Mega-star Chappell Roan was born 4 years after Oasis launched their debut album. Her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, got here out over a decade after Oasis broke up. On stage she dons elaborate, drag queen-like make-up and lavish outfits — nothing like Noel and Liam Gallagher‘s extra informal apparel. And but, it seems the 2 artists have one thing in frequent.
Launched in September of 2023, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess featured a number of sleeper hits that didn’t start incomes nationwide consideration till the spring of 2024. Certainly one of them was “Purple Wine Supernova.”
“I wanted a campy homosexual lady track that captured the magic of getting emotions for an additional lady,” Roan, who identifies as a lesbian, mentioned in regards to the single in 2023 (through Flood Journal). “I packed the track with enjoyable raunchy lyrics that make it really feel like an evening out flirting with the lady throughout the bar!”
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Rising up in a small city in Missouri, Roan, whose actual identify is Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, struggled with expressing her sexual orientation — till she moved to Los Angeles and located a supportive group in West Hollywood’s homosexual bars.
“I grew up pondering being homosexual was dangerous and a sin,” she informed The Guardian in December of 2023. “I went to the homosexual membership as soon as and it was so impactful, like magic. It was the alternative of every part I used to be taught.”
Roan penned plenty of songs about this liberation, together with “Purple Wine Supernova,” which she mentioned took her 4 years to write down. “It was horrible,” she informed MTV, explaining that it took a number of individuals to assist full it. “I hated that track for many of its life.”
Hearken to Chappell Roan’s ‘Purple Wine Supernova’
A Supernova With a Totally different Sort of Wine
Oasis followers will little doubt spot the track title’s similarity to “Champagne Supernova” from 1995’s (What is the Story) Morning Glory? Sure, the 2 are associated.
“It is just like the homosexual lady model,” Roan informed Glamour in Could 2023. “Lesbian Oasis.”
The that means and inspiration behind Oasis’ track is much less clear.
“It means various things after I’m in several moods,” Noel mentioned to NME the yr the track was launched. “Once I’m in a nasty temper, being caught beneath a landslide is like being suffocated. The track is a little bit of an epic. It is about once you’re younger and also you see individuals in teams and you consider what they did for you and so they did nothing.”
Hearken to Oasis’ ‘Champagne Supernova’
Lyrically talking, essentially the most direct connection between Oasis and Roan’s track are the strains having to do with toking up. “The place had been you whereas we had been getting excessive?” sings Liam. “I do not care that you are a stoner,” Roan sings.
However truly, the 2 songs mash up fairly properly, as evidenced beneath.
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The Manchester-born band solely launched seven albums — and so they ended on tough phrases — however there is a refined arc to their catalog that each attracts from clear influences and stands solely alone.
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