Awkward Lesbian

ok so, the Guts World Tour Heterosexuality Crisis ™. There’s basically three key elements here.

First off: Olivia Rodrigo. You guys know Olivia Rodrigo right? Drivers License, Vampire, Good 4 U, Brutal: tons of high-charting hits. Easily one of the biggest pop stars in the world right now. Olivia is a former Disney Channel star. To this day, a lot of her diehard fans are people who’ve been following her since her Disney Channel days. So a significant percentage of her fanbase are people who were watching the disney channel in the year of our lord Two Thousand And Also Nineteen - i.e. pre-teen to teenage girls who are possibly a tad sheltered.

Since leaving The Mouse behind, Olivia’s musical output has not exactly been Disney Appropriate, but you might not immediately know that if you haven’t listened to the albums. Olivia isn’t like Miley Cyrus where she hit 18 and immediately needed to let everyone know she FUCKS. Being “No Longer Kid Friendly” isn’t part of her branding. So a lot of parents, even the more conservative ones, are still willing to take their daughters to an Olivia Rodrigo concert even as her content has gotten more mature since her High School Musical days.

The third component of this situation is Chappell Roan. During her rise to pop stardom, Olivia has worked hand-in-hand with a guy named Dan Nigro (don’t worry it’s pronounced “NYE-grow”). He’s handled production on both of her albums and has gotten some pretty significant critical acclaim for his work. Well it just so happens that Dan’s other main partner in crime when it comes to pop music is Chappell Roan- a campy, bisexual singer-songwriter who’s been on the come up over the past year after a couple big tiktok hits and a sold-out headlining tour. This connection has given Chappell the opportunity to open for Olivia on the first leg of her world tour this year, which is an interesting choice because Chappell Roan is very decidedly not kid friendly. Her music is very overtly sexual and very, very overtly gay.