Chappell Roan might just go on singing these songs forever

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Set us as preferred “Someone’s smoking weed at the trans fundraiser!”That was Chappell Roan on Wednesday at the Shrine Auditorium, where somebody in the audience did indeed light up moments after the pop singer emerged onstage to headline Night 1 of her Super Graphic Spectacular.Timed to mark the first birthday of Roan’s Midwest Princess Project — a charitable effort meant to “uplift trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities through action, care and connection” — the two-day event features Roan atop a bill that also includes Lola Young and Tinashe (both of whom performed brief sets Wednesday) and Muna and Caroline Polachek (both of whom are set to play Thursday).Night 1 also had the drag performer Kyra Jeté and the veteran performance artist Amanda Lepore; as the evening’s host, the comedian Caleb Hearon wondered, “Why is there a man here?” then got the crowd cheering with a mention of Nithya Raman’s mayoral campaign.Proceeds for the show will go to the Midwest Princess Project, which Roan says has already raised more than $800,000.

Music The musician and actor played her first full headlining show in years Friday night at the Hollywood Bowl.Do Roan’s fans care that she has yet to drop a follow-up to her instant-classic 2023 debut, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”? No doubt they do; Roan herself sheepishly admitted Wednesday, “I haven’t released a song in a long time.”But because she’s such a skilled live performer — vocally precise, physically committed, emotionally generous — nobody here seemed to mind that she played basically the same set she’s been doing for a few years now.I can tell you the weed smoker was far from the only one having a good time for a good cause.In a sense, Roan’s show is a thrill because its beats are so familiar: Given how many times she’s sung the ...