Chappell Roan, HOT TO GO! | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 47^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “HOT TO GO!” performed by Chappell Roan.

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E 🏳️‍🌈! Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies.  Here, we provide background and insight into musician(s) and analyze + go gaga over the decadent bops served up.  When the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is fully articulated.  All styles of music are welcome while the songs can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 47th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “HOT TO GO!” performed by Chappell Roan.

“Five, six / Five, six, seven, eight.” WOO! The ascent of Chappell Roan (Kayleigh Rose Amstutz) was swift! The Midwest-born and bred, Los Angeles singer/songwriter experienced one of the biggest breakouts of any musician in 2024.  The biggest song fueling her ascent was the infectious, top 10 hit, “Good Luck, Babe!”.  “Good Luck, Babe” doesn’t appear on her 2023 debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.  Another must-hear bop, top 30 hit, “HOT TO GO!”, does. “HOT TO GO!” is the seventh track from the critically acclaimed debut LP.  She penned it alongside producer Daniel Nigro.

“I don’t want the world, but I’ll take this city / Who can blame a girl? Call me hot, not pretty.” From the beginning, Roan is filled with attitude and energy. The instrumental accompaniment, likewise, is exuberant. 1980s dance and synthpop are written all over the cheerleader-inspired bop. The synths shimmer while the groove is giving dancefloor.  The lyrics are engaging and fun to the nth degree.  Chappell is playful throughout. “Baby, do you like this beat? / I made it, so you’d dance with me,” she asserts in the refrain, adding, “It’s like a hundred ninety-nine degrees / When you’re doing it with me, doing it with me.” Oh, the sexual innuendo! The refrain precedes the pre-chorus, where Roan spells! “H-O-T-T-O-G-O /… Dance it out, you’re hot to go.” And, for emphasis, the chorus emphasizes being “hot to go,” of course! The second verse is similar to the first, driven by desire: “No one’s touched me there in a damn hot minute.” Ooh-wee, Chappell! The second refrain is slightly altered, trading doing for sleep 😈. Eventually, Roan closes the song with the outro where she asks, “Woo, you coming home with me? / Okay, it’s hot / I’ll call a cab.” “HOT TO GO!” is the sugar honey iced tea, just like Chappell Roan is. If you haven’t already done so, you’ll have this LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 bop on repeat! #SICKENING!

Chappell Roan // The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess // KRA International Inc. / Island // 2023

Chappell Roan, HOT TO GO!: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 47 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; KRA International Inc. / Island; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]