knew immediately that Roan was from the Marty Robbins' song. She represents that music within her oeuvre so accurately.
I'm a 40 year old Broadway gay who finds it hard to listen to a lot of contemporary artists because their voices either don't have or don't make use of the power, support, breath control, clarity and technique that I have grown used to, and Chappell Roan got her hooks into me because not only is the songwriting fabulous and queer but her voice is SO strong and so versatile. I also think she is exceptionally good at crafting songs that lean into her strengths as a singer, and that part of why her songs are so energizing is because she doesn't have many limits on the kinds of songs or melodies she can sing. She has a great head voice, a great chest voice, a fabulous mix, and tremendous command of ALL of it. She has a really strong (and apparently largely intuitive!) understanding of her instrument. This song and performance is definitely one of my favorites for a lot of the reasons you listed, it lets her go brassy and big and since it's the last song of the set she doesn't need to hold anything in reserve and can just let it rip. I appreciate that so many of her songs have a strong narrative focus and that she uses her voice to accentuate the storytelling so much. She brings a very queer theatricality to the "Chappell Roan" persona that carries through into every aspect of her art. The songs and the singing and the visuals and the vibe are all integrated into the overall experience, she doesn't have to rely on studio production values because the songs are just really well crafted (thank GOD she's both willing and able to write real bridges with contrasting material!) and I just think she is one of the most exciting new artists in a long, long time!
Great breakdown, thank you! 51 yo gay here and she melted my dna when I first heard this… all of her. Wow. Omg, what would my life have been like if she had been around when I was younger and a baby gay. Love her so much.
Lol "what do we call Chappell Roan fans?" Lesbians. The gays. 80's nostalgics. Lol I don't know if they (we?) have a name but I love her music and it's been wild to watch her just suddenly blast into the stratosphere and have so many eyes on her. Thanks for pointing out all the genuinely cool stuff she does with her voice. She and Dimash both have this talent for gear switching into a blend of different styles and eras and its honestly probably why I love both of their music choices so much.
Last year her audience probably still was mostly the queer community, I'm guessing. As demand for the May 2024 Richmond show I went to exploded and despite a big upgrade in size, I recall seeing... on reddit? a tiktok?... a distressed ticket-seeker's sad wail... Oh No! The straights are finding Chappell!!! 😂😂 😂 Yes, we did. You have my sincere sympathy. If I'd had her to myself in 1k-cap venues, and this happened, I'd be wailing too!
Tim, I loved that you used the phrase "this is a celebration." The arrival of this kind of talent, in ANY field is so rare and wonderful that I feel this is absoutely the right reaction. It's going to sound very odd, I know, but Chappell Roan is only the third pop music artist in 60 years that has had this effect on me: The Beatles in the 60s, Elvis Costello in the 70s, and now Chappell Roan, 50 years after the last one!
Nobody's stepped up to explain "supernova" yet? A'ight It's when a star explodes, and is one of the most sudden and poweful eruptions of energy in existence. Track 1 on Midwest Princess is about how men, whether due to incompetence or just sheer selfishness/disinterest, never make her... you know. Here in Track 2 she's fallen "in love with the thought of" this experienced female player. And while she's still working up the nerve to actually let it happen, she's thinking that with enough red wine she might... and that with all her imagining and anticipating, what she'd likely have would be astronomically powerful. An idea she likes. It's a great song.
Your mind is brilliant. This makes so much sense and it checks out now why she belts so strongly and powerfully at the end in almost an explosive way. Cause... it's the climax. (Of the song and the ...o haha)
I've been listening to Chappell for 2 years and your videos have given me a new appreciation for her. She's special but I never knew it what way. Ty for sharing your knowledge!
She's so magic! My friends and I took our middle aged asses to a Chappell show last month and had a freakin blast! She is so exciting, I cannot wait to see where she goes next!
I only recently got into Chappell Roan and I'm absolutely blown away by everything - lyrics, instrumentation, vocal dexterity. All of it. She is an incredible artist and I'm so glad we all get to be here and experience her together. I only regret that I can only hear a song for the first time once.
I feel like your reactions are really ADHD-friendly compared to other times I've tried to get a vocal coach perspective on songs/artists i enjoy. The format of listening through the song first and getting the quick facial reactions works well for me. And then when you start on the more detailed commentary, you're able to speak about the technique details in a way that doesn't completely lose me to spacing out. It's hard to describe, but I find it to be a really efficient and audience-friendly presentation of info.
This comment really means a lot to me. If you notice my early videos from a few months ago are a little stoppy starty, it was through guidance from subscribers, telling me what they wanted that I landed on this format. It’s thanks to you all! ✨🙏🏼
Did I watch every single Chappel analysis? YES! Do I understand half of what you’re saying? Absolutely not. 😂 Pink Pony club is my absolute favorite with a great music video
Speaking of how incredible the musicians around her are, one of the greatest aspects of this performance for me is that this isn’t what she normally does live. This is the only performance by this lineup; the singer, both strings, and keyboard player are not part of her regular band. As far as I can tell she literally just put this group together for this one performance and they absolutely killed it. More than anything this reminds me of the performance The Cure did on Unplugged in the ‘90s. More than just doing the same thing they normally did but with acoustic guitars they got really creative and replaced their usual keyboards with toy pianos, xylophones and kazoos. That’s what she’s done here, just completely changed what she normally does in order to fit this format and it worked perfectly.
Wow Tim your incredibly thorough well studied vocal analysis of this performance was everything. It's my favorite song of the album because the first time I listened to it, the song just unlocked this deep sorrow in me that felt like I needed to triumphantly belt out at the top of my lungs every chorus. Very therapeutic and I got obsessed with replaying it. When I finished my first listen to the album on the bus home, my entire world was changed. It felt like this was an artist that I've been waiting lifetimes to hear. So to see so many just as passionate individuals raving and grooving to her is so satisfying. Watching vocal coach reactions to Chappell is my new addiction, and yours was so incredibly enjoyable and enriching! Also love your energy in general, really chill down to earth. Perfect kind of environment to make your viewers feel at home watching your content. :)
I agree, i can see the things shes taken from various artists and made it her own. Im actually excited to see what she does in the future. And im old, 45, and haven't been this excited for an artist in a long time.
Amazing react!! I really like how you dive into the music and the artist (Chappell rocks!) and although I'm really not an expert in vocal coach, I find it really satisfying to watch your analisys and listen to your comments :) hugs from Brazil!
The drop out chorus. Yes!! And over sing the talkie parts, over talk the singy parts. Loved all of your observations in this song as well. The part that gave you goosebumps. Yup. Loved when you laughed at “be bimbos ladies, be bimbos.” Something tells me you can dance watching you react to this. I have been writing and thinking about this song for weeks now. Where to start with this masterpiece. I just discovered Chappell Roan a few weeks ago and this song has me hypnotized. Absolutely floored by that live vocal performance. Love a dramatic time signature change. And this song has an epiiiiiiiic one for the ages. Then the second tempo change (within the chorus itself!!! -chef’s kiss) prompted by “Let’s pick it up now” which is so funny and yet so perfect and reminds me of an aerobics class or a video game. This is one of the most joyous songs I’ve ever heard. Some of my favorite moments: the 3:10 Cher-esque “Baby” and the way she says rabbit for some reason. She is so expressive and emotive. I could write separate essays each entirely devoted to analyzing/raving about the drummer, Chappell’s command of the stage, the background vocals, and the studio recording of the song itself, its producers, songwriters, engineers. Not an ounce of fat on that recording. Flows seamlessly between challenging tempo changes. Never losing its groove. This song feels like one long chorus of joy. I love how all the live performances I’ve seen of RWSN have really brought the 4:10 vocal melody to front, where on the record it mixed with other vocal overdubs. It’s more of a vocal drop out live which I love. Where the most powerful vocal is showcased. Chappell’s voice is like the bigger crayon boxes. She just has more colors to choose from. Chappell is like Simone Biles. Her songs just start out at a higher degree of difficulty. I like how your videos address technique as well as the magic. I love the nerd outs. Also a fan of your studio sign on the wall. Looks great. Sharp.
@@TimWelchVocalStudio She's an amazing singer, broadway trained (was Regina George on the Broadway adaptation of Mean Girls, and on the musical remake), and dropped her debut album late last year. Her SNL performance is absolutely mind-blowing from a technical perspective!
I love the stickiness( your word) of each and every one of her songs. She is my new favorite poet. Her style brings David Byrne and Talking Heads to my mind. Beautiful in so many ways
This song actually brings tears to my eyes…as much as I appreciate all the other greats you mentioned, I have never had such a visceral reaction to a performance. I think it may be a subconscious desire to connect emotionally with a song, which is so rare. Not sure, but has happened in multiple occasions so I know it wasn’t a one-off 🤷🏼♀️
I will admit I’ve seen her a bunch and haven’t felt compelled to listen to her music. I love your channel tho so I watched it and the first 20 seconds or so I was not vibing… by the end of it tho I think I’m a fan. I really like how unexpected some of her choices were. Really fun!
There is a lot of depth of creativity to her artistry that on the surface level I didn’t initially notice myself. Awesome you checked her out! You have an open mind! ✨🙏🏼
Duuuude. This Tiny Desk and Willow’s Tiny Desk are my absolute favorites. If you have the time, would LOVE to see you react to Willow’s Tiny Desk performance of “Symptom of Life”. Talk about an extremely unique vocal style and incredible band. 😍
You're awesome 😎 love your reactions. The aspect of physicality that you mentioned is exactly what I find so captivating about her performances. I dont know much about music but I do about theatre and she's got the instinct to do just the right thing (as you mentioned). She uses her head/hair really well. Here, in this intimate setting, she has this surreal bobble head thing going on with the oversized hair which is a nice contrast to the smaller space. Gives her a larger than life queen of hearts feel. Meanwhile her festival performances are entirely something else.
The tiny desk hosts mooch a souvenir from every artist and add it to the office decor. They begged her for the WIG 😅. Chappell agreed. That classic wig from that classic Tiny Desk perf. now resides right there at NPR.
Seconding the suggestion to maybe do a comparison reaction to her Red Wine Supernova performance on Stephen Colbert! I'm classically trained (I swear I mean this conversationally and not in a pretentious way 😆) and since I first heard her when Casual was released, I've been so impressed by her vocal techniques and control, it's fantastic. She was brilliant live too, the energy in a little underground club packed with 1,000 people was incredible. I love to hear an artist doing unique things and singing their heart out without shredding their voice 🥰 👏🏻
I remember seeing the Midwest Princess lp in my local record store last fall, thinking, SHE looks interesting! ...but just not following up. The Colbert show, Feb. 15, 2024, was my introduction to Chappell. I will always be very, very grateful to the show's music staff for that. It ignited my chappellmania and enabled me to see her live May 23rd, and who knows when I'll ever get to see her again with "only" 6,500 other people 😄
@@bartlebyscrivener2980Colbert was the same for me, then I found out I missed an Australian tour, late last year. We're a day ahead, but by the time we get it, it's the next day - incidentally my gay daughters 37th birthday ❤️🔥
Every time I see a dude react to this song, I laugh at their blank face at "I heard you like magic, I've got a wand and a rabbit". Guys, ask your girlfriend or wife why that's a hilarious line.
It's been a lot of fun getting to know this young lady's music. For whatever reason, she makes me think of Dolores O'Riordan, who I just think is an angel. It breaks my heart to think about her, she died so young. An amazing talent. I think the world of her. I'm going to pull up some Cranberries right now! Thanks!
@Vianneycreates "For whatever reason, she makes me think of Dolores O'Riordan" The song that first brought four major record labels knocking on 16 yo Kayleigh Amstutz's youtube door was "Die Young." Recommended. It doesn't sound like Cranberries' Zombie, but some of the underlying sentiment is similar. Young people shouldn't be dying for no good reason. Also, on Chappell's tiktoks multiple times she has spoken pretty candidly about her own struggles with depression. This young woman who is now successfully bringing such a ray of light into so many other people's lives.
I totally agree with everything you said at 14:14 through 14:21. And agree that shes probably going to be doing this for decades, going to be on the icon level like Cher or Madonna or Dolly or Elton. ❤
And the truly incredible thing is, NONE of those iconic musicians has every written and recorded a complete album of original music that song-for-song is as phenomenally great as The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. (Elton only writes music, doesn't write lyrics, for one thing.) Granted, Chappell co-wrote with Dan, and with multiple other co-writers. But still, she took part in writing or outright wrote all 14 songs... and all 14 range from excellent to mind-bogglingly great. It's an astonishing accomplishment that not even Chappell's own biggest heroes ever achieved.
@@bartlebyscrivener2980 exactly, she's done surpassed them for sure and is in her own stratosphere. I'm just thankful and excited that I get to witness and enjoy such talent. It's truly delicious
Tim, when you get to HOT TO GO! that might be the only one of the 14 studio recordings that one might consider deeming a less than stellar song. But it is the one song on Midwest Princess that absolutely needs to be SEEN performed, as opposed to just heard. Chappell wrote it very specifically to be the biggest live audience engagement piece she could create, and at that it succeeds better than anything since Queen's We Will Rock You (is that the title? I forget) or Village People's YMCA. Is it a showcase for vocals? No. Is it a monster of a song anyway? Yes. She had "audience fun" in her head, but she wanted non-fiction. And she transformed her idea into reality. Experience HOT TO GO! in its natural habitat, such as at a festival, or when she and Olivia sang it to an arena full of Livies in LA last week, and anybody who says that isn't a great song, I'm sorry, they're incorrect.
it's the best when you give the band and back up singers the love they deserve! It's given me a new appreciation for when artists use backup singers, I try to keep my ear out for it now. Also... Florence and the machine when? She changed up her vocal technique a bit a few years ago apparently to protect her voice. I'd love to see it broken down.
What I love so much about this performance is the end part is where she ramps up and I just feel like I could listen to another hour of that belting. It leaves a longing for more. And as a queer person and the song theme and meaning I remember when I was first with a woman this song summed it up. You could not get enough of that. This is such a theme with Chappel. She creates artistry that makes the sound, the story, the tempo, the emotion, all match. Picture You is another great example of this. She builds and releases in the performance. Much like the lyrics insinuate.
Glad you talked about the band. They're just crazy good. Dan Nigro did both Chappell and Olivia Rodrigo right with assembling unbelievably good bands (in both cases, all female).
Has a nice sound to it. However, it evokes keeping a lid on somebody... esp. on their libido! Evangelical church, authority, control, any kind of restriction of her behavior or what she'd sing (her family was pushing for country and Christian pop) was what she was fleeing when she left Willard, Missouri for LA. She felt she had to get away from the conservatism and intolerance of western Missouri, and did. Pity any prim and proper chaperone assigned to the persona that young Kayleigh Rose from smalltown Willard became!! 😂
I feel like a chapperoan because I'm a little older vibed than her, and I feel like if you're younger or have young vibes get you can be a pink pony girl or girlie ❤😂, but the idea of a mix of both is so fire to me 😂
She is so talented I think she can write her own ticket and do whatever she wants with her voice. She could do a country album, she could do broadway, she could do whatever she wants.
What a great vocal breakdown, thank you, Tim! I watched this Tiny Desk Concert a while back, but it felt so nice to revisit it with a group of real talent enthusiasts! I think "Roanies" is a good nickname, but sounds like "Pink Ponies" might already have it, lol. Another great artist I have come across this year is Sierra Farrell. Think a classic country mix up of Gaga and Winehouse. I was floored! There is a PBS series called "The Cavern Sessions" filmed here in TN in the Cumberland Caverns, where I saw her in S2. The acoustics there are amazeballs but I'm still not sure I'd want to be inside caverns with all that resonance going on around me. I really think it is the authenticity factor that makes artists these days...we crave it! ❤❤❤ Thanks again, I'll be back to watch more of your stuff!
Don't know if you've done the same song twice before, but her performance of this song on the Stephen Colbert show is AMAZING, especially considering its a much higher energy performance
Interesting, I think you might’ve been the only one! I got a ton of comments that people don’t want me to stop so much. It would be easiest for me if I just stopped on the first run through though.
I love these videos!! You have such a wonderful kind energy, I would have loved to have you as a vocal coach. My personal favorite live version of this song is the Vevo Dscvr Artists to Watch, great production on that one!
Love your reaction vids, subscribed after yr first Chappell review and was rapt you mentioned Ren! He also amazing and I will check out yr review of him! More people need to know about him! So many great young artists coming up, gives an old 56 yo lady some hope for the state of music! Thanks ❤️from🇦🇺
You need to react to some of her festival performances and you will see how she ramps it up in the performance. Also the crowd energy is insane at her shows
Since you loved this performance, you absolutely have to watch Remi Wolf's tiny desk - it just came out, I think in this past week. Remi is a very, very fun performance artist like Chappell. Her performance of her song Toro gives me similar vibes as this performance of Red Wine Supernova. If listening to Chappell is like a bubbly red sangria, then Remi is like tea with honey. Also, 6:00 I've wanted to cover this song because I do best - stylistically - when I do a more brassy belt. It's always easier for me to get into a higher register that way, and I find it's easier to do flips & sliding. I already have so much fun singing Red Wine Supernova, even if it's just for myself. Chappell is such a talented and versatile vocalist.
Always here for Chappel and Lana reacts. Love them both. If nobody has mentioned it I recommend Arcadia by Lana, it is really beautiful vocally. Also, Would you consider for a different genre, reacting to Chris Stapleton ( Cold live at CMA)?
Always prefer live performance reactions. Would like to see reaction to Chappell's Lollapalooza 2024 concert - specifically The Subway, Pink Pony Club, Picture You, Casual
@TimWelchVocalStudio I'm definitely going to have to look this up! I realized recently Chappell has a ton of covers on her youtube channel she posted 4 years ago. The last track from Chappell's album, Guilty Pleasure, reminds me a lot of the cranberries. The vocal play is very fun.
What is it like to not get the wand and a rabbit reference 😂. You are definitely not her target audience so I love that you are so into her! This is so positive, thanks for breaking everything down it’s so interesting.
Wait, I get what’s going on lol! I’m just not going there in this video. Haha! ✨🙏🏼 There was a Reddit forum that went a whole OTHER place with the meaning of this one that was even more wild! Not going into that either. lol!
If you want to hear some really good drumming and a band that sounds unlike anything you've ever heard before, you've gotta check out Sleep Token. Take Me Back to Eden, Ascensionism, and the Summoning. All of their music is incredible.
Since we're talking Red Wine Supernova now it's a good song to underscore how Chappell and Dan have embedded in her songs homages/tributes to ( /easter eggs for fans) some of the many female musicians who have inspired her. In her two-song MTV Push video she says it's true that in IRL she never had a double bed until age 25. I.e., last year, 2023. (She started making decent money only last year.) It's the double bed that is the homage, though. Back at my house I got a California King. Okay maybe it's a twin bed. (And I got roommates. ("Don't worry, it's cool!")) 🤣 Love her lyrics. I didn't know this, reactor Fern Stone pointed it out, but "California King" is a Rihanna song. It's, yeah, about a bed. Chappell has said she loves Rihanna, and that for a good while Stay was her favorite song. There are other similar nods written into the songs of Midwest Princess. Chrissie Hynde is probably the greatest female writer of original rock songs ever. (I've seen nobody else anywhere bring this up, but) I believe Chappell wrote a quick shout-out to Chrissie, too, into Red Wine Supernova. Listen to The Pretenders' song "Message of Love." The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is IMO one of the greatest albums of original songs in any popular music genre, ever. These little additional features that a person might notice only after many listens, IMO only underscore what a masterpiece it is. It's like a great movie you walk out of already well pleased, but that lingers on your mind; and then half a day or a day later another subtle connection or nuance in it dawns on you. Those are my favorite kinds of movies. And this work of art is my favorite kind of album.
I think my favorite Midwest Princess embedded homage to great ladies of pop-past is in "California"; wait til we get to that one 😁. (Once again, not my "find"; credit goes to Fern Stone again. I totally missed it, as I think most everybody does at first.)
I love her lyrical homages to other songs as well, like the opposite reference to “California Dreaming” in “California” ~no leaves are brown…she’s just a genius genie supernova person! Really enjoyed your analysis!
@lissargenta Thanks ☺ I'm about to add a few more such possibilities. But because two of them are out of Good Luck, Babe, I'll put them in the comments to Tim's reaction vid to that.
I’d absolutely LOVE to see you react and breakdown Greta Van Fleet. Any of their candlelight sessions would be good, or them performing Heat Above (live) PLEASE! ❤ love watching your vocal breakdown vids
Just found your channel! Really enjoying all of your vocal analysis and thoughts. I hope you might try the song Ghost Love Score Live from Wacken 2013 by the band Nightwish. Their current lead vocalist (2012 to present) Floor Jansen is a very emotionally connected singer. She's also a classically trained soprano. I'll leave it there for now lol! I really think you will love breaking all of their stuff down and her amazong technique - from growls to opera - Floor and Nightwish run the gamut with their vast catalog of Symphonic Metal. Also, the Nightwish Army will come. Loving the Ren and Chinchilla reactions too! Watching more! Greetings and blessings from a humble member of the Nightwish Army, Deep South Division (Alabama)!
You need to check out her singing Red Wine Supernova the DSCVR version on her RUclips channel. It’s a great version as well but a little different from the tiny desk version. I’m not a vocal coach so I can’t really explain the difference in sound other than just more “open sounding”? It’s her singing live but she’s less in her character/playing a different character and it changes the way she sings the song. The belts seem a little longer and it sounds less gritty but in a great way. I like both versions and switch up which one I listen to often. You should also check out her singing pink pony club live on her RUclips channel (it’s called “City Sessions” with Amazon music). There is an electric guitar and live audience singing along and it totally changes the vibe. Just the instruments alone make such a difference in the vibe of the song. If I want to cry to pink pony club I listen to it on tiny desk but if I want to rock out, I listen to the electric guitar solo one. Both are great versions and it’s fun to see how depending on how she is dressed/the venue/what instruments are around, she will change how she sings the song and it always gives it a fun surprise.
she broke the tiny desk, ruined it for everyone else. new high score achieved.
I'm not saying a better Tiny Desk isn't possible. But it's extremely unlikely anyone will ever do one better.
@@Wiley_CoyoteWatch Durand Bernard’s tiny desk. I had never listened to anything of his before but I was beyond blown away
Secret level unlocked😂
@Liam-mv9zi have you seen C. Tangana's tiny desk? It's my favorite
@@ElectricPhantom This! Defo up there with this one
The make up, the lipstick on the teeth, the cigarette butt in the wig! I LIVE for these beautiful talented women. ❤
and the bands makeup?! i absolutely adore it
Chappell's drummer is Lucy Ritter. Follow her on social media. She is phenomenal.
I will! Thank you! ✨🙏🏼
for those that don't know "wand" and "rabbit" refer to vibrators, the wands being a Hitachi-type magic wand, and rabbit being a smaller vibrator type.
lol! 😆 🙈
That hit me after listening to it 100 times! 😆
I got it the first time I heard it 😂 not sure what that says about me but I thought it was obvious 😆
There's a comic book cover artist, Frank Cho, who about a month ago did a variant cover of a Superman comic book, that had Zatanna the (sexy) magician's doves and rabbits escaping in the background. And one cheeky rabbit was holding Zatanna's wand in its paws. I guarantee that that wasn't a coincidence, and that Frank Cho is as smitten with the Midwest Princess as we all are here!
Thanks for that. I only got it once you said it 😂
the backup vocalist is Mia Pfirrman. She has lots of stuff online to check out
Thank you! 🙏🏼
What impresses me about her is how she draws on old country/western music and seamlessly pulls the narrative structures and vocal breaks characteristic of that genre into rock/pop. Listen to Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Sr, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton--and you'll see it. As a Midwesterner, I can tell she grew up here and listened to these old classic singers. As much as I love Gaga--she couldn't do what Chappell Roan does here.
Agreed!
I was thinking as he was pointing it out that the "flips" were more like yodels. Basically the same thing really but more... vibrato? Idk a yodel just hits different. I'm sure there's a technical term.
The other musical member of her family was her late, maternal grandfather Dennis Chappell. They were all Missourians... nobody moved away. The music in her home -- she says she grew up in a trailer park -- was Christian and country. When her family was surprised to learn she could really sing and was very talented, they urged her to go into those genres. Chappell, a gal with her own mind, went a different way. But, yes, she grew up thoroughly immersed in the culture of smalltown southwest Missouri and clearly picked up the yodels/flips and propensity for narrative songwriting from country western music.
@@bartlebyscrivener2980 I grew up with those musical influences as well (and most people don't even know "western" music from "country western" music)--when I first saw her name I knew immediately that Roan was from the Marty Robbins' song. She represents that music within her oeuvre so accurately.
I've been saying Patsy Cline FROM THE MOMENT I listened to her album. It's such a throwback to that classic country sound. Thank you!
I'm a 40 year old Broadway gay who finds it hard to listen to a lot of contemporary artists because their voices either don't have or don't make use of the power, support, breath control, clarity and technique that I have grown used to, and Chappell Roan got her hooks into me because not only is the songwriting fabulous and queer but her voice is SO strong and so versatile. I also think she is exceptionally good at crafting songs that lean into her strengths as a singer, and that part of why her songs are so energizing is because she doesn't have many limits on the kinds of songs or melodies she can sing. She has a great head voice, a great chest voice, a fabulous mix, and tremendous command of ALL of it. She has a really strong (and apparently largely intuitive!) understanding of her instrument.
This song and performance is definitely one of my favorites for a lot of the reasons you listed, it lets her go brassy and big and since it's the last song of the set she doesn't need to hold anything in reserve and can just let it rip. I appreciate that so many of her songs have a strong narrative focus and that she uses her voice to accentuate the storytelling so much. She brings a very queer theatricality to the "Chappell Roan" persona that carries through into every aspect of her art. The songs and the singing and the visuals and the vibe are all integrated into the overall experience, she doesn't have to rely on studio production values because the songs are just really well crafted (thank GOD she's both willing and able to write real bridges with contrasting material!) and I just think she is one of the most exciting new artists in a long, long time!
What a wonderful comment yes yes yes!
Great breakdown, thank you! 51 yo gay here and she melted my dna when I first heard this… all of her. Wow. Omg, what would my life have been like if she had been around when I was younger and a baby gay. Love her so much.
Lol "what do we call Chappell Roan fans?" Lesbians. The gays. 80's nostalgics. Lol I don't know if they (we?) have a name but I love her music and it's been wild to watch her just suddenly blast into the stratosphere and have so many eyes on her. Thanks for pointing out all the genuinely cool stuff she does with her voice. She and Dimash both have this talent for gear switching into a blend of different styles and eras and its honestly probably why I love both of their music choices so much.
lol! Love it. Thank you. 🙏🏼✨
just gays I guess
I think I heard that the fandom is the Pink Ponies. Don't know if that's legit or not tho
Last year her audience probably still was mostly the queer community, I'm guessing. As demand for the May 2024 Richmond show I went to exploded and despite a big upgrade in size, I recall seeing... on reddit? a tiktok?... a distressed ticket-seeker's sad wail... Oh No! The straights are finding Chappell!!! 😂😂 😂 Yes, we did. You have my sincere sympathy. If I'd had her to myself in 1k-cap venues, and this happened, I'd be wailing too!
@@Soulgardenmel I like Pink Ponies :) I'll use it unofficially. Where we can all be queens every single day❤
Tim, I loved that you used the phrase "this is a celebration." The arrival of this kind of talent, in ANY field is so rare and wonderful that I feel this is absoutely the right reaction. It's going to sound very odd, I know, but Chappell Roan is only the third pop music artist in 60 years that has had this effect on me: The Beatles in the 60s, Elvis Costello in the 70s, and now Chappell Roan, 50 years after the last one!
Ok, watching this guys face as he grooves to chappel roan is everything 😂
Nobody's stepped up to explain "supernova" yet?
A'ight
It's when a star explodes, and is one of the most sudden and poweful eruptions of energy in existence.
Track 1 on Midwest Princess is about how men, whether due to incompetence or just sheer selfishness/disinterest, never make her... you know.
Here in Track 2 she's fallen "in love with the thought of" this experienced female player. And while she's still working up the nerve to actually let it happen, she's thinking that with enough red wine she might... and that with all her imagining and anticipating, what she'd likely have would be astronomically powerful. An idea she likes.
It's a great song.
Your mind is brilliant. This makes so much sense and it checks out now why she belts so strongly and powerfully at the end in almost an explosive way. Cause... it's the climax. (Of the song and the ...o haha)
Amazing performance. So obsessed. and SO early in her rise! The sheer audacity to serve so much when she was practically unknown. What a Queen.
Chappell is nominated for Red Wine Supernova at the VMAs on Sept. 11th! Everyone please go vote for her ❤❤❤
Ahh!! So awesome!! 💛✨🙌🏼🔥
I've been listening to Chappell for 2 years and your videos have given me a new appreciation for her. She's special but I never knew it what way. Ty for sharing your knowledge!
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She's so magic! My friends and I took our middle aged asses to a Chappell show last month and had a freakin blast! She is so exciting, I cannot wait to see where she goes next!
I only recently got into Chappell Roan and I'm absolutely blown away by everything - lyrics, instrumentation, vocal dexterity. All of it. She is an incredible artist and I'm so glad we all get to be here and experience her together. I only regret that I can only hear a song for the first time once.
I feel like your reactions are really ADHD-friendly compared to other times I've tried to get a vocal coach perspective on songs/artists i enjoy.
The format of listening through the song first and getting the quick facial reactions works well for me. And then when you start on the more detailed commentary, you're able to speak about the technique details in a way that doesn't completely lose me to spacing out. It's hard to describe, but I find it to be a really efficient and audience-friendly presentation of info.
This comment really means a lot to me. If you notice my early videos from a few months ago are a little stoppy starty, it was through guidance from subscribers, telling me what they wanted that I landed on this format. It’s thanks to you all! ✨🙏🏼
absolutely second this!
These are the best vocal analysis videos I have seen. Any Chappell Roan you analyze, I'll be here :)
Thank you!!! ✨✨🙏🏼🙏🏼💛💛
Gahh you’re the cutest! So fun watching you react to this amazing artist :)
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Did I watch every single Chappel analysis? YES! Do I understand half of what you’re saying? Absolutely not. 😂
Pink Pony club is my absolute favorite with a great music video
lol! 😂 thanks for watching. Ask questions if you are confused. 🤣💛✨🙏🏼
I don’t understand a lot of this but I love how much he loves it
Chappell gives me the vocal complexities of Stevie Nicks, Nelly Furtado, Patti Smith, and Chrissie Hynde, and it’s such a joy to listen to.
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No self-control, me sees Chappell Roan, me clicks 🧌
You are late someone already beat you to saying that! Lol
MAMA!
@@ChappellsDaughter no but fr is your hobby constantly searching for people listening to Chappell so you can comment that?
Speaking of how incredible the musicians around her are, one of the greatest aspects of this performance for me is that this isn’t what she normally does live. This is the only performance by this lineup; the singer, both strings, and keyboard player are not part of her regular band. As far as I can tell she literally just put this group together for this one performance and they absolutely killed it.
More than anything this reminds me of the performance The Cure did on Unplugged in the ‘90s. More than just doing the same thing they normally did but with acoustic guitars they got really creative and replaced their usual keyboards with toy pianos, xylophones and kazoos. That’s what she’s done here, just completely changed what she normally does in order to fit this format and it worked perfectly.
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Wow Tim your incredibly thorough well studied vocal analysis of this performance was everything. It's my favorite song of the album because the first time I listened to it, the song just unlocked this deep sorrow in me that felt like I needed to triumphantly belt out at the top of my lungs every chorus. Very therapeutic and I got obsessed with replaying it. When I finished my first listen to the album on the bus home, my entire world was changed. It felt like this was an artist that I've been waiting lifetimes to hear.
So to see so many just as passionate individuals raving and grooving to her is so satisfying. Watching vocal coach reactions to Chappell is my new addiction, and yours was so incredibly enjoyable and enriching! Also love your energy in general, really chill down to earth. Perfect kind of environment to make your viewers feel at home watching your content. :)
Aww thanks!!! 💛✨🙏🏼
Chappell Roan has such a varying sound on her entire album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess but it’s all so distinctly Chappell Roan
I agree, i can see the things shes taken from various artists and made it her own.
Im actually excited to see what she does in the future. And im old, 45, and haven't been this excited for an artist in a long time.
Man do I love watching ppl watch Chappell
what a way to wake up!!!!! To a new Chappell reaction video!
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I’m kinda obsessed with her!!! That “stoner” chord at the end is ridiculous!!!
Yes lol!
Amazing react!! I really like how you dive into the music and the artist (Chappell rocks!) and although I'm really not an expert in vocal coach, I find it really satisfying to watch your analisys and listen to your comments :)
hugs from Brazil!
Thank you! ✨🙏🏼
i love watching your chappell roan reactions! thank you for those videos :)
Glad you like them! 💛✨🙏🏼
The drop out chorus. Yes!! And over sing the talkie parts, over talk the singy parts. Loved all of your observations in this song as well. The part that gave you goosebumps. Yup. Loved when you laughed at “be bimbos ladies, be bimbos.” Something tells me you can dance watching you react to this. I have been writing and thinking about this song for weeks now. Where to start with this masterpiece. I just discovered Chappell Roan a few weeks ago and this song has me hypnotized. Absolutely floored by that live vocal performance. Love a dramatic time signature change. And this song has an epiiiiiiiic one for the ages. Then the second tempo change (within the chorus itself!!! -chef’s kiss) prompted by “Let’s pick it up now” which is so funny and yet so perfect and reminds me of an aerobics class or a video game. This is one of the most joyous songs I’ve ever heard. Some of my favorite moments: the 3:10 Cher-esque “Baby” and the way she says rabbit for some reason. She is so expressive and emotive. I could write separate essays each entirely devoted to analyzing/raving about the drummer, Chappell’s command of the stage, the background vocals, and the studio recording of the song itself, its producers, songwriters, engineers. Not an ounce of fat on that recording. Flows seamlessly between challenging tempo changes. Never losing its groove. This song feels like one long chorus of joy. I love how all the live performances I’ve seen of RWSN have really brought the 4:10 vocal melody to front, where on the record it mixed with other vocal overdubs. It’s more of a vocal drop out live which I love. Where the most powerful vocal is showcased. Chappell’s voice is like the bigger crayon boxes. She just has more colors to choose from. Chappell is like Simone Biles. Her songs just start out at a higher degree of difficulty. I like how your videos address technique as well as the magic. I love the nerd outs. Also a fan of your studio sign on the wall. Looks great. Sharp.
Love this comment thanks! 🙌🏼🔥
I think you would also really love Renee Rapp, especially if you work with musical theater!! You should watch her SNL performance of Snow Angel its 🤯
Oo, haven’t heard of her!
@@TimWelchVocalStudio She's an amazing singer, broadway trained (was Regina George on the Broadway adaptation of Mean Girls, and on the musical remake), and dropped her debut album late last year. Her SNL performance is absolutely mind-blowing from a technical perspective!
100% agree. she is amazinggg
I second this request!!! The SNL Snow Angel performance!
I love the stickiness( your word) of each and every one of her songs. She is my new favorite poet. Her style brings David Byrne and Talking Heads to my mind. Beautiful in so many ways
Yes!
This song actually brings tears to my eyes…as much as I appreciate all the other greats you mentioned, I have never had such a visceral reaction to a performance. I think it may be a subconscious desire to connect emotionally with a song, which is so rare. Not sure, but has happened in multiple occasions so I know it wasn’t a one-off 🤷🏼♀️
I will admit I’ve seen her a bunch and haven’t felt compelled to listen to her music. I love your channel tho so I watched it and the first 20 seconds or so I was not vibing… by the end of it tho I think I’m a fan. I really like how unexpected some of her choices were. Really fun!
I 💯 see/hear Cyndi Lauper from the performance! I reserve the Kate Bush comparisons for Chinchilla though
There is a lot of depth of creativity to her artistry that on the surface level I didn’t initially notice myself. Awesome you checked her out! You have an open mind! ✨🙏🏼
She has some Kate Bush vibes and her good luck, babe performance. When she goes way up in her head voice.
Duuuude. This Tiny Desk and Willow’s Tiny Desk are my absolute favorites. If you have the time, would LOVE to see you react to Willow’s Tiny Desk performance of “Symptom of Life”. Talk about an extremely unique vocal style and incredible band. 😍
Yes Symptom of Life is such a unique song with the varied vocals and acoustics. Would love that reaction!
Im so glad that shes having this huge moment (that hopefully will continue for as long as she likes), bc she really deserves it. Lesbians stay winning
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She’s simply captivating
You're awesome 😎 love your reactions. The aspect of physicality that you mentioned is exactly what I find so captivating about her performances. I dont know much about music but I do about theatre and she's got the instinct to do just the right thing (as you mentioned). She uses her head/hair really well. Here, in this intimate setting, she has this surreal bobble head thing going on with the oversized hair which is a nice contrast to the smaller space. Gives her a larger than life queen of hearts feel. Meanwhile her festival performances are entirely something else.
The tiny desk hosts mooch a souvenir from every artist and add it to the office decor. They begged her for the WIG 😅. Chappell agreed. That classic wig from that classic Tiny Desk perf. now resides right there at NPR.
Interesting fun fact!
Seconding the suggestion to maybe do a comparison reaction to her Red Wine Supernova performance on Stephen Colbert! I'm classically trained (I swear I mean this conversationally and not in a pretentious way 😆) and since I first heard her when Casual was released, I've been so impressed by her vocal techniques and control, it's fantastic. She was brilliant live too, the energy in a little underground club packed with 1,000 people was incredible. I love to hear an artist doing unique things and singing their heart out without shredding their voice 🥰 👏🏻
Great idea!
I remember seeing the Midwest Princess lp in my local record store last fall, thinking, SHE looks interesting! ...but just not following up.
The Colbert show, Feb. 15, 2024, was my introduction to Chappell. I will always be very, very grateful to the show's music staff for that. It ignited my chappellmania and enabled me to see her live May 23rd, and who knows when I'll ever get to see her again with "only" 6,500 other people 😄
@@bartlebyscrivener2980Colbert was the same for me, then I found out I missed an Australian tour, late last year. We're a day ahead, but by the time we get it, it's the next day - incidentally my gay daughters 37th birthday ❤️🔥
i would happily watch you break down every single song from her tiny desk
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this song makes me cry its just so good
Every time I see a dude react to this song, I laugh at their blank face at "I heard you like magic, I've got a wand and a rabbit". Guys, ask your girlfriend or wife why that's a hilarious line.
lol! I know what it is. But…I’m not going there in a vocal breakdown! 🤭
It's been a lot of fun getting to know this young lady's music. For whatever reason, she makes me think of Dolores O'Riordan, who I just think is an angel. It breaks my heart to think about her, she died so young. An amazing talent. I think the world of her. I'm going to pull up some Cranberries right now! Thanks!
Chappell covered Dreams in her pre-2020 career; it's on youtube.
Oh wow!
And check out her stage moves while she sings it -- they look very "Stevie Nicks" to me. Chappell was a big Fleetwood Mac fan.
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"For whatever reason, she makes me think of Dolores O'Riordan"
The song that first brought four major record labels knocking on 16 yo Kayleigh Amstutz's youtube door was "Die Young." Recommended.
It doesn't sound like Cranberries' Zombie, but some of the underlying sentiment is similar. Young people shouldn't be dying for no good reason.
Also, on Chappell's tiktoks multiple times she has spoken pretty candidly about her own struggles with depression. This young woman who is now successfully bringing such a ray of light into so many other people's lives.
the drummer is Lucy Ritter and she is on tour with Chappell now!
Thanks! She’s awesome.
I totally agree with everything you said at 14:14 through 14:21. And agree that shes probably going to be doing this for decades, going to be on the icon level like Cher or Madonna or Dolly or Elton. ❤
And the truly incredible thing is, NONE of those iconic musicians has every written and recorded a complete album of original music that song-for-song is as phenomenally great as The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. (Elton only writes music, doesn't write lyrics, for one thing.) Granted, Chappell co-wrote with Dan, and with multiple other co-writers. But still, she took part in writing or outright wrote all 14 songs... and all 14 range from excellent to mind-bogglingly great.
It's an astonishing accomplishment that not even Chappell's own biggest heroes ever achieved.
@@bartlebyscrivener2980 exactly, she's done surpassed them for sure and is in her own stratosphere. I'm just thankful and excited that I get to witness and enjoy such talent. It's truly delicious
That’s an interesting fact! ✨🙌🏼
Tim, when you get to HOT TO GO! that might be the only one of the 14 studio recordings that one might consider deeming a less than stellar song. But it is the one song on Midwest Princess that absolutely needs to be SEEN performed, as opposed to just heard. Chappell wrote it very specifically to be the biggest live audience engagement piece she could create, and at that it succeeds better than anything since Queen's We Will Rock You (is that the title? I forget) or Village People's YMCA. Is it a showcase for vocals? No. Is it a monster of a song anyway? Yes.
She had "audience fun" in her head, but she wanted non-fiction. And she transformed her idea into reality.
Experience HOT TO GO! in its natural habitat, such as at a festival, or when she and Olivia sang it to an arena full of Livies in LA last week, and anybody who says that isn't a great song, I'm sorry, they're incorrect.
You exactly word how I feel about her skills in this tiny desk she’s just so EMOTIONALLL about it all and u can feel it
it's the best when you give the band and back up singers the love they deserve! It's given me a new appreciation for when artists use backup singers, I try to keep my ear out for it now.
Also... Florence and the machine when? She changed up her vocal technique a bit a few years ago apparently to protect her voice. I'd love to see it broken down.
Very interesting about Florence and the machine I’m gonna have to check that out. Thank you!
I'm a Chapellier from Spain!!!!
Gracias por tu profesionalidad!! Viva Chappell Roan!!!
She is so much fun!
What I love so much about this performance is the end part is where she ramps up and I just feel like I could listen to another hour of that belting. It leaves a longing for more. And as a queer person and the song theme and meaning I remember when I was first with a woman this song summed it up. You could not get enough of that. This is such a theme with Chappel. She creates artistry that makes the sound, the story, the tempo, the emotion, all match. Picture You is another great example of this. She builds and releases in the performance. Much like the lyrics insinuate.
I love her so much. Im shocked how incredible she is still by how much she smokes cigs and pot. Thankfully it hasnt destroyed her voice yet.
The way chappell switches into her talky voice feels very bantery in a way i love
Glad you talked about the band. They're just crazy good.
Dan Nigro did both Chappell and Olivia Rodrigo right with assembling unbelievably good bands (in both cases, all female).
So good.
We should be called chapperoans
That’s a solid name!
Has a nice sound to it.
However, it evokes keeping a lid on somebody... esp. on their libido! Evangelical church, authority, control, any kind of restriction of her behavior or what she'd sing (her family was pushing for country and Christian pop) was what she was fleeing when she left Willard, Missouri for LA. She felt she had to get away from the conservatism and intolerance of western Missouri, and did.
Pity any prim and proper chaperone assigned to the persona that young Kayleigh Rose from smalltown Willard became!! 😂
@@TimWelchVocalStudio or "pink ponies"
@@maraschwartz6731i’ve seen many ppl say pink pony girls (in the “guys” not specifically men way)
I feel like a chapperoan because I'm a little older vibed than her, and I feel like if you're younger or have young vibes get you can be a pink pony girl or girlie ❤😂, but the idea of a mix of both is so fire to me 😂
She’s just everything ❤
I adore this song.
Please react to Kaleidoscope!
I get chills every time
She is so talented I think she can write her own ticket and do whatever she wants with her voice. She could do a country album, she could do broadway, she could do whatever she wants.
I want her to win a noble peace prize for her album. It just brought so many happy tears.
What a great vocal breakdown, thank you, Tim! I watched this Tiny Desk Concert a while back, but it felt so nice to revisit it with a group of real talent enthusiasts!
I think "Roanies" is a good nickname, but sounds like "Pink Ponies" might already have it, lol.
Another great artist I have come across this year is Sierra Farrell. Think a classic country mix up of Gaga and Winehouse. I was floored! There is a PBS series called "The Cavern Sessions" filmed here in TN in the Cumberland Caverns, where I saw her in S2. The acoustics there are amazeballs but I'm still not sure I'd want to be inside caverns with all that resonance going on around me.
I really think it is the authenticity factor that makes artists these days...we crave it! ❤❤❤
Thanks again, I'll be back to watch more of your stuff!
Roanies!🙌🏼
Don't know if you've done the same song twice before, but her performance of this song on the Stephen Colbert show is AMAZING, especially considering its a much higher energy performance
I was about to say the same thing! Could be interesting to compare and contrast 👏🏻
what I loved about your first reaction of her, was how you would stop and pause and react to things along the way the first time.
Interesting, I think you might’ve been the only one! I got a ton of comments that people don’t want me to stop so much. It would be easiest for me if I just stopped on the first run through though.
I love your appreciation for artistry in your reviews! another great song to check out by her is casual
I love your reactions about Chappell !!
I love these videos!! You have such a wonderful kind energy, I would have loved to have you as a vocal coach. My personal favorite live version of this song is the Vevo Dscvr Artists to Watch, great production on that one!
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Can you do Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl next? It's my favorite of hers and a solid pop song.
Love your reaction vids, subscribed after yr first Chappell review and was rapt you mentioned Ren! He also amazing and I will check out yr review of him! More people need to know about him! So many great young artists coming up, gives an old 56 yo lady some hope for the state of music! Thanks ❤️from🇦🇺
I have a huge Ren crew following me! Check my Ren and friends playlist. I do a Ren premiere every Thursday.
@@TimWelchVocalStudio i absolutely will! Thanks ☺️
i would LOVE a reaction to the artist Marina (formerly known as marina and the diamonds) if you’re a chappell fan you’ll definitely dig her
Yes! MARINA is a queen ❤
You need to react to some of her festival performances and you will see how she ramps it up in the performance. Also the crowd energy is insane at her shows
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Wish you would listen to kaleidoscope! It's vocally sooo well sung. I love it🙏🏼💕
Since you loved this performance, you absolutely have to watch Remi Wolf's tiny desk - it just came out, I think in this past week. Remi is a very, very fun performance artist like Chappell. Her performance of her song Toro gives me similar vibes as this performance of Red Wine Supernova. If listening to Chappell is like a bubbly red sangria, then Remi is like tea with honey. Also, 6:00 I've wanted to cover this song because I do best - stylistically - when I do a more brassy belt. It's always easier for me to get into a higher register that way, and I find it's easier to do flips & sliding. I already have so much fun singing Red Wine Supernova, even if it's just for myself. Chappell is such a talented and versatile vocalist.
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll put it on the list.
I'm crying. Someone, FINALLY, picked up where Ke$ha left off. The world is good.
Haha love that.
Always here for Chappel and Lana reacts. Love them both. If nobody has mentioned it I recommend Arcadia by Lana, it is really beautiful vocally.
Also, Would you consider for a different genre, reacting to Chris Stapleton ( Cold live at CMA)?
More coming this weekend/next week!
a lot of people have mentioned her fans being called the pink ponies in reference to her song "Pink Pony Club"
Always prefer live performance reactions. Would like to see reaction to Chappell's Lollapalooza 2024 concert - specifically The Subway, Pink Pony Club, Picture You, Casual
If you haven't explored Raye, I recommend you start with her Tiny Desk and then check out her live album at the Royal Albert Hall.
I had a student sing a song of hers once, but I haven’t reacted to her yet. Lots of requests are coming in for her.
Dang that’s a great song
Please react to Kaleidoscope by Chappell Roan. So slept on.
sadly beautiful 💔
The Chappel Roan flip reminds me of Doloris O'Riordon's voice, from The Cranberries
I just heard Chappell covering her on Instagram
@TimWelchVocalStudio I'm definitely going to have to look this up! I realized recently Chappell has a ton of covers on her youtube channel she posted 4 years ago.
The last track from Chappell's album, Guilty Pleasure, reminds me a lot of the cranberries. The vocal play is very fun.
That drummer is badass
She reminds me so much of Gwen Stephani when she was in No Doubt.
What is it like to not get the wand and a rabbit reference 😂. You are definitely not her target audience so I love that you are so into her! This is so positive, thanks for breaking everything down it’s so interesting.
Wait, I get what’s going on lol! I’m just not going there in this video. Haha! ✨🙏🏼 There was a Reddit forum that went a whole OTHER place with the meaning of this one that was even more wild! Not going into that either. lol!
If you want to hear some really good drumming and a band that sounds unlike anything you've ever heard before, you've gotta check out Sleep Token. Take Me Back to Eden, Ascensionism, and the Summoning. All of their music is incredible.
Casual reaction next PLS 👏
Fans should be called Red Ponnies. A Roan is a red horse. She's the Queen. The mamma horse. Or Roan Ponnies. I'll be a Roan Ponnie any day!
Please react to Pink Pony Club! Love seeing your reactions to Chappell Roan and seeing you break down her artistry🥰
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I love watching pretty men talk about things they're passionate about
Aww..[insert blushing emoji here!] 😊
definitely look into her performance of Subway at Outside Lands!!!
Are you gonna do the rest of her tiny desk performance? Cause me no self control, me sees Chappell Roan , me clicks. 😂
Baahaahaa!🤣 It’s in the plan.
Since we're talking Red Wine Supernova now it's a good song to underscore how Chappell and Dan have embedded in her songs homages/tributes to ( /easter eggs for fans) some of the many female musicians who have inspired her.
In her two-song MTV Push video she says it's true that in IRL she never had a double bed until age 25. I.e., last year, 2023. (She started making decent money only last year.) It's the double bed that is the homage, though. Back at my house I got a California King. Okay maybe it's a twin bed. (And I got roommates. ("Don't worry, it's cool!")) 🤣 Love her lyrics.
I didn't know this, reactor Fern Stone pointed it out, but "California King" is a Rihanna song. It's, yeah, about a bed.
Chappell has said she loves Rihanna, and that for a good while Stay was her favorite song.
There are other similar nods written into the songs of Midwest Princess.
Chrissie Hynde is probably the greatest female writer of original rock songs ever. (I've seen nobody else anywhere bring this up, but) I believe Chappell wrote a quick shout-out to Chrissie, too, into Red Wine Supernova.
Listen to The Pretenders' song "Message of Love."
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is IMO one of the greatest albums of original songs in any popular music genre, ever. These little additional features that a person might notice only after many listens, IMO only underscore what a masterpiece it is. It's like a great movie you walk out of already well pleased, but that lingers on your mind; and then half a day or a day later another subtle connection or nuance in it dawns on you. Those are my favorite kinds of movies. And this work of art is my favorite kind of album.
Fascinating, thank you! 🙏🏼
I think my favorite Midwest Princess embedded homage to great ladies of pop-past is in "California"; wait til we get to that one 😁. (Once again, not my "find"; credit goes to Fern Stone again. I totally missed it, as I think most everybody does at first.)
I love her lyrical homages to other songs as well, like the opposite reference to “California Dreaming” in “California” ~no leaves are brown…she’s just a genius genie supernova person! Really enjoyed your analysis!
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Thanks ☺
I'm about to add a few more such possibilities. But because two of them are out of Good Luck, Babe, I'll put them in the comments to Tim's reaction vid to that.
I can’t wait to watch the breakdown of Casual.
Ooooh and Coffee… well any of them, they are all amazing!!!
I’d absolutely LOVE to see you react and breakdown Greta Van Fleet. Any of their candlelight sessions would be good, or them performing Heat Above (live) PLEASE! ❤ love watching your vocal breakdown vids
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Just found your channel! Really enjoying all of your vocal analysis and thoughts. I hope you might try the song Ghost Love Score Live from Wacken 2013 by the band Nightwish. Their current lead vocalist (2012 to present) Floor Jansen is a very emotionally connected singer. She's also a classically trained soprano. I'll leave it there for now lol! I really think you will love breaking all of their stuff down and her amazong technique - from growls to opera - Floor and Nightwish run the gamut with their vast catalog of Symphonic Metal. Also, the Nightwish Army will come. Loving the Ren and Chinchilla reactions too! Watching more! Greetings and blessings from a humble member of the Nightwish Army, Deep South Division (Alabama)!
Because you like her yodeling so much, I’m excited to see your reaction to the bridge of Guilty Pleasure.
17:48 my EXACT same reaction. Holy cow!!!
Like minds!
You need to check out her singing Red Wine Supernova the DSCVR version on her RUclips channel. It’s a great version as well but a little different from the tiny desk version. I’m not a vocal coach so I can’t really explain the difference in sound other than just more “open sounding”? It’s her singing live but she’s less in her character/playing a different character and it changes the way she sings the song. The belts seem a little longer and it sounds less gritty but in a great way. I like both versions and switch up which one I listen to often. You should also check out her singing pink pony club live on her RUclips channel (it’s called “City Sessions” with Amazon music). There is an electric guitar and live audience singing along and it totally changes the vibe. Just the instruments alone make such a difference in the vibe of the song. If I want to cry to pink pony club I listen to it on tiny desk but if I want to rock out, I listen to the electric guitar solo one. Both are great versions and it’s fun to see how depending on how she is dressed/the venue/what instruments are around, she will change how she sings the song and it always gives it a fun surprise.
On it, thanks!
I cannot wait for you to do Picture You
I already did!!!!!
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Just saw the part where you read all the comments, so hope you’re having a great day when you see this!
lol! I knew they’d get fun on this song! 😁✨🙏🏼
can you react to renee rapp singing "snow angle" on snl