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The new single, her first since 2024’s “Good Luck, Babe!,” was first performed on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in November.

Chappell Roan gets the job done, but that doesn't mean it isn't scary sometimes. In a new post celebrating the release of her new single, "The Giver," the singer-songwriter gave an honest look at her feelings toward pivoting to a country sound on the track and revealed she feels nervous about taking the leap.

Grammy-winning artist Chappell Roan released "The Giver," a new song that sees the pop singer making her first foray into the country genre.

After teasing the song for weeks, and months after its live debut, Chappell Roan has released her new country single “The Giver.” The lesbian country anthem is all fiddles and kickin’ up dirt, a hoedown about how it takes a real woman to please another woman: “Ain’t no country boy quitter,

"Good Luck, Babe!" hitmaker Chappell Roan is opening up about her new self-described country song, "The Giver," which arrives later on Thursday (March 13). Roan recently made the media rounds, visiting Amazon Music's Country Heat Weekly podcast on Thursday (March 13).