Chappell Roan appeared at Elton John‘s annual Oscars viewing social gathering on Sunday evening, performing a canopy of John’s “Your Track,” in addition to duets with John of her anthemic hit “Pink Pony Membership” and his “Do not Let the Solar Go Down on Me.”

“I simply freaked out once I heard her,” John stated (through Rolling Stone) simply earlier than Roan took the stage on the occasion, which raised cash for John’s AIDS basis. “I interviewed her and fell in love together with her and the album [Roan’s 2023 LP The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess]. She’s so variety to do that. She’s one of many greatest stars on the planet proper now. Not solely does she converse together with her voice on stage, however off it.”

Roan reciprocated the admiration from the stage.

“Thanks a lot for believing in me,” she stated to John. “You made it so I may very well be the artist I may very well be.”

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You’ll be able to watch Roan and John carry out “Pink Pony Membership” beneath, in addition to Roan’s cowl of “Your Track.” (“It is sort of scary singing that in entrance of the one who wrote it,” Roan stated of the latter efficiency.)

Roan’s set additionally included a number of extra of her personal hits, together with “Crimson Wine Supernova,” “Sizzling to Go!” and “Good Luck, Babe!”

John ‘Retains an Eye’ on Roan

John has been a fan of Roan’s since earlier than The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, her debut album, was launched.

“He was about as early as an early adopter could be to her expertise,” John’s husband, David Furnish, instructed Selection final month. “Subsequently, she’s turn into an expensive good friend to Elton and me. He retains a watch on her and loves what she has achieved musically.”