Chappell Roan’s new country song “The Giver” has a pretty bold message for the country music genre. The singer first premiered the song during aSaturday Night Liveperformance on August 22, 2025. She then went on to drop the recorded version on March 13th, 2025. To promote the song, the singer encouraged fans to call a phone number where they could hear a preview of the track.
Roan also planted billboards of herself dressed as various careers, including a lawyer, a doctor, a construction worker, and a plumber. However, the song’s official single cover features a close-up of Roan wearing a hard hat.The slogan for the promo photos was “She gets the job done,“which was a hint at one of the lyrics inRoan’s new country single “The Giver.”
Chappell Roan’s “The Giver” Lyrics
What Is The Meaning Of Roan’s Lyrics?
The lyrics of “The Giver” are about Roan pleasuring her partner, with an emphasis on how she can do it better than men can.The first verse kicks off with Roan highlighting what she does better than men, like “mating calls” and not needing a map of a woman’s body. In the pre-chorus, the singer tells her partner when she needs the job done, she can give her a call.
(Two, three)
Ain’t got antlers on my walls
But I sure know mating calls
From the stalls in the bars on a Friday night
And other boys may need a map
But I can close my eyes
And have you wrapped around my fingers like that
So, baby
When you need the job done
You can call me, baby
She then goes into the chorus where she reminds her partner that she doesn’t need to be told what to do the way a man would need to. Since she is a woman herself,she knows exactly how to please another woman.She says it’s simply in her nature and encourages her partner to be the taker, since she is the giver. The chorus' last line, “I get the job done” refers to Roan being able to please her partner in the way a “country boy quitter” wouldn’t be able to.
‘Cause you ain’t got to tell me
It’s just in my nature
So take it like a taker
‘Cause, baby, I’m a giver
Ain’t no need to hurry
‘Cause, baby, I deliver
Ain’t no country boy quitter
I get the job done
In the second verse, Roan repeats a pattern in verse one. She seems to be telling her partnershe doesn’t need the things that country boys need to make them feel like a man.While a country boy might think he’s tough by driving a pickup truck, Roan is confident in her abilities without needing anything to prove it. She then expresses doubt that any man in their country town is capable of doing what she can do.
Girl, I don’t need no lifted truck
Revvin’ loud to pick you up
‘Cause how I look is how I touch
And in this strip-mall town of dreams
Good luck finding a man who has the means
To rhinestone cowgirl all night long
If you never had one
Call me, baby, yeah
In the second pre-chorus, Roan tells her partner to call her “if you’ve never had one,” referring to sexual fulfillment.Roan has sung a lot in her songs about never feeling fulfilled by men, which led to her realizing she was a lesbian. In “The Giver” she seems to be using her past experiences with men as evidence of why women are better at pleasing other women.
Na-na-na, na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na (She gets the job done)
Na-na-na, na, na-na-na-na (She gets the job done)
‘Cause you ain’t gotta tell me
Yes, ma’am, yes, I do
You’re welcome
The bridge is mostly empty, with Roan singing “na-na-na” on a loop and adding in “she gets the job done.” However, when the singer performed the song onSNLin November, she added a spoken bridge. Unfortunately, this was cut from the recorded version, but Roan explained via Discord (viabestofchappell) that it didn’t sound good on recording andwhen she sings it live, she wants to make the bridge a surprise.The song closes with Roan repeating “I get the job done” before adding a quirky “you’re welcome” as her final line.
What Is The Real Meaning Behind “The Giver”?
What Is Roan Actually Singing About?
The meaning behind “The Giver” fromChappell Roan’s upcoming albumis that she believes women know how to please women better than men do. In herSNLperformance, during the bridge, she said,“All you country boys saying you know how to treat a woman right. Well, only a woman knows how to treat a woman right.“Roan is seemingly taking the stereotypes of other country songs and flipping them on their heads.
Roan is seemingly taking the stereotypes of other country songs and flipping them on their heads.
There are a lot of male country singers who write songs about everything they have to offer the women they’re attracted to. While Roan is a country music fan,she also seems to be mocking these men. The singer believes that she knows what’s best when it comes to winning over and pleasing women, and the country boys need to step aside and let her do her thing.
Why Chappell Roan Made “The Giver” A Country Song
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Despite starting off in pop music, Chappell Roan is incredibly familiar with the country lifestyle. As the singer’s debut albumThe Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princessstates,Roan grew up in the Midwest. While she’s actually from Missouri, in “Pink Pony Club,” Roan sings about leaving her life and family behind in Tennessee and moving to Los Angeles to make her dreams come true. Roan decided to switch things up with “The Giver” and go back to her country roots.
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The genre has been on the rise in the past year with stars like Shaboozey blowing up, Beyoncé releasingCowboy Carter, and evenSabrina Carpenterreleasing a few country-inspired songs. However, Roan told Kelleigh Bannen fromApple Musicthatshe made “The Giver” a country song because it was fun. The singer clarified that she’s not leaving pop music behind, but is simply trying out country because it’s the genre she was raised with.
Roan admitted she loves listening to artists like Jason Aldean and Alan Jackson, and she thinks thatjust because she’s a member of the LGBTQ+ community doesn’t mean she can’t do country. The genre is known for being mostly older, white, and straight artists, but Roan pointed out that there are plenty of drag queens who regularly perform songs like Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” and Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like A Woman.”
She’s not leaving pop music behind, but is simply trying out country because it’s the genre she was raised with.
While it may just be for fun, Roan is making a powerful statement, whether she intended to or not. In the same way that Beyoncé made waves by being a Black woman in country,Roan is breaking down barriers by putting out a country songabout two women having intercourse.Chappell Roanalso confessed she’s not sure what genre her next album will be, but “The Giver” will certainly add a country edge to her sophomore album.
