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From Taylor Swift to Chappell Roan: The Pop Girlies Are Sticking Together
Women in music have entered a new era of solidarity and support rather than competition and toxicity
From Charli XCX ’s Brat Summer to Sabrina Carpenter ’s Short n’ Sweet Tour and the rise of the Midwest Princess herself, Chappell Roan, women in pop are dominating the airwaves and the culture in a way we haven’t seen since the early aughts. At a certain point, the tide began to turn, reaching a peak last summer when some of the top-selling albums — Charli XCX’s Brat, Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, Taylor Swift ’s The Tortured Poets Department, Billie Eilish ’s Hit Me Hard and Soft and Beyoncé ’s Cowboy Carter — were all by women. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times published on Thursday, October 10, Eilish, 22, was asked if she felt threatened by the success of fellow pop stars Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX.
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