Chappell Roan Reveals Her Second Album “Doesn’t Exist Yet” After Releasing Three New Singles

Chappell Roan Reveals Her Second Album “Doesn’t Exist Yet” After Releasing Three New Singles

Chappell Roan may have released three new singles since her debut album, but she is now revealing that fans likely won’t get to hear her second full album for “at least five” years.

She spoke to Vogue while on set of the music video for her latest single, “The Subway,” where she said that her “second project doesn’t exist yet.”

Roan’s debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, was released in September 2023. The album was critically acclaimed and earned six Grammy nominations. She also took home the Grammy for best new artist at the 2025 ceremony.

Despite releasing “The Subway,” “The Giver” and “Good Luck, Babe” after her debut album’s release, Roan said “there is no album” and “no collection of songs.”

“It took me five years to write the first one, and it’s probably going to take at least five to write the next,” she said of her sophomore album. “I’m not that type of writer that can pump it out.”

Roan added that she doesn’t think she makes “good music whenever I force myself to do anything.”

“I see some comments sometimes, like, ‘She’s everywhere except that damn studio,’” she continued. “Even if I was in the studio 12 hours a day, every single day, that does not mean that you would get an album any faster.”

Roan went on to reveal that “The Subway” also “took an annoying amount of time to get just right.” While reflecting on why the writing and producing process took so long, she said, “I just wasn’t ready to put it out yet. It was just too painful. I was just too angry and scared — just about my life — to put it out.”

She’s now she’s in a better place, which she partially credits to staying off of social media. “Socials harm the fuck out of me and my art. I’m not doing that to myself anymore,” she said. “I’ve never written an album where I don’t have Instagram or anything. The album process is purely, only mine. No one on TikTok gets to see it.”

Roan first debuted “The Subway” during her performance at Governors Ball in New York City in June of 2024. However, she didn’t release the song on streaming platforms until July 31.

“I’m very proud of this song & what a journey she has been on,” she wrote on Instagram when she first dropped the track. “I first played it at gov ball when I was painted green as lady liberty and in the past have played new songs live to feel them out.”

She released the Amber Grace Johnson-directed music video on Aug. 1, which showed her making her way through New York City as she looked back on a broken heart on the subway.