Chappell Roan offered a heartfelt acceptance speech about community last night at the 2026 Resonator Awards. The second annual awards, held at Los Angeles’ Chaplin Studios, honored the pop singer with the Harmonizer Award.
Roan accepted the honor from Heart’s Nancy Wilson and took the opportunity to share an off-the-cuff reflection. “I cut my speech to a fourth of the length,” Roan noted before thanking Wilson.
“I feel very uncomfortable being told that I’m a good person,” she said. “I think that has to do with some type of Christian guilt or something. But it’s cool when people you really look up to think that you’re a good person or that you’re doing good things.”
Roan continued, “But I only know what to do because I see other people in my life doing good things and listening to trans people who need representation and money for healthcare and rent. I kind of think that it’s just an artist’s—and anybody who has money—it’s kind of your duty to give it away. I don’t really know what else there is to harmony other than giving.”
After thanking the awards for the recognition, she acknowledged, “I don’t really know what’s gonna happen to women or gay people or people of color or really anyone. But I think that the only thing that matters is community and kindness and giving what you have.”
chappell roan accepting the harmonizer award at the 2026 resonator awards tonight!
“this is my band that i take on tour with me, most of them, and i told them to pick a walk-on song to surprise me that would make me laugh and it did!” pic.twitter.com/1Jqxe470JT
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— chappell roan daily (@dailyroan) January 28, 2026
chappell roan accepting the harmonizer award at the 2026 resonator awards tonight!
“i think that it’s just an artist’s, and anybody who has money, it’s kinda your duty to give it away” pic.twitter.com/QAJLsFOtSE
— chappell roan daily (@dailyroan) January 28, 2026
On the red carpet at the awards, Wilson explained why she was so thrilled to present to Roan. “With people like Chappell Roan, it’s really coming into the culture at a most crucial time when it’s needed more than ever these days,” Wilson said. “All the inclusiveness of Chappell’s ethical power that she has. It’s just something to be here for.”
Last year, Roan invited Wilson on stage in New York to cover Heart’s song “Barracuda” together. “I cover barracuda at most of my shows and got the absolute honor to have @nancywilson from @heartofficial play it with us,” Roan wrote on Instagram after the show. “So so amazing and I’m still in shock hahaha three nyc shows down one more to go. This job is so awesome and I’m so grateful wow.”
Roan is nominated for two Grammys this year. The singer is up for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for her song “The Subway.”
From Rolling Stone US
