Few things give a budding pop star their bona fides quite like proving their major label wrong.
I was so devastated, Roan recalled.
It made me second-guess myself.
Chappell RoanSacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Eventually, Atlantic acquiesced and released Pink Pony Club, and the initial reactions were even positive.
In the interim, Pink Pony Club was accumulating streams organically, and a devoted fanbase was growing.
They were really, really, really wrong.
To know that my gut instinct was right is the best feeling in the world.
Purposeful revenge does not feel good, but revenge by accident feels awesome.
(Atlantic declined to comment on the cover story.)
