Chappell Roan's Halloween show had it all: drag queens, costumes and catharsis.
This has been a star-is-born kind of year for pop singer-songwriter Chappell Roan, who played a sold out-show at Dallas' House of Blues Tuesday night.
This lighthearted tone and commitment to smiling through the heartbreak could be felt at her Dallas show. Roan has made it a tradition to ask fans to dress up at her shows, assigning different themes to every city. Seeing as Dallas’ show fell on Halloween, fans were instructed to simply show up in their Halloween costumes. Fans obliged in style, with some still paying homage to Roan’s songs and others showing up as everything from witches to Teletubbies.
The final piece of advice Roan poked fun at was the classic notion that you shouldn’t sleep with someone on the first date. But in Roan’s world, a queer woman is at the center of a story that’s optimistic and lighthearted. Drag queens get to be heroes in a country trying to paint them as criminals. There may be adversity and sad songs sprinkled throughout, but the show still has a happy ending.