It’s hard to single out any one song as the secret weapon of Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess ; as the best pop debut of the 2020s, the entire album was pretty weaponized. But the ballad Coffee certainly counts as a sleeper — and Roan was not sleeping on it when […]
Chappell Roan Invites Christina Aguilera for ‘Coffee,’ and Fully Manages ‘Expectations,’ in First Night of Benefits at L.A.’s Shrine: Concert Review
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