Chappell Roan is keeping it real when it comes to her next album—and fans might want to settle in for a long wait.
The “Good Luck, Babe!” and “The Subway” singer opened up about where she’s at creatively in a new interview with Vogue, and to be honest, she’s not sugarcoating anything.
“There is no album,” Roan, 27, told Vogue. “There is no collection of songs.”
Her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, was a breakout moment in 2023 and built a massive fanbase almost overnight. But when it comes to a follow-up? Chappell’s not rushing the process.
“It took me five years to write the first one, and it’s probably going to take at least five to write the next,” she said. “I’m not that type of writer that can pump it out.”
She added that forcing herself to meet outside expectations just doesn’t work. “I don’t think I make good music whenever I force myself to do anything.”
And yes—she’s seen the tweets and the impatient fan comments. “I see some comments sometimes, like, ‘She’s everywhere except that damn studio,’” she shared. “Even if I was in the studio 12 hours a day, every single day, that does not mean that you would get an album any faster.”
Her latest single, “The Subway,” was a labor of love that took quite a bit of time to perfect—and it almost didn’t get released at all.
“It took an annoying amount of time to get just right,” Roan admitted. “I just wasn’t ready to put it out yet. It was just too painful. I was just too angry and scared — just about my life — to put it out.”
In the same interview, she also opened up about the toll that social media has taken on her and her art. She’s decided to step away from it entirely for the sake of the creative process.
“Socials harm the f–k out of me and my art. I’m not doing that to myself anymore,” she said. “I’ve never written an album where I don’t have Instagram or anything. The album process is purely, only mine. No one on TikTok gets to see it.”
While fans might be a little disappointed by the timeline, Chappell’s honesty is refreshing—and it’s clear she’s committed to putting out work that’s genuine, not rushed. So while album two isn’t coming anytime soon, it sounds like when it does arrive, it’ll be well worth the wait.
