“Is this the return of the guitar solo? There’s two of them!” Rick Beato names the Chappell Roan mega-hit that’s ushered in a new age of pop guitar solos

Rick Beato.

Rick Beato has heaped praise on Chappell Roan’s undeniable pop banger Pink Pony Club, claiming it may well mark the return of the guitar solo in pop music.

Roan, who bagged the Best New Artist Grammy this year, has emerged as one of today’s biggest acts in modern pop music. Her breakthrough album, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, flew the flag for fretboard theatrics in pop music, and arrived not long after the power chord-loving Olivia Rodrigo helped inject some riffage into the synth-dominated pop world of recent years.