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Ben Rogerson

“I remember my assistant putting on his headphones in the studio, and he took them off after a few minutes, looked at me and said, ‘Wow, this song is crazy’”: Dan Nigro says that he always knew that Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club was something special

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 07: Chappell Roan and Dan Nigro perform at Spotlight: A Night With Chappell Roan and Dan Nigro moderated by Brandi Carlile at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on November 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy).

It might have become one of her signature songs, but for a while it looked like Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club would come and go without anyone really noticing. However, co-writer and producer Dan Nigro says that he always knew that it had the potential to be a hit.

“We felt right away that we had something special,” he tells Variety as part of its Hitmakers round-up. “I remember my assistant putting on his headphones in the studio, and he took them off after a few minutes, looked at me and said, ‘Wow, this song is crazy.’”

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