Chappell Rosan's Speech At The 2025 Grammy Awards That For Taylor Swift To Sabrina Carpenter Was Amazed

Chappell Rosan gave a winning speech at the 2025 Grammy Awards (Instagram @chappellroan)

JAKARTA - Chappell Rosan managed to bring home his first Grammy this year. The 26-year-old soloist won in the Best New Artist category, ahead of Sabrina Carpenter, Benson totaling, Douchii, Khspacekibin, Raye, Shaboozey, and Teddy Swims.

Rosan's victory became a hot topic of conversation. The reason is, he conveyed sharp criticism of the music industry through his winning speech on stage.

He tried to advocate for something very important for musicians, namely health services and decent wages.

Reading from the notebook on stage, Rosan criticized record labels and "industrials that make millions of dollars in profit from artists." He also shared experiences about losing health services after being removed from his label just before the pandemic.

His speech received a lively welcome from the people who attended the Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2. RAYE, Taylor Swift, to Sabrina Carpenter seemed amazed to listen with great attention as he spoke, and accepted the applause after his speech.

The following is a complete quote from Chappell Rosan's winning speech at the 2025 Grammy Awards from the Recording Academy YouTube channel:

Thank you to fellow nominations whose music helped me through last year. Brat is the best night of my life this year. [...] Thank you to everyone who listened and who brought me here today, Dan and Island Records, Amusement Records, my friends and family, and especially Papa Chappell (fans), who I named according to my own name.

I say to myself, if I win the Grammys and stand here, in front of the most powerful people in the music world, I will demand that labels and industries that profit millions of dollars from artists offer decent wages and health services, especially for emerging artists.

Since I contracted at a very young age, I contracted as a minor, and when I was expelled, I had no work experience at all and like most people, I had difficulty finding work during the pandemic and was unable to pay health insurance. It's devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and so inhumane because I don't have health services. And if my label prioritizes the artist's health, I can get treatment from the company I've given everything. So, record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with decent wages and health insurance and protection. Label, we support you, but do you support us?