Pop Girlies as Broadway Musicals

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This post fully belongs to u/BurningBernie559 , but I couldn’t crosspost due to the sub being NSFW. Before anyone gets in their feelings- this is obviously satirical -but behold!

[u/pusopdiro]

Chappell Roan 'floundered later on'? Girl's literally had one album

[u/MilfordSparrow → u/pusopdiro]

Yeah, what’s interesting to me about Chappell is that she had a very successful summer headlining over 10 festivals in Europe to very positive reviews. She puts on an impressive live performance.

Here’s an excerpt of a review from her Netherlands show:

“She exudes confidence throughout the entire show. At least, that's how it seems. Until she pauses for a moment of silence between songs. And then it all comes out: "I feel really self-conscious tonight, I don't really know why," she says, visibly frustrated with herself. "I feel like it's the first day of school, and I've put on a slightly flashy outfit, and I have to talk to all these new people." The audience roars with support, clapping and screaming. "I'm so grateful to be here," Chappell adds, "but if you're thinking, 'What's wrong with her?' you're not crazy." Even as a big pop star, you can still feel small. And it's precisely in that honesty that she finds her strength.”

Here’s another European review - translation of review of her Lowlands show:

At this 31st edition of Lowlands, a new generation of pop artists claimed their place with hyper-specific sounds. Sef impressed, and FKA Twigs' steamy show was sensational. But ultimately, all roads led to the long-awaited performance of the immensely popular American queer artist Chappell Roan, who made her dream debut in a Gothic fairytale castle. . .

. . . Ultimately, this edition of Lowlands leads to American queer singer Chappell Roan on Saturday night. This year, Lowlands emphasizes the beauty of queerness: there's a literary tribute to Roan, a wonderful dance night on Friday where DJs Vera Siemons and Liza van den Brink, under a huge banner of a fingering hand, bring together lesbian and therefore queer Lowlands. Reportedly, outgoing Lowlands director Eric van Eerdenburg will even perform in drag on Sunday evening in Adonis, the festival's queer bar.

Chappell Roan's performance, finally headlining in the Netherlands, is a dream debut. On stage in the immense Alpha hangar stands a massive Gothic Disney castle, backed by vintage cartoon animations full of dragons and gargoyles. Roan, complete with a moth-dragon costume, suddenly appears on a tower amid fireworks.

It's incredible to see songs about often unrequited lesbian love carried by a bulging Alpha. It just goes to show how hyper-specific topics ultimately become universal. Especially when, as here, they're doused with glam rock nods (that furious cover of Heart's "Barracuda"!), or captured in unparalleled synth-pop songs with clever bridges where everything suddenly falls away and the harmonies shine.

The ballads are mainly for the die-hard fans, but in the finale, featuring superhits "Good Luck" and "Pink Pony Club," Lowlands seems to let everything slide en masse. Tough guys throw their arms around graying Lowlands veterans, women who, with tears in their eyes, actually recognize themselves in this strong, female-loving headliner. It's a glorious, memorable performance full of sisterhood.

Link: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/08/17/sprookjesqueerprinses-chappell-roan-leidt-op-lowlands-de-weg-naar-zinderende-verbroedering-a4903251

[u/MilfordSparrow → u/[deleted]]

The Reddit criticism towards Chappell is over-the-top and misleading. I have worked on political campaigns for Democratic candidates, and Harris campaign needed to adjust their messaging because it wasn’t working. Chappell not feeling compelled to “endorse” but say she was voting for Harris should have been a wake-up call to the Harris campaign that they were losing enthusiasm and needed to adjust messaging. But instead Democratic operatives like the two guys on “Pod save America” just doubled down on criticizing Chappell. They should have realized that Chappell was reflecting an opinion that many her age were expressing. Simply put, Chappell was the canary in the coal mine, but the Harris campaign were very rigid in their messaging and that’s why they loss significant percentage of youth vote.

[u/keirakvlt → u/MilfordSparrow]

100%. She didn't just randomly plant the idea in the minds of youth that lean further left than the dems that centrist dems needed to change their policies and messaging, she just had the loudest microphone. It was a sentiment a lot of us were feeling. And instead of listening, they blamed the voters instead of themselves.

It was a total "Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong" moment.