From them.us By Mathew Rodriguez

"Chappell Roan came to the Grammys stage not only to accept the award for best new artist, but to use her platform to share an important message about fairness and working conditions for developing artists.

After a show-stopping rendition of her song “Pink Pony Club,” the singer used her acceptance speech to advocate for a livable wage and health care access for new and emerging artists.

“I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and health care, especially to developing artists,” Roan said, reading from a notebook she brought to stage. “Because I got signed so young, I got signed as a minor, and when I got dropped, I had zero job experience under my belt and like most people, I had a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic and could not afford health insurance.”

She continued, “It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and so dehumanized to not have health insurance. And if my label would have prioritized artists’ health, I could’ve been provided care by a company I was giving everything to. So record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection.”"

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