Roan posted on her Instagram Stories a response to a Hollywood Reporter guest essay that went viral for criticizing her Grammy night takedown of the industry. Roan had slammed major labels for their treatment of young, new recording artists and called for paying them a living wage and providing healthcare.

After a former record label executive criticized her for calling on labels to provide wages and health care to artists.

Chappell Roan won the Grammy for Best New Artist. During her acceptance speech, she talked pointedly about how record labels treat artists as disposable goods, failing to provide things like health insurance.