Roan posted on her Instagram Stories a response to a Hollywood Reporter guest essay that went viral for criticizing her Grammy night takedown of the industry. Roan had slammed major labels for their treatment of young, new recording artists and called for paying them a living wage and providing healthcare.

After winning best new artist at the Grammys this year, Chappell Roan slammed criticism over her 2025 Grammys speech, which she used toadvocate for the music industry to provide healthcare to its artists.

Grammy Award winner Chappell Roan fired back at a recent op-ed that trivialized her onstage plea for artists' healthcare, asking the music executive who wrote it to (pink) pony up. Former Atlantic Records exec Jeff Rabhan ridiculed Roan’s callout at the Grammys in an op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter earlier this week.