{"id":1948171,"date":"2025-08-08T01:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T01:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1948171"},"modified":"2025-08-08T01:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T01:40:37","slug":"chappell-roans-the-subway-is-an-ode-to-a-uniquely-new-york-form-of-heartbreak-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chappell-roans-the-subway-is-an-ode-to-a-uniquely-new-york-form-of-heartbreak-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Chappell Roan\u2019s \u2018The Subway\u2019 is an ode to a uniquely New York form of heartbreak : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n On Chappell Roan’s new song “The Subway,” she captures New York City’s unique hardships with a broken heart.
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If you’re someone who calls New York City home \u2014 someone who is unfazed by rats, cockroaches and bad landlords (know your rights!), who would trade any Casper mattress ad for Dr. Zizmor’s rainbow, who would never<\/em> wait in line for anything you saw an influencer rave about on TikTok \u2014 then the wide-eyed way so many visiting pop stars sing about the city always lands far too cute.<\/p>\n

To the Taylor Swifts of the world, New York City is the beckoning playground of bright lights and big dreams most mainstream rom-coms make it out to be, a sense of promise and romance lurking around every Village or Williamsburg (it’s always one of those neighborhoods, sorry) corner. “Feel so free, feel so free” the Los Angeles native pop star Addison Rae sang on this year’s “New York,” hopping from club to club after dropping her bags off at the name-checked Bowery Hotel. On Lorde’s recent album Virgin<\/em>, she sang of dancing in the glow of venues like Baby’s All Right and the “voices of the ancients” calling out for her in the city streets.<\/p>\n