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    Chappell Roan Debuts New Lesbian Country Song on 'Saturday Night Live'
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    Chappell Roan Debuts New Lesbian Country Song on 'Saturday Night Live'

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    Your passion is… country?

    Chappell Roan went from the Pink Pony Club to the Country Club on Saturday Night Live and surprised fans by opening for her second number of the show, premiering a brand new song that blends C&W with C&W, both visually and sonically Switched to Country LGBTQ+.

    “I get the job done,” Roan sang in the chorus of the new song, which shares a theme with “Femininomenon,” arguing that sometimes (or always?) pleasing one woman is a job best done to a fellow woman leaves.

    “All the country boys say you know how to threaten a woman right,” Roan said during a spoken word on the sidelines of the song – “Well, only a woman knows how to treat a woman right. She gets the job done.”

    In this second appearance near the end of the show, Roan was still wearing the large red wig with white streaks that marked her first appearance, when she previously performed her signature song “Pink Pony Club.” Other than that, everything was different, right down to Roan's backup singers and his all-female band switching to old-school jeans and western shirts, while Roan reemerged in a gingham-style halter top, short shorts, and boots could almost come straight from “The Dukes of Hazzard”.

    Only “Dukes” didn't have much to do with it: Roan clearly celebrated the Duchesses of Hazzard, with moderately risqué lyrics about giving and receiving partners and reassuring that “it's just in my nature to take it like a taker.” and “You don’t need to hurry.”

    Cartoon bears and other animated forest animals watched as Roan's suddenly violin-driven band brought home the country banger.

    Roan did not immediately announce or release an official title for the new song, which from the sound of it is likely to be either “I Get the Job Done” or “She Gets the Job Done.”

    Last week, Roan posted a photo of herself with the album cover of her debut album and suggested in the caption that it would soon be replaced with a new one, although no indication of a recording or release schedule was given.

    Previously on “SNL,” Roan sang “Pink Pony Club” and turned off the mic for the final pre-chorus so the studio audience could sing it on her behalf. Perhaps the show's audio engineers turned up the ambient noise more than normal, but it sounded like the entire audience was made up of die-hard Roan fans, judging by the volume of the sing-alongs heard over the televisions.

    It took 13 years for Roan's performance to materialize, or at least to be dreamed of. Earlier this week, she posted on her social media a screenshot of a Facebook post she had written in April 2011, when she would have been 13, under her stage name Kayleigh Amstutz, in which she prophetically wrote: “I am determined to be there to be “SNL.”

    There's no indication yet whether Roan's turn to country represents a major change in direction for her second album or, more likely, a one-time thing. Either way, she's one of several major pop artists to dabble in the genre recently. Beyoncé and Post Malone both released country-themed albums this year, and Lana Del Rey has been working on one for some time.

    Of course, Roan's new song isn't the first lesbian country song. Among them is the Highwomen's “If She Ever Leaves Me,” and points of comparison in this burgeoning subgenre could become a topic of conversation when Brandi Carlile moderates a discussion with Roan and her producer Dan Nigro in Los Angeles this week.

    Now the big question: Will Roan be invited to do his job with an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry?

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