Chappell Roan brought a daring look to the 2026 Grammys red carpet, with a topless outfit that had to be covered up while doing interviews with TV networks.
The “Pink Pony Club” singer, who is nominated for two Grammys this year for her song “The Subway,” and won best new artist last year, showed off the daring and dramatic look for photographers on the red carpet. Yet when she was getting interviewed by E!, she donned a cape so she would be able to appear on television.
On a 2025 episode of “Call Her Daddy,” Roan discussed the differences between her real-life outfits and on-stage ensembles through the years.
“I’m very modest when it comes to my day-to-day [dressing],” she said in the interview. “I used to dress fucking crazy. Before all of this happened and I had energy and light in my eyes, I would literally just wear my thong out, mini skirt, bottom ass cheeks out, nipples see through. I dressed really, really, bimbo-y. I would wear silicone breast inserts to make my boobs come up to my fcking clavicle. [But] I just lost my shine because it became a job, and then I was like, ‘I’m fucking tired.’”
Roan also caused a stir at last year’s Grammys during her acceptance speech for best new artist, which served as a call to action for the music industry.
“I told myself that if I ever won a Grammy and got to stand up here before the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels in the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and health care, especially to developing artists,” she said in the speech. “I got signed so young—I got signed as a minor. When I got dropped, I had zero job experience under my belt, and like most people, I had… quite a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic and [could not] afford insurance. It was devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and dehumanized. If my label had prioritized it, I could have been provided care for a company I was giving everything to. Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection.”
See Roan’s uncensored Grammy look below.
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From Variety US