Chappell Roan confirms next album will be pop record: 'I'm not switching genres'

Chappell Roan has promised fans her next album will be a pop record.

The Pink Pony Club hitmaker is currently promoting her new song, titled The Giver, which is due to drop on Thursday.

Reflecting on the country track in an interview for Apple Music's Today's Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen, Chappell emphasised that she isn't planning to permanently pivot from pop.

"I really just did it for fun. I'm not switching genres or anything," she declared, according to a preview obtained by E! News.

In addition, Chappell - real name Kayleigh Amstutz - explained that she wanted to write and record a country song because she thought it would be "campy and fun".

"I'm from southwest Missouri," the 27-year-old continued. "(I) grew up on Christian and country, and then found Alejandro by Lady Gaga and I was like, 'I think I like this, too.' So, I have kept country in my heart. And it's so incredibly nostalgic to drive in West Hollywood and have Jason Aldean (playing) or Alan Jackson's Chattahoochee."

Elsewhere in the conversation, Chappell cited duo Big & Rich's 2004 single Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) as a big inspiration.

"I was like, 'I want to feel that way on stage. I want to feel that,'" she said. "Because that's how I write. I'm like, 'How do I want to walk around on stage and sing?' And I was like, 'I want to write that song, but Chappell's version.'"

The full interview is set to drop via Apple Music on Friday.