CR2, we are so ready!2024 Out100 honoree Chappell Roan had a skyrocketing year that included several songs charting on the Billboard Hot 100, a slate of generation-defining queer anthems, her first time performing at various festivals, a legendary MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) debut, her first time as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, the release of "Good Luck, Babe!", and two more incredible singles, "The Giver" and most recently, "The Subway."Oh, and did we mention she received a whopping six nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards? Besides being nominated for all of the top 4 categories in the ceremony Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist Roan also secured nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album. At the awards ceremony this year, she took home a trophy for Best New Artist, where she made an impassioned speech.While fans are still playing Roan's debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess on repeat as the soundtrack to their lives, the world is getting ready for this pop star's next era. The often-feared "sophomore slump" always adds some extra pressure for any new musician, but pop music fans are eager to see the next chapter in Roan's career.Keep scrolling to learn everything we know about Chappell Roan's upcoming sophomore album thus far and listen to The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess on all music streaming services!What has Chappell Roan said about her sophomore album so far?See on InstagramOn the set of her music video for her latest single, "The Subway," Vogue chatted with the burgeoning superstar, and she revealed that her fans shouldn't expect a new album from her anytime soon. She tells the publication that the new album probably won't come for "another five years" because her second project "doesn't exist yet.""It took me five years to write the first one, and its probably going to take at least five to write the next," she explained to Vogue. "Im not that type of writer that can pump it out.Roan says that she feels the songwriting process is much easier when she doesn't force it and mentions the social media chatter about her perceived lack of spending enough time in the studio. "I see some comments sometimes, like, Shes everywhere except that damn studio, she said. Even if I was in the studio 12 hours a day, every single day, that does not mean that you would get an album any faster.How long has Chappell Roan been working on her new album?Music producer Dan Nigro told The New York Times on October 21 that he had been working with Roan on her second studio album since July 2024.So, while still promoting The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, climbing the music charts, and breaking records at mainstream music festivals, Roan was already putting in the work on her upcoming album.Is 'The Giver' going to be on Chappell Roan's second album?The short answer: yes!In the same aforementioned NYT interview, Dan Nigro, did say that the singer's next album features a "fun, up-tempo country song" that had "a fiddle." He also mentioned that this song would show fans "a new version of Chappell."The long answer: an album's track list is always subject to change. In November, Roan performed "The Giver" on Saturday Night Live for the first time and the performance was scrubbed from the internet until March, when she finally released the song. Which other songs will be on Chappell Roan's sophomore album?Nigro told NYT that he's worked on five new tracks for this upcoming album, which Roan herself later confirmed in a cover story for Rolling Stone.It's likely that "The Subway," which she released last Friday after debuting it at Governor's Ball in New York City in June 2024, will also be on the album. The other songs that Nigro and Roan have worked on together were described as "a couple of ballads and a mid-tempo rock song."Fans may have also gotten a sneak peek at what else could be released in the lyric video for "The Giver." It includes VHS main menu with other tracks titled To Be Yours and Read & Make Out.A Billboard report from October 29 suggested that Roan's next album had a song titled "She Gets the Job Done." But following her SNL performance, we now know that those words are just lyrics in "The Giver," not an entirely other song.When is Chappell Roan's new album coming out?Chappell Roan's upcoming sophomore studio album was expected to be released in 2025. However, there's still no actual release date not even a time window! set for the new project. With this new Vogue interview, it seems like the album won't be coming until 2030 at the earliest.Looking back, Roan's 2017 EP School Nights and 2023 debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess were both released in the month of September. On the other hand, there's a certain expectation that CR2 will drop earlier than that in 2025.Out will keep you informed with the latest news and updates on Chappell Roan's new album, so stay tuned!Sign up for the Out Newsletter to keep up with what's new in LGBTQ+ culture and entertainment delivered three times a week straight (well) to your inbox!