{"id":2119246,"date":"2025-10-27T22:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2119246"},"modified":"2025-10-27T22:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:25:17","slug":"chappell-roan-tells-music-exec-who-criticized-her-grammy-speech-to-pony-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chappell-roan-tells-music-exec-who-criticized-her-grammy-speech-to-pony-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Chappell Roan Tells Music Exec Who Criticized Her Grammy Speech to Pony Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>In this country, it was inevitable that Chappell Roan\u2019s demand that basic human rights be afforded to artists at the Grammy Awards drew criticism. Days after Roan won Best New Artist and rightfully used her acceptance speech as a means to advocate for a livable wage and healthcare, The Hollywood Reporter published an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/chappell-roan-grammys-speech-misguided-1236128051\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed<\/a> written by Jeff Rabhan, a music executive and the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/opinion\/was-chappell-roans-grammys-speech-naive-or-necessary-both-1236299120\/\">former chair of New York University\u2019s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music<\/a>, to the tune of \u201cMusicians should have rights, but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the piece, Rabhan referred to Roan as an \u201cinstant industry insider\u201d and called the speech \u201ca hackneyed and plagiarized script of an artist basking in industry love while broadcasting na\u00efvet\u00e9 and taking aim at the very machine that got her there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems Chappell Roan wants to turn labels into landlords, bosses and insurance providers?\u201d Rabhan wrote, adding: \u201cIt is disingenuous to cash a fat label check, ride meaningful industry support to mainstream success and then act like the kid who didn\u2019t get picked for dodgeball when your name is called.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"revcontent-hidden\">\n<div class=\"grid-x articles-inline-insert\" id=\"inline-related-articles\">\n<ul class=\"articles grid-margin-x flex-container flex-dir-column\">\n<li class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto cell copy-container noimage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jezebel.com\/chappell-roan-isnt-single-but-encourages-everyone-else-to-be\"><b class=\"title\">Chappell Roan Isn&#8217;t Single, But Encourages Everyone Else to Be<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto cell copy-container noimage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jezebel.com\/can-yall-leave-chappell-roan-alone-now\"><b class=\"title\">Can Y&#8217;all Just Leave Chappell Roan Alone?<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI told myself if I ever won a Grammy, and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry, profiting millions of dollars off of artists, would offer a livable wage and health care, especially to developing artists,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jezebel.com\/the-girls-won-the-grammys\">told the crowd<\/a>. After recounting her own difficult trajectory, in which she was dropped from her label during the pandemic and left without health insurance, she concluded her remarks with: \u201cLabels, we got you, but do you got us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I\u2019ve never met a kid who didn\u2019t get picked for dodgeball who\u2019s quite as poignant. Could Rob Han be projecting a bit? Perhaps!<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Roan took to her Instagram story with a challenge for Rabhan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">\u201cWanna match me $25k to donate to struggling dropped artists?\u201d she wrote on her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/chappellroan\/3562621862280666871\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">story<\/a>, tagging Rabhan. She included her publicist\u2019s email, writing: \u201cwanna talk?\u201d Then on the next slide, Roan wrote that she\u2019d keep the public posted on a response and include receipts of any actual donations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">\u201cMr. Rabhan I love how in the article you said \u2018put your money where your mouth it,\u2019\u201d Roan wrote.\u201dGenius!!! Let\u2019s link and build together and see if you can do the same.\u201d Further, she provided links music from \u201csome artists that deserve more love and a bigger platform.\u201d Among them are Hemlocke Springs, Sarah Kinsley, Devon Again and Baby Storme.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">As of now, Rabhan has yet to respond but Roan has found allies in industry peers like Halsey, who has since denounced the op-ed in her own Instagram story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo compare the payoff of her actions to those of an industry titan with the power and financial leverage of Taylor Swift, when Chappell hasn\u2019t even spun the block enough times to see the residuals of her long earned but sudden success, is irresponsible for someone with your experience in this industry,\u201d Halsey <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/halsey-slams-op-ed-chappell-roan-grammys-speech-1235894647\/\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cShame on you. Boot licking behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Couldn\u2019t have said it better myself.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.jezebel.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this country, it was inevitable that Chappell Roan\u2019s demand that basic human rights be afforded to artists at the Grammy Awards drew criticism. 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