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Chappell Roan appeared on Amazon Music's "Country Heat Weekly" podcast to discuss her upcoming lesbian country single, "The Giver."

We’re so beyond… so beyond far away from that, I could not even tell you.” This follows Roan’s release of the single “ The Giver ,” and an accompanying statement in which she addresses new music: “I have such a special place in my heart for country music.