Chappell Roan appeared at Elton John‘s annual Oscars viewing get together on Sunday night time, performing a canopy of John’s “Your Tune,” in addition to duets with John of her anthemic hit “Pink Pony Membership” and his “Do not Let the Solar Go Down on Me.”
“I simply freaked out once I heard her,” John stated (by way of Rolling Stone) simply earlier than Roan took the stage on the occasion, which raised cash for John’s AIDS basis. “I interviewed her and fell in love together with her and the album [Roan’s 2023 LP The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess]. She’s so variety to do that. She’s one of many greatest stars on this planet proper now. Not solely does she communicate together with her voice on stage, however off it.”
Roan reciprocated the admiration from the stage.
“Thanks a lot for believing in me,” she stated to John. “You made it so I may very well be the artist I may very well be.”
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You’ll be able to watch Roan and John carry out “Pink Pony Membership” under, in addition to Roan’s cowl of “Your Tune.” (“It is form of scary singing that in entrance of the one who wrote it,” Roan stated of the latter efficiency.)
Roan’s set additionally included a number of extra of her personal hits, together with “Purple Wine Supernova,” “Scorching to Go!” and “Good Luck, Babe!”
John ‘Retains an Eye’ on Roan
John has been a fan of Roan’s since earlier than The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, her debut album, was launched.
“He was about as early as an early adopter may be to her expertise,” John’s husband, David Furnish, informed Selection final month. “Subsequently, she’s turn out to be a pricey buddy to Elton and me. He retains an eye fixed on her and loves what she has achieved musically.”
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