Chappell Roan, centre, performs "Pink Pony Club" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Pizzello

By Florence Hwang/CKOM

'Movin' to Saskatchewan'

Time for Saskatchewan to get spotlight, says pop star Chappell Roan

Aug 14, 2025 | 9:47 AM

Saskatchewan fans of American pop star Chappell Roan are hoping she’ll make good on her promise to visit the province.

In Roan’s new song about post-breakup heartache, called “The Subway,” the singer-songwriter name-drops Saskatchewan.

“I made a promise, if in four months this feeling ain’t gone … I’m movin’ to Saskatchewan,” she sings in the song.

In The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music’s YouTube channel, she explained how she decided to use Saskatchewan in her lyrics. She said Saskatchewan rhymed exactly what she wanted to say.

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“There was other options. But we’d already used Boston in “Femininomenon” (a song from Roan’s album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess),” she said.

In a promotional online video, red hair flies out the window of a U-Haul truck as it passes a Welcome to Saskatchewan sign, with a bright yellow canola field in the distance.

However, the music video doesn’t show any scenes from the province.

“You know what? It’s about time Saskatchewan get recognized globally,” she said in the Aug. 12 interview.

Roan even admitted to looking at concert venues in Saskatchewan during an interview with Nardwuar late last year.

“I owe it to them (Saskatchewan). I can’t sing a song about them and not go there,” she said.

She says she can’t wait to go to the often-overlooked province, which she admits she has never visited.

“But I promise I will perform there one day. And I also just love that the capital is called Regina,” she said.

Provincial politicians are chiming in with their support. NDP Leader Carla Beck and Nathaniel Teed posted a letter to express their eagerness to host the singer-songwriter.

Premier Scott Moe also welcomes the pop star.

“She should come here. We’ve had many artists mention Saskatchewan over the last number of decades … like Johnny Cash. I think many (fans) would look forward to attending her concert,” Moe said during a segment on the Evan Bray Show.

Attracting pop icons to Saskatchewan

It’s not the first time Saskatchewan music fans have tried wooing big pop stars to stop by their province.

Last summer, Z99 launched the Back to Saskatch campaign in hopes for Taylor Swift returning to the province and doing a show here.

Taylor Swift referred to the province as Saskatch when she was last here in 2009 for the Craven Country Jamboree, now known as Country Thunder.

She had also said that year she liked antique shopping in Saskatoon.

“I like to shorten Saskatchewan. Like ‘I got this lamp in Saskatch,’” she wrote on social media.

— With files from The Canadian Press and northeastNOW