Mega-star Chappell Roan was born 4 years after Oasis launched their debut album. Her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, got here out over a decade after Oasis broke up. On stage she dons elaborate, drag queen-like make-up and lavish outfits — nothing like Noel and Liam Gallagher‘s extra informal apparel. And but, it seems the 2 artists have one thing in frequent.
Launched in September of 2023, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess featured a number of sleeper hits that didn’t start incomes nationwide consideration till the spring of 2024. One in all them was “Purple Wine Supernova.”
“I wanted a campy homosexual woman tune that captured the magic of getting emotions for one more woman,” Roan, who identifies as a lesbian, stated concerning the single in 2023 (through Flood Journal). “I packed the tune with enjoyable raunchy lyrics that make it really feel like an evening out flirting with the woman throughout the bar!”
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Rising up in a small city in Missouri, Roan, whose actual identify is Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, struggled with expressing her sexual orientation — till she moved to Los Angeles and located a supportive group in West Hollywood’s homosexual bars.
“I grew up pondering being homosexual was unhealthy and a sin,” she instructed The Guardian in December of 2023. “I went to the homosexual membership as soon as and it was so impactful, like magic. It was the other of every thing I used to be taught.”
Roan penned numerous songs about this liberation, together with “Purple Wine Supernova,” which she stated took her 4 years to jot down. “It was horrible,” she instructed MTV, explaining that it took a number of individuals to assist full it. “I hated that tune for many of its life.”
Hearken to Chappell Roan’s ‘Purple Wine Supernova’
A Supernova With a Completely different Type of Wine
Oasis followers will little doubt spot the tune title’s similarity to “Champagne Supernova” from 1995’s (What is the Story) Morning Glory? Sure, the 2 are associated.
“It is just like the homosexual woman model,” Roan instructed Glamour in Could 2023. “Lesbian Oasis.”
The which means and inspiration behind Oasis’ tune is much less clear.
“It means various things once I’m in numerous moods,” Noel stated to NME the 12 months the tune was launched. “After I’m in a nasty temper, being caught beneath a landslide is like being suffocated. The tune is a little bit of an epic. It is about whenever you’re younger and also you see individuals in teams and you consider what they did for you and so they did nothing.”
Hearken to Oasis’ ‘Champagne Supernova’
Lyrically talking, essentially the most direct connection between Oasis and Roan’s tune are the strains having to do with toking up. “The place have been you whereas we have been getting excessive?” sings Liam. “I do not care that you are a stoner,” Roan sings.
However truly, the 2 songs mash up fairly effectively, as evidenced beneath.
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The Manchester-born band solely launched seven albums — and so they ended on tough phrases — however there is a delicate arc to their catalog that each attracts from clear influences and stands totally alone.
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