2024 MTV VMAs: Chappell Roan Performs Amid Backlash for Canceled Shows

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Chappell Roan Blasts "Entitled" Fans for Harassing and "Stalking" Her

H-O-T-T-O-G-O, Chappell Roan conscionable stole the show.

The “Hot To Go!” vocalist made her grant amusement debut astatine the 2024 MTV VMAs, hitting the signifier astatine UBS Arena successful New York Sept. 11 to execute her deed "Good Luck, Babe!"

Featuring a medieval-inspired creation number, the song—off Chappell’s 2023 debut medium The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess—got galore celeb attendees dancing along. (To spot each the stars connected the reddish carpet, click here.)

Chappell began the show wearing a knight successful shining armor outfit, wielding a flaming crossbow earlier launching into "Good Luck, Babe!" arsenic occurrence rained astir her.

Chappell (real sanction Kayleigh Rose Amstutz) is nominated for Best New Artist astatine the ceremony, facing disconnected against nominees Benson Boone, Gracie Abrams, Tyla, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims. In addition, she is up for the Performance of the Year grant alongside Benson, Teddy, GloRilla, Coco Jones, Victoria Monet, Jessie Murph, Laufey, Le SSerafim and The Warning.

And portion Chappell’s VMAs performance itself was a hit, not everyone was applauding aft she seemingly prioritized the VMAs implicit her immoderate of her European circuit dates. In fact, aft the 26-year-old canceled her Sept. 3 and Sept. 4 concerts successful Paris and Amsterdam—later revealing successful a Sept. 3 Instagram Story it was owed to rehearsals for the VMAs—her planetary fans took to societal media to complain.

“Canceling 2 shows that are successful little than a week due to the fact that you made the past infinitesimal determination to be the VMAs is truthful unprofessional,” 1 detractor wrote connected X Aug. 29. “Many caller artists conscionable don't person an ounce of respect for their fans.”

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Another added to X, “Is leaving fans heartbroken that they present can’t spot their favourite creator truly worthy it for a abbreviated small 5 infinitesimal spot astatine an grant show?”

Meanwhile, fans besides recovered her show astatine specified a high-profile lawsuit contradictory to her erstwhile nationalist statements astir her struggles with her speedy emergence to fame.

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Last month, Chappell called retired “creepy behavior” amid her summertime of illustration success.

“I don’t attraction that maltreatment and harassment, stalking, whatever, is simply a mean happening to bash to radical who are famous,” she explained successful an Aug. 18 TikTok. “That does not marque it OK. That doesn’t marque it normal. That doesn’t mean I privation it. That doesn’t mean that I similar it.”

Chappell faced backlash for calling retired immoderate of her fans, but galore different celebrities—including Shawn Mendes and Jewel—came to her defense.

“This happens to each pistillate I cognize from this business,” the Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams wrote. “I’m truly thankful Chappell is consenting to code it successful a existent way, successful existent time.”

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