Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo Team Up for a Very Sapphic Game Show Music Video
This ‘expectations’ remix is even better–and gayer–than we’d hoped.
Olivia Rodrigo’s new music video with Chappell Roan is simply delighting lesbians everywhere.
The “drivers license” singer announced this week that Roan would be featured on a remix of her song, “expectations.” But the two exceeded our, well, expectations when they dropped a full ’80s-themed, game show-hopping music video for the song.
The original song centers around Rodrigo learning to have higher standards for her romantic relationships after dating loser guys. The remix, of course, keeps the theme, but adds an entire sapphic verse for Roan about dating a similarly disappointing woman.
“She said she’d call me later. That was three weeks ago—classic LA behavior,” she sings.
The song itself is a fun earworm of a tune, but the video adds a whole new dimension. In addition to being an aesthetic delight, it’s immediately obvious how much fun Rodrigo and Roan—who have been friends for years, even before Roan’s rise to fame—had making it.
Fans quickly took to social media to express their appreciation for the collab and everything it represents.
Also notable were the cameos. Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is featured as “Your Favorite Host’s Favorite Host,” the fictional Johnny Johnson, while producer Dan Nigro and former RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Aquaria also make appearances.
Rodrigo and Roan chatted with Apple Music about the process of collaborating, including Roan mentioning how important it was that Rodrigo allowed her to have an entire lesbian perspective verse on the remix, and Rodrigo recounting how Roan reacted to her stories about men she’d dated.
It’s almost a shame both Rodrigo and Roan are so wildly successful in their respective solo careers, because based on this remix, an ongoing musical team-up between the two might be exactly what modern pop music needs.
