"Chappell Roan's set at the iconic British festival comes off the back of an astonishing year for the singer, who achieved her major - and long overdue - breakthrough last summer and in the months since has topped the global charts, broken attendance records across the US, scored a Grammy and become a queer cultural icon in her own right."
"The 27-year-old's stratospheric rise to frame - from a small-time artist to a global superstar - has not been an easy one. Signed as a teenager, Roan was dropped by Atlantic Records in 2020 after she failed to make big, only for her album to become a sleeper hit and capture the hearts, minds and Spotify Wrapped's of people around the world."
A 90,000-strong Reading Festival crowd embraced camp country attire amid unusually intense heat. Chappell Roan performed on a gothic fairytale stage as the sun set, opening theatrically just after 7pm with foreboding orchestral music and animation. Her set capped an astonishing year that included a long-awaited breakthrough last summer, global chart-topping, record-breaking US attendances, a Grammy win and emergence as a queer cultural icon. Roan's rise followed being dropped by Atlantic Records in 2020 after early struggles; a later sleeper-hit album propelled her from small venues to major festival headline slots. Viral fan videos map the transition from intimate shows to enormous 2024 crowds.
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