The 67th Grammy Awards' “Best New Artist,” Chappell Roan, used the time she had for her acceptance speech to deliver an impassioned statement directed at record labels to provide their artists with a livable wage and healthcare.

On Monday, February 3 (Manila time) the “Good Luck, Babe!” singer accepted the prestigious award for “Best New Artist.” Instead of drawing the spotlight closer to her triumph, she diverted the audience’s attention towards something she had kept inside her for a long time.

“I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels in the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists offer a livable wage and healthcare, especially to developing artists,” she began her speech.

Reading aloud from her journal on stage, the Grammy winner recalled her experience of being dropped from her previous record label, Atlantic Records, in 2020, at the height of the pandemic.

“It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and so dehumanized to not have health [care]. If my label would have prioritized artists’ health, I could have been provided care by a company I was giving everything to. So, record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection,” she added.

“Labels, we got you, but do you got us?” she continued.

Chappell attended the Grammys for the first time this year, with four big nominations from various categories like Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. She was also nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.