“Red Wine Supernova” by Chappell Roan

"Red Wine Supernova" arrived in May 2023 as single number six from Chappell Roan's debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, and it took the scenic route: Roan said the song was three years in the making, and it didn't chart until 2024, riding the wave kicked up by "Good Luck, Babe!" to become one of seven Roan songs on the Hot 100 at once.

Roan wanted a campy gay-girl crush song with cheeky, raunchy lyrics, the rush of flirting with a girl across a bar, and she has called it the gay girl answer to Oasis' "Champagne Supernova". Dan Nigro co-wrote it, played bass and guitar, and produced it with Noah Conrad and Lixa, spinning it into glittery synth-pop and dance-pop with a new wave glint. Serban Ghenea mixed. Her own verdict: the ultimate in silly pop.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.