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03/22/2025

03/22/2025

Pop star Chappell Roan said her new country single, “The Giver,” is a “song of joy” inspired by her difficult upbringing as a q***r woman in the Midwest in an Apple Music interview.

The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer emphasized the connections between LGBTQ and country culture, calling the genre “so incredibly camp” in the Apple interview.

Roan said she drew inspiration for “The Giver” from Shania Twain, also citing the classic country stars Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson and George Strait. She detailed her relationship with the genre dating to her childhood in the Ozarks, touching on both nostalgia and cultural norms that she had to “unlearn.”

“I think I have a special relationship to where I’m from because of country music, and so to kind of honor that part of myself by making a country song where it’s like, ‘You know what? Yes, I’m gay, and yes I am ultra pop. Yes, I am a drag queen … who can also perform a country song,’” Roan said.

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03/22/2025

03/22/2025

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03/22/2025

03/22/2025

Three women’s sports bars have opened so far this year, and 14 more are expected to join them in the coming months, according to an NBC News analysis.

The venues have broken ground or plan to in every region of the country, including major cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco and smaller Midwestern cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Kansas City, Missouri.

Molly Huyck, the owner of SET the Bar in Omaha, Nebraska, said she was inspired to open her own space after she read about the United States’ first women’s sports bar, The Sports Bra in Portland, Oregon, and visited another, Seattle’s Rough & Tumble.

“I’m super excited to have a sports bar that feels good and a place where everyone’s welcome,” she said.

The women’s sports bar boom coincides with a surge in interest in and viewership of women’s college and professional sports in recent years.

Read more: nbcnews.app.link/iFZvocX6URb

03/21/2025

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03/21/2025

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03/20/2025

20 years together. Happy to be with you everywhere and always

03/20/2025

Big shout out to our newest top fans! 💎

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03/19/2025

03/19/2025

The order allows soldiers to keep serving in the military under rules established by the Biden administration.

03/19/2025

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