Fortnite, The Sims, and now RuneScape - Chappel Roan loves the MMO's "medieval synth sh*t" music as a "video game girl" into "'80s weird sh*t"

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The Pink Pony Club singer is a big fan of those old school boops

Old School RuneScape character with a frog hat
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Singer songwriter and pop star Chappel Roan is an unexpected RuneScape girlie - or, at least, she's really into the evergreen MMO's awesome music.

The Grammy-winning singer said as much in a conversation with synth pop artist Hemlocke Springs, published in Nylon. Both artists talked about being put in arbitrary boxes throughout their careers, with Roan taking issue with the 'queer artist' label sometimes placed on her, which is when she makes the very astute point that people and music are so much more than the boxes they're stuffed into. Sometimes, at their best, they're a little bit RuneScape.

None of this should be too surprising coming from the artist who previously begged The Sims to let her record a version of her hit song, Pink Pony Club, in Simlish and recently joined the melting pot of pop culture icons in Fortnite. And any gamer around her (or my) age is likelier than not to have at least some nostalgic mining memories in RuneScape.

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Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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