Chappell Goes Country, Gaga is Cryptic, and Clairo Gets Gay
Here’s everything that went down in the queer music world over the weekend.
Chappell Roan is Finally Giving Us “The Giver”
Months after surprising fans in November by performing a previously unheard country song during her Saturday Night Live debut, Chappell Roan is finally teasing the song’s release. Through a cryptic Instagram story post, Roan urged fans to call the number (620) 468-8646 (aka “HOT-TOGO”).
🚨 Previews of Chappell Roan’s new song “The Giver” coming out soon!
— chappell roan archive (@archivechappell) February 18, 2025
It was previously performed on SNL
There’s speculation she will be dressed up as a dentist, an attorney, a plumber, and an investigator in the music video! ✧ pic.twitter.com/rqT8JBCznT
When the number is dialed, callers are greeted by a southern-accented Roan who offers a series of options to reach—a dentist, an attorney, a plumber, a construction worker, and a private investigator. Each option offers an incredibly grainy snippet of the upcoming song. Fans have obsessively called the number although the realistic voicemail did cause some fans to panic that they had accidentally called a random Kansas dentist’s office.
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raise your hand if you called the hot to go hotline and panicked because you thought you accidentally called a dentist’s office pic.twitter.com/pwPvp0Wboi
— chappell roan daily (@dailyroan) February 17, 2025
In addition to the dial-up stunt, a suit-clad Roan appeared on a billboard in Nashville, Tennessee posing as an attorney who will, in reference to the song’s lyrics, make her opponents “take it like a taker.” Earlier today Roan appeared again in a Times Square billboard alongside the phone number and the words, “Ew… Someone Had a Little Accident.” Some fans have predicted that there will be a third billboard sighting in Santa Monica based on a sign visible during Roan’s SNL performance.
While fans are still left wondering when the song will be released, they are excited by the official start of Chappell’s new era. In October, producer Dan Nigro teased that the pair had five songs already written for the “new version of Chappell” including “The Giver” and fan-favorite “The Subway.” As we all anxiously await the arrival of this new era, Chappell reminds us with this new song that “ain’t no need to hurry, cause baby, [she] delivers.”
with the institutionalized homophobia and transphobia in the US rn, it is so important that chappell is giving us an unapologetically dyke country song w/ a meaning that is so overtly lesbian that it cannot be watered down, as a drag queen who is extremely vocal abt trans rights pic.twitter.com/ktxLxgq6rl
— el ✶⋆.˚🍈 (@thesubwaymp3) February 18, 2025
Clairo Brings out Charli XCX to Sing “Sofia”
When Clairo released her gentle queer anthem “Sofia” in 2019, it was hard to avoid hearing the lyrics “I think we could do it if we tried / if only to say you’re mine,“ every time you took a scroll on TikTok. Almost 6 years later, the song remains one of Clairo’s most famous tracks but she has made it clear—by not playing the song live for over 3 years—that it’s not one of her favorites. However, at Laneway Music Festival over the weekend, Clairo brought back the queer hit and even invited Charli XCX to join in on the momentous occasion.
Full performance of Clairo and Charli xcx performing “Sofia” together at Laneway Fest in Melbourne pic.twitter.com/g3YOIrlu0J
— xcx source (@xcxsource) February 14, 2025
The opening guitar chords were met with immediate screams of shock, awe, excitement, and confusion, which only grew louder as Charli XCX took the stage.
@xxclairoxx I’m not bitter anymore
♬ Sofia – Clairo
Clairo later took to TikTok with the song in a video captioned, “I’m not bitter anymore.” The Brat singer also took to the social media app sharing that the experience made her wonder, “What if I made a record with guitar, or strings, or both?”
Lady Gaga Cryptically Teases Possible New Lyrics
Ahead of her album Mayhem’s release on March 7, Lady Gaga has updated her website with a riddle-like display of possible new lyrics. Fans have been obsessively gathering clues and have revealed some interesting lyrics such as, “TAP ON MY VEIN SUCK ON MY DIAMOND BLOOD,” “LOOKIN AT YOU LIKE A ZOMBIE KILLAH,” and “I CAN GET YOU MO-O-ORE.” Some fans have eaten up the reveals while others have raised eyebrows at the puzzling lyrics. One fan even claimed that they found the word “Beyonce” on the website and concluded that it must mean “Telephone” 2.0.
wait i found beyoncé’s name on gaga’s website…. TELEPHONE PART 2 IS COMING OMFG https://t.co/ciIqMtUfwj pic.twitter.com/lnF8q702yE
— wiLL (@willfulchaos) February 17, 2025
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On X this morning, Gaga dropped her cryptic act and announced the tracklist for the album with the message, “Get ready for MAYHEM.” Hopefully, these lyrics will make more sense when we hear the album but who knows? The only certainty about Gaga is that she will always keep us on our toes.
‘SNL’ 50 Concert Features Covers of Queer Hits
During the star-studded SNL 50th Concert held at Radio City Music Hall over the weekend, SNL alumni Will Ferrel and Ana Gasteyer reprised their roles as music teachers Marty and Bobbi Mohan-Culp in a musical medley of covers that heavily featured recent queer music.
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Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer as Marty Culp and Bobbi Mohan-Culp performing @officialdoechii's "Denial is a River" on #SNL50 pic.twitter.com/vs2dMLNIGA
— clubheartbreak (@clubheartbreak) February 15, 2025
Armed with a keyboard and shockingly awful wig, Ferrel began the bit by making a Brat reference which would be the first of many nods to queer culture. The duo covered Doechii’s “Denial is a River,” Megan Thee Stallion’s “Body,” Kim Petras and Sam Smith’s “Unholy,” and ended with Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck Babe.” Their musical spoof once again proved that pop music is nothing without the work of queer artists.
