Chappell Roan's new song "The Giver" is getting a push at country radio. A rep for Universal Music Group Nashville confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter. UMG Nashville is working the song on behalf of fellow UMG label Island Records, Roan's official label.
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00:00Chapel Roan's new song, The Giver, is getting a push at country radio.
00:04A rep for universal music group Nashville confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter.
00:16UMG Nashville is working the song on behalf of fellow UMG label Island Records, Roan's
00:21official label. According to Mediabase, the song had early spins at several country stations as
00:27in cities like Wichita, Kansas, Birmingham, Alabama, and, not surprisingly, Roan's hometown
00:32of Springfield, Missouri. But it's worth noting the song is getting more play at Top 40 radio.
00:37Roan treated Apple Music audiences to an expansive interview about The Giver last week,
00:41where she opened up about her relationship with country music.
00:44I think I have a special relationship to where I'm from because of country music.
00:49And so to kind of honor that part of myself by making a country song.
00:54Later in the interview, she shared this.
00:56I love myself so much that I took a leap into a pretty painful part of my past
01:06in the Midwest and made a song of joy.
01:10Roan's The Giver is the latest in a notable trend the past several years of pop acts delving into
01:15country. Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album won Grammys for Best Country Album and Album of the Year back
01:21in February, while Post Malone's country album F1 Trillion went platinum last year. Plus,
01:26his track I Had Some Help with country star Morgan Wallen was one of the biggest songs of the year.
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