Halsey came to Chappell Roan's defense after The Hollywood Reporter published a scathing takedown of her Grammy Awards acceptance speech. On Sunday night, Chappell Roan called out the music industry's treatment of young artists when she took the podium for her Best New Artist win.

A Hollywood Reporter column by former music industry exec Jeff Rabhan said Roan's call for better healthcare & pay for artists was "a hackneyed and plagiarized script."

Halsey has defended Chappell Roan after a music executive criticised her speech at the 2025 Grammy Awards in an opinion piece. On Wednesday, a guest column by Jeff Rabhan titled "Chappell Groan: The Misguided Rhetoric of an Instant Industry Insider" was published in The Hollywood Reporter.