Chappell Roan Unveils Country-Leaning Track ‘The Giver’: Stream It Now
"I just think a lesbian country song is really funny, so I wrote that," Roan previously said of her new song.
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The Midwest Princess is heading back to her roots. Chappell Roan unveiled her newest single, “The Giver,” on Thursday (March 13), putting her own spin on country music.
In the fiddle-heavy track, she declares in the cheeky chorus: “Take it like a taker, ’cause, baby, I’m a giver/ Ain’t no need to hurry, ’cause, baby, I deliver/ Ain’t no country boy quitter/ I get the job done.”
The Grammy-winning superstar announced the single earlier this month via Instagram, sharing a photo of herself dressed up in construction gear. “I have such a special place in my heart for country music,” she wrote. “I grew up listening to it every morning and afternoon on my school bus and had it swirling around me at bon fires, grocery stores and karaoke bars.”
“Many people have asked if this means I’m making a country album???” the Missouri native continued “My answer is.. hmm right now I’m just making songs that make me feel happy and fun and The Giver is my take on c–try xoxo may the classic country divas lead their genre, I am just here to twirl and do a little gay yodel for yall.”
She also explained that she’s not planning to stray away from pop on Amazon Music’s Country Heat Weekly podcast. “I’m not trying to convince a country crowd that they should listen to my music by baiting them with a country song,” Roan said. “That’s not what I feel like I’m doing. I just think a lesbian country song is really funny, so I wrote that.”
The song marks Roan’s first release since her Grammy-nominated hit, “Good Luck, Babe!,” which she dropped in April last year. The track — which remains the only song she’s released since her breakthrough 2023 album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess — peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September.
Listen to “The Giver” below.
