Halsey comes to Chappell Roan's defense Hollywood Reporter Her Grammy Awards gave a stern speech.
Chappell Roan called on the music industry to treat young artists as he came to the podium with the best new artist win on Sunday night. In her speech, she asked the label to provide livable wages and health care for their developing countries. "Tags, we got you, but did you get us?" She applauded her peers.
Hollywood Reporter A guest column was published Wednesday, titled "Chappell's Song: Misleading Speech by Instant Industry Insiders". It was written by Jeff Rabhan, who worked as a music journalist and record label executive. He is now in higher education. In this article, Rahan refutes Ron's position, claiming she is "too green and uninformed" to make these claims and that the tag is obliged to provide these basic securities to its artists.
In a text-only Instagram story, Halsey tagged Hollywood Reporter Directly before sharing your response to the work. “I hope you are embarrassed by the absolute personal attacks that you have suffered and disguised as critical journalism,” he/their pronoun Halsey wrote. "Jeff Rabhan's rant, boiling tantrum is filled with assumptions and accusations that promote the experience of each artist to the most successful artists. Our industry is made up of thousands of voices The highest elite in the class is not a role model for the overall experience of all artists.”
Halsey went on to point out how the progress of records was “burden for survival” and was “investment games.” They continue, “If you want to profit from someone else’s art; that artist should have a basic life means feeling safe enough to create this art.”
In this post, Rahan insists that “elite” artists like Ron should “put money in your mouth.” He presents examples of other artists fighting industry practices such as Prince, Tom Petty and Taylor Swift.
“This is what real industry disruptors do,” Rahan wrote. "Taylor Swift not only complained - she re-recorded the entire directory and managed to make a billion dollars in her spare time. The prince reinvented his entire business model. Petty made a creative move Going on hunger strike and having one of his best record hostages.”
Halsey specifically announced a quick comparison in his post: “Artists like Chapel have been working for over a decade, not ‘instant industry insiders’ and have the rewards of their behavior with industries like Taylor Taylor (Swift) for comparison (Swift), when Chappell doesn't even have enough time to see her long-term residuals, but sudden success is irresponsible for someone you have experienced in this industry.”
Halsey ended her post calling the post a “boot licking behavior.”
Ron himself has not responded to the column.