Chappell Roan has attracted millions of new listeners in the year since she dropped her acclaimed debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, many of whom are eagerly waiting to hear what she makes next — and luckily for them, producer Dan Nigro has an update.
In a New York Times profile published Monday (Oct. 21), the 42-year-old hitmaker — who co-wrote and produced the pop star’s first LP — shared details about Roan’s sophomore effort. According to him, the duo has already completed five tracks for the project, including a “fun, up-tempo country song,” a “couple of ballads” and a “mid-tempo rock song.”
Plus, CR2 will also feature a track with a fiddle. “I’ll say that much,” Nigro told the publication. “It’s a new version of Chappell.”
One song on Roan’s next album that fans have already heard is “The Subway,” a belted ballad that the VMA winner premiered at Gov Ball in New York City this summer and has been performing on tour ever since. Roan has been very open about the downsides of fame she’s faced as her star has risen this year — from “predatory” fan behavior to mental-health strain — but Nigro also said that the topic “hasn’t come up in any songs” so far.
“We’re still writing from a really fun place,” the producer added to the publication. “We’ll see what happens.”
Nigro — who also works with Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray — has been writing with Roan since 2020. After Atlantic Records dropped her that year, the As Tall as Lions guitarist started his own label, Amusement Records, to release Roan’s music.
“Dan always believed in me,” the 26-year-old singer told NYT. “He has been there from the beginning, and brought me into realizing what makes me feel good to perform, what makes me feel good to sing, to write about. Because he believed in bringing that part of myself to life, I started to believe in it, too.”
