Chappell roan scolds vip section for being 'too cool' to do her 'hot to go! ' dance at outside lands festival

Chappell Roan is all about audience participation. While celebrating the one-year anniversary of releasing her song “Hot to Go!” at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival on Sunday,

Aug. 11, the pop star, 26, called out a group who refused to do the accompanying dance: the VIP section. After doing a tutorial of the “Y.M.C.A”-inspired dance that goes with the song, Roan

noticed that the participation in the VIP area was a bit lackluster — and, in her typically bold fashion, decided to say something about it. "It’s so weird that VIP thinks they’re so

way too cool to do this!” she told the massive crowd — which was estimated to be 50,000, per the _San Francisco Chronicle_ — live stream footage shows.  "You’re not fun!” the star

yelled as the crowd cheered. “Be fun and try!” The dance is a staple of Roan’s set — the crowd always does it during the track’s chorus — but it was especially important to her set at Golden

Gate Park as she celebrated the first anniversary of the song, which was released as a single for her debut album _The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess _on Aug. 11, 2023. The

performer's onstage ensemble was also a nod to the song: She wore the sparkly, marching band-inspired leotard she rocked in the song’s official music video. Speaking about the

fan-favorite track with PEOPLE last year, Roan called the anthem a “cheerleading song” — and revealed the inspiration behind its now-iconic dance. “I solely wrote it for crowd participation,

because I love the 'YMCA' and I love the 'Macarena,' how everyone knows it,” she told PEOPLE with a laugh. So, during a writing session with songwriter-producer Dan

Nigro, she researched classic cheers and found “hot to go,” but put her own twist on it: “I was like, ‘What if the song's just about being hot?’” NEVER MISS A STORY — SIGN UP FOR

PEOPLE'S FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE BEST OF WHAT PEOPLE HAS TO OFFER​​, FROM CELEBRITY NEWS TO COMPELLING HUMAN INTEREST STORIES. Outside Lands was not the first

time Roan has made a public call-out onstage. Earlier this month at another music festival, the star shared an important PSA for the crowd, and one potential listener in particular — her ex.

During her Aug. 1 performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago the singer prepared the audience for her song "My Kink Is Karma” by discussing a past romantic partner. "I dedicate this

song to my ex who was bragging that they dated me at the bar in my hometown," Roan said, per footage shared on X (formerly Twitter). "This is a message for your fiancée: You should

break up!"