May 10
Dan Nigro Is Working on Pop Singer Chappell Roan's Sophomore Album
Emell Adolphus READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Songwriter Dan Nigro and pop star Chappell Roan just dropped some major deets at the ASCAP Pop Awards about a new project they are working on.
According to Variety, they are working on Roan's sophomore album, a follow-up to her 2023 debut "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess."
It's still in its early stages but Nigro said he is "feeling good about it."
"At the same time we are literally right at the beginning of the recording process, it's only been a few days," he said. "But when I have Chappell in studio, it's always good fun – she's amazing. We're doing a lot of sitting around and talking at this point and there's moments where she becomes the Chappell you see on stage, but then there's moments where it comes down. We're writing ballads, some sad songs where it's just the piano and her voice."
Roan, who is known to be pretty theatrical in her delivery, said there "isn't much of an agenda with this next album." Other than to be herself.
"I plan to do what I have always done: write songs that I love, create music I'm proud of and share that with the world," she said at ASCAP. "Maybe I should have more of an answer of what my expectations are [with the album], but at this point, I just don't know."
That's definitely an answer.
Nigro and Roan hit success together on their "Good Luck, Babe!" song, which earned Roan her first entry on the Hot 100.
If you didn't catch it, Roan performed during weekend two of Coachella and captivated audiences with a butterfly costume and full drag makeup.
"First of all, that performance was insane," says Nigro. "Watching that speech in real time was incredible – I was actually really anticipating if she was going to have the same speech as weekend one and of course she did not! Our friends were filming our reactions, it was the most incredible thing ever."
That is until Roan's next album. Roan had the honor and duty of presenting Nigro with the Songwriter of the Year award at the ASCAP event.
And we can't wait to hear what they do next.
