Singer songwriter and pop star Chappel Roan is an unexpected RuneScape girlie - or, at least, she's really into the evergreen MMO's awesome music.
The Grammy-winning singer said as much in a conversation with synth pop artist Hemlocke Springs, published in Nylon. Both artists talked about being put in arbitrary boxes throughout their careers, with Roan taking issue with the 'queer artist' label sometimes placed on her, which is when she makes the very astute point that people and music are so much more than the boxes they're stuffed into. Sometimes, at their best, they're a little bit RuneScape.
"Your album makes me feel like I'm listening... I don't know if you ever played RuneScape, but it's like," Roan says, "Do you know what I'm talking about?" Hemlocke Springs asks if that's "the romance one" before Roan sets the record straight.
"No, not that one, but it's from the early 2000s and has video game sounds down," Roan gushes. "It's really medieval synth sh*t. I'm a video game girl and I love synths and '80s weird sh*t. So when I listen to this... I think Sever the Blight was one of my top songs..." Who can blame her? Just listen to the material, man.
The official RuneScape Twitter account has now responded to the interview, thanking Chappel Roan for the shout out and telling both artists to reach out if they ever want the MIDI files. Now we just need a blocky Chappel NPC.
thanks for the thinking of us @chappellroan, we love your music - if you or @hemlockesprings ever want the MIDI files let us know ❤️ https://t.co/RYK55AONi5February 13, 2026
None of this should be too surprising coming from the artist who previously begged The Sims to let her record a version of her hit song, Pink Pony Club, in Simlish and recently joined the melting pot of pop culture icons in Fortnite. And any gamer around her (or my) age is likelier than not to have at least some nostalgic mining memories in RuneScape.
