Chappell Roan Shocks Herself On Stage With Butt-Baring Corset Moment
Roan’s New York moment underscores a breakout year marked by a global tour and a Grammy win, paired with outspoken industry advocacy.
Chappell Roan had a moment on stage Saturday in Forest Hills, New York, when a Jumbotron in the venue briefly revealed the boldness of her outfit. The pop singer wore a red-and-black corset that bared her butt, and she reacted live on stage, telling the crowd, "Oh my God, I forgot my bottom was just a thong. I look up at the screen and see my ass. I was like, it's gone." The moment, captured on a TikTok clip shared by StubHub, underscored the daring fashion Roan has become known for as she continues her Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things Tour.
Roan’s look is part of a larger tour narrative. The Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things Tour kicked off May 30 in Warsaw, Poland, and is scheduled to wrap Nov. 14 in Mexico City. The Missouri native has spent the year breaking out as a headlining act, a breakout punctuated by a Grammy win earlier this year. In February, she took home Best New Artist after releasing her debut studio album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, which features the singles Hot to Go! and Pink Pony Club.
Her achievements this year extend beyond chart performance and spectacle. During her Grammy acceptance speech, Roan directed attention toward music-industry power brokers, urging record labels to commit to livable wages and health care for developing artists. "Like most people, I had a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic and could not afford health insurance," she said. "It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and so dehumanized to not have health care. And if my label would have prioritized artists’ health, I could have been provided care by a company I was giving everything to." She added: "So record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. Labels, we got you, but do you got us?"
Roan’s rise this year has fused high-concept fashion with a candid, sometimes provocative voice on industry issues. She has leveraged her platform to connect with a growing audience across North America and Europe as the tour progresses, reflecting a cultural moment in which style and advocacy increasingly intersect in pop stardom.
As the tour continues, Roan’s team has signaled further stops and new material could follow, keeping audiences engaged as she cements her status as a defining voice in contemporary culture and entertainment.