Chappell Roan has opened up about the writing process of her signature hit Good Luck, Babe!.
While the success of older songs like Hot To Go! and Pink Pony Club has helped boost the US singer’s profile in the last year, it’s 2024 hit Good Luck, Babe! that really put her on the map.
As it turns out, though, the song was very nearly called something very different.
Speaking to Konbini, Chappell recalled: “Originally, it was not called Good Luck, Babe!. It was originally called Good Luck, Jane!, but my co-writer and I kept getting into arguments about it. So, it became Good Luck, Babe!.”
It’s fair to say fans were pretty happy with Chappell’s final decision:
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“And then, it kind of turned into, ‘oh, I think this is a story about me’ – especially the bridge, only dating men prior to the past couple of years, and it would have been horrible to wake up in the middle of the night being like, ‘oh my god, what have I done?’, thinking about that girl that I fell in love with.”
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