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== Early life ==
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz was born in [[Willard, Missouri]], on February 19, 1998,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paz |first=Keylee |date=February 21, 2023 |title=Chappell Roan Celebrates Birthday with a Euphoric Performance at Bronze Peacock in Houston |url=https://coogradio.com/2023/02/chappell-roan-celebrates-birthday-with-a-euphoric-performance-at-bronze-peacock-in-houston/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424230324/https://coogradio.com/2023/02/chappell-roan-celebrates-birthday-with-a-euphoric-performance-at-bronze-peacock-in-houston/ |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |access-date=April 11, 2024 |publisher=Coog Radio}}</ref><ref name="Alter 2021">{{Cite web |last=Alter |first=Rebecca |date=May 27, 2021 |title=Sorry But the Song of Summer 2021 Is This Stripper's Delight From Summer 2020 |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/song-recommendation-chappell-roan-pink-pony-club.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527192730/https://www.vulture.com/article/song-recommendation-chappell-roan-pink-pony-club.html |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |access-date=December 1, 2021 |website=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=December 29, 2023 |title=Chappell Roan, pop's next big thing: 'I grew up thinking being gay was a sin' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/29/chappell-roan-pops-next-big-thing-i-grew-up-thinking-being-gay-was-a-sin |access-date=April 29, 2024 |newspaper=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826055048/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/29/chappell-roan-pops-next-big-thing-i-grew-up-thinking-being-gay-was-a-sin |url-status=live }}</ref> the oldest of four children.<ref name="Holman 2017" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Megan |date=November 3, 2023 |title=Chappell Roan Talks Boston Show, Debut Album, and More |url=https://5centsound.com/blog/house-of-chappell |access-date=April 28, 2024 |website=Five Cent Sound |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428233512/https://5centsound.com/blog/house-of-chappell |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Polyesterzine" /> Her mother, Kara (née Chappell),<ref name="Spanos 2022" /><ref name="Ribner 2022">{{Cite web |last=Ribner |first=Sonya |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Slumber Party Pop: A New Authenticity with Chappell Roan |url=https://cherwell.org/2022/08/12/slumber-party-pop-a-new-authenticity-with-chappell-roan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905180948/https://cherwell.org/2022/08/12/slumber-party-pop-a-new-authenticity-with-chappell-roan/ |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |access-date=September 5, 2022 |website=Cherwell}}</ref> is a [[veterinarian]];, and her father, Dwight Amstutz, manages a [[Family medicine|family practice]] in Springfield, Missouri, and is a registered nurse in neurological and burn [[intensive care unit]]s.<ref name="PeopleParents">{{Cite web |last=Caruso |first=Skyler |date=June 11, 2024 |title=All About Chappell Roan's Parents, Dwight and Kara Amstutz |url=https://people.com/all-about-chappell-roan-parents-dwight-and-kara-8661209 |access-date=June 12, 2024 |magazine=People |archive-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612085229/https://people.com/all-about-chappell-roan-parents-dwight-and-kara-8661209 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her uncle is [[Missouri House of Representatives|Missouri State Representative]] [[Darin Chappell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/chappell-roan-uncle-abortion-missouri-darin-republicans-1959761|title=Chappell Roan's Uncle Is Missouri GOP Rep., Sponsored Anti-Abortion Bill|date=September 26, 2024|access-date=September 26, 2024|website=[[Newsweek]]|archive-date=September 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926145829/https://www.newsweek.com/chappell-roan-uncle-abortion-missouri-darin-republicans-1959761|url-status=live}}</ref> She has described her hometown and her upbringing as [[Christian right|conservative and Christian]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Chappell Roan: how an unforgettable night at a gay club led to Pink Pony Club |url=https://headlinermagazine.net/chappell-roan-california-here-we-come.html |access-date=April 28, 2024 |magazine=Headliner |archive-date=April 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417072516/https://headlinermagazine.net/chappell-roan-california-here-we-come.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WaPoHell">{{Cite news |date=October 14, 2023 |title=Chappell Roan doesn't care if she's going to hell |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/10/14/chappell-roan-queer-pop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018111035/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/10/14/chappell-roan-queer-pop/ |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=April 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name="APYodel">{{Cite news |last=Sherman |first=Maria |date=October 3, 2023 |title=A conversation with Chappell Roan, the yodeling, queer pop icon of tomorrow |url=https://apnews.com/article/chappell-roan-interview-olivia-rodrigo-aa86d43c640feb33cb471894bedb7a0e |access-date=April 28, 2024 |publisher=Associated Press |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425165950/https://apnews.com/article/chappell-roan-interview-olivia-rodrigo-aa86d43c640feb33cb471894bedb7a0e |url-status=live }}</ref> During her childhood, she attended church three times a week and spent some summers at Christian camps.<ref name="WaPoHell" /><ref name="Shafer" /> In a 2023 ''Variety'' interview, she said that she struggled with her upbringing and snuck out often: "I just wanted to feel like a good person, but I had this part of me that wanted to escape so bad."<ref name="Shafer" />
 
Roan began playing the piano when she was 10 or 11 years old<ref name="Lindsay 2018">{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Kathryn |date=January 3, 2018 |title=The Drop: Exclusive Music Video Premiere For Chappell Roan's "Die Young" |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/01/186800/chappell-roan-die-young-music-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011033636/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/01/186800/chappell-roan-die-young-music-video |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |publisher=Refinery29}}</ref> and began taking lessons at the age of 12.<ref name="Holman 2017" /> She performed publicly for the first time at age 13, singing "[[The Christmas Song]]" at her school's talent show, which she won.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roan |first=Chappell |title=Today I got to perform "The Christmas Song" at the Willard Middle School talent show, just like I did in 2011. That was the first time I ever sang out... |url=https://www.facebook.com/ChappellRoan/videos/today-i-got-to-perform-the-christmas-song-at-the-willard-middle-school-talent-sh/1779661205400576/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330150100/https://www.facebook.com/ChappellRoan/videos/today-i-got-to-perform-the-christmas-song-at-the-willard-middle-school-talent-sh/1779661205400576/ |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |access-date=April 26, 2024 |via=Facebook}}</ref><ref name="WillardSchools2024" /><ref name="Holman 2017" /> When she was about 14 years old, she auditioned for ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' without success.<ref name="Holman 2017" /> At 14 or 15 years old, she began uploading covers to [[YouTube]], drawing attention from various record labels.<ref name="Kato 2018">{{Cite news |last=Kato |first=Brooke |date=February 20, 2018 |title=Chappell Roan to show off evolving sound at The Lost Horizon |url=http://dailyorange.com/2018/02/chappell-roan-show-off-evolving-sound-lost-horizon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221052724/http://dailyorange.com/2018/02/chappell-roan-show-off-evolving-sound-lost-horizon/ |archive-date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Daily Orange]]}}</ref><ref name="Holman 2017">{{Cite web |last=Holman |first=Gregory J. |date=August 17, 2017 |title=Chappell Roan is a singer from Willard. She just made the big time. |url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/entertainment/2017/08/17/chappell-roan-singer-willard-she-just-made-big-time/548315001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226193400/https://www.news-leader.com/story/entertainment/2017/08/17/chappell-roan-singer-willard-she-just-made-big-time/548315001/ |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |newspaper=[[Springfield News-Leader]]}}</ref> She began songwriting as she entered her teen years.<ref name="Lindsay 2018" /> She graduated a year early from [[Willard High School (Missouri)|Willard High School]].<ref name= riverfront>{{cite news| last = Tredway| first = Paula| date = March 6, 2024| title = Chappell Roan's Reign Started in Small-Town Missouri| url = https://www.riverfronttimes.com/music/chappell-roans-reign-started-in-small-town-missouri-42043514| newspaper = [[Riverfront Times]]| access-date = August 31, 2024| archive-date = August 31, 2024| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240831145039/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/music/chappell-roans-reign-started-in-small-town-missouri-42043514| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yohn |first=Madison |date=February 17, 2023 |title=We Sat Down With Chappell Roan, A Springfield Native Turned Pop Artist |url=https://www.springfieldmo.org/blog/post/we-sat-down-with-chappell-roan-a-springfield-native-turned-pop-artist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426220500/https://www.springfieldmo.org/blog/post/we-sat-down-with-chappell-roan-a-springfield-native-turned-pop-artist/ |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |access-date=April 26, 2024 |publisher=Springfield Missouri Convention & Visitors Bureau}}</ref> Roan described missing many childhood experiences in the "messy" beginning of her music career, including her prom and high school graduation.<ref name="Spanos 2022">{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Chappell Roan Is the Independent 'Thrift Store Pop Star' Ready to Take Over the World |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chappell-roan-casual-release-1234618237/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312000438/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chappell-roan-casual-release-1234618237/ |archive-date=March 12, 2023 |access-date=March 11, 2023 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>