Chappell Roan's $25,000 donation to struggling artists following her 2025 Grammy Awards speech sparks pledges to match from Charli XCX and Noah Kahan.

Chappell Roan's conversation-stirring Grammy night speech has incited action from the music industry to provide artists with livable wages and healthcare. Charli XCX and Noah Kahan joined the conversation online,

Charli XCX and Noah Kahan are joining Chappell Roan in supporting artists facing healthcare challenges. On Saturday (Feb. 8), the 32-year-old British pop star shared on her Instagram Story that, like Kahan,

Chappell Roan won the Grammy for Best New Artist, and she used her acceptance speech to call for change in the music business, highlighting the things that record labels don’t provide to the artists that they’re developing: “Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection.

Following her speech at the 2025 Grammy Awards calling for industry figureheads, Chappell Roan has kickstarted a series of donations to Backline.

"Random dudes are allowed to criticize my Grammy speech, but they best put their money where their mouth is, otherwise MOVE out of the way"

On Feb. 8, Noah Kahan, nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Cowboys Cry Too" with Kelsea Ballerini, shared he will join Chappell. He wrote, "Hey @chappellroan, I'm going to match your 25k to support artist's access to healthcare. I'm inspired by you. Happy to help get the ball rolling. Money where my mouth is!"

Chappell Roan 's not the only one putting her money where her mouth is. On Feb. 2 at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Chappell won Best New Artist and used her speech to address the critical issue of healthcare and liveable wages for developing artists.