Chappell Roan unveiled a new dark brown hairdo when she hit the stage this week at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York this week.
Ever since she rocketed to fame last year via her single Good Luck, Babe!, one of the trademark facets of her high-camp appearance has been her red hair.
Her voluminous fiery curls were one of the highlights of her cover for her 2023 album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, which gradually became a cult classic over the course of the year following its release.
Now however the Red Wine Supernova songstress, who is known for extravagant onstage looks, has decided to play with her image even further.
In fan footage that has surfaced on TikTok, she could be seen strutting her stuff on the stage with luxurious dark locks cascading down her back.
The new hairstyle is in fact a back-to-basics move, as Chappell is a natural brunette who has shared childhood pictures of herself with brown hair.
Chappell Roan unveiled a new dark brown hairdo when she hit the stage this week at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York this week
Her appearance has drawn attention multiple times during her current tour, which is entitled Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things.
Last weekend, while performing in a structured corset and tiny thing, she wheeled around onstage and caught sight of her almost bare backside on a live screen.
‘Oh my God, I forgot my bottom was just a thong,’ she said, cheekily placing a hand over the exposed area in a show of mock embarrassment.
‘I looked up on the screen and saw my a** and I was like…’ she said, pulling a stunned expression and then reassuring herself: ‘It’s gone.’
As images of her on her new tour circulated on social media, fans noticed that she was flashing her armpit hair, igniting a fierce debate.
Some observers reacted with revulsion, writing posts like: ‘You lost me with the underarm bush,’ ‘Disgusting armpits,’ and: ‘Bad hygiene.’
Others however leapt to Chappell’s defense, such as one who scoffed: ‘Oh no armpits are not shaved, so f***ing what?! Grow up, it’s not gonna kill you.’
‘Difference between men’s mentality and boys, men don’t sweat trivial bulls**t like armpit hair,’ sneered another social media user, while a third wondered: ”Underarm hair is now bad hygiene? Can people just live?’
In fan footage that has surfaced on TikTok , she could be seen strutting her stuff on the stage with luxurious dark locks cascading down her back
Ever since she rocketed to fame last year via her single Good Luck, Babe!, one of the trademark facets of her high-camp appearance has been her red hair; pictured June 2024
Her voluminous fiery curls were one of the highlights of her cover for her 2023 album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (pictured)
The tour comes months after fans accused Chappell of pushing her assistant on a red carpet, in a clip that went viral of her at the 2025 Fashion Los Angeles Awards.
Taken in April, the footage initially showed her waving at fans while standing next to two other people – but at one stage Chappell appeared to softly collide with her assistant and gently push her away with her arm.
Social media users scathingly denounced Chappell for her ‘rude and disrespectful act’ and her ‘nasty evil spirit,’ with one remarking: ‘it was an emotional and psychological push, with her hand there to infer of a push… truly sinister.’
The exchange began when a male photographer off-camera was heard apparently shouting that someone needed to ‘turn.’
At some point, a photographer was heard shouting: ‘Shut the f*** up,’ to which Chappell turned and bellowed back: ‘YOU shut the f*** up!’
She added: ‘No! Not me, b****!’ prompting whoops from some of the observers on the scene. ‘Tell him, girl,’ said one woman who was watching the encounter.
Last weekend, while performing in a structured corset and tiny thing, she wheeled around onstage and caught sight of her almost bare backside on a live screen
As images of her on her new tour circulated on social media, fans noticed that she was flashing her armpit hair, igniting a fierce debate; pictured last month in Budapest
Chappell was previously vocal about her exasperation over ‘weird’ fans making her ‘uncomfortable’ with their intrusive behavior – prompting a backlash from social media users who felt she was being ungrateful for her stardom.
‘I don’t care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous, whatever,’ she said on TikTok last August.
‘I don’t care that it’s normal. I don’t care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, the career field I’ve chosen.’
Chappell continued: ‘That does not make it okay that doesn’t make it normal. That doesn’t mean that I want it, that doesn’t mean that I like it….’
She defiantly declared she did not ‘give a f***’ about being regarded as ‘selfish’ for saying ”no for a photo or for your time or for a hug. That’s not normal, that’s weird.’