Chappell Roan Concludes Benefit Shows With Surprise Duets Featuring PinkPantheress, Lola Young
Chappell Roan’s two-night Super Graphic Spectacular benefit concert ended on 22 October with surprise appearances by PinkPantheress and Lola Young. The event raised funds for LGBTQ+ youth and marked the first anniversary of Roan’s Midwest Princess Project.
PinkPantheress joined Roan for “Tonight”, from her project Fancy That, while Young duetted on “Picture You”. The concerts also featured artists including MUNA, Tinashe and Caroline Polachek; all net proceeds are set to support the project’s work with trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities. The project says it has raised more than $800,000 and supported over 60 organisations.
In short
- Roan’s benefit concerts ended with two surprise duets.
- PinkPantheress and Lola Young joined her on stage.
- Proceeds support LGBTQ+ communities and trans youth.
Explained simply
Chappell Roan is an American pop singer whose debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, helped build her following. Her Midwest Princess Project is a charitable initiative supporting LGBTQ+ people, including young people who are transgender.
LGBTQ+ is a broad term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity is not exclusively heterosexual or cisgender. Support for LGBTQ+ youth can include funding organisations that provide community services and other assistance; the project says it has backed more than 60 organisations.