Chappell Roan Celebrates “Good Luck, Babe!” Reaching One Billion Spotify Streams

Chappell Roan Celebrates “Good Luck, Babe!” Reaching One Billion Spotify Streams

Chappell Roan has celebrated the fact that her song “Good Luck, Babe!” has reached one billion streams on Spotify.

The single was first released in April of this year and was written by Roan along with Justin Tranter and Dan Nigro. It became Roan’s breakthrough hit, reaching number two in the UK and number four in the US, and was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the Grammys.

Reacting to the news that the milestone had been passed, Roan wrote on Instagram: “Good luck babe reaching a billion streams on Spotify is a cuckoo clock. “All I can say is thank you.”

Other recent songs that have reached the one billion stream mark on Spotify include “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter and “Birds Of A Feather” by Billie Eilish.

The news comes just days after Franz Ferdinand covered the song on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show. “It’s just a great song from an incredible artist,” said frontman Alex Kapranos. “It’s funny, there are some artists who are having a moment, a lot of times it’s kind of divisive.”

“Some people absolutely love them and some people hate them. But I don’t know anyone, none of my friends, anyone I know who doesn’t like this artist. They are just that good. This song is incredible, so we’re going to play it.”

“Good Luck, Baby!” was not included on Roan’s debut album, “The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess,” which won Album of the Year at the Grammys. In a four-star review of the record: NME wrote that it is “a demonstration of Roan’s bold and brash pen, juxtaposing searing revelations alongside some deliciously saucy refrains.”

Roan opened up about experiencing sudden fame this year, comparing it to “an abusive ex-husband.” In an interview with The faceformer NME cover The star opened up about the normalization of extreme fan behavior, including “stalking, talking shit on the internet, (people who) won’t leave you alone, yelling at you in public.” She added: “I didn’t think it would would feel so bad.”

She previously took to TikTok to share her thoughts on “weird” and “creepy” followers and denounce the “predatory behavior” of so-called “superfans,” which includes “non-consensual physical and social interactions.”

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