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Pink Pony Club singer Chappell Roan has made history with the debut of her new single The Giver, which just so happens to be her first foray into the world of country music

Chappell Roan has just made history on the Billboard charts, but not for one of her beloved pop singles. Her brand new single, The Giver, marks the artist’s first foray into the country genre and it’s already a history-making success.

The Giver opened at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, and it has raised her to the ranks of only two other artists, one of whom is Beyoncé. The Giver’s success makes Chappell the third woman in history to debut her first entry on the Hot Country Songs list at No. 1.

The first artist to accomplish this feat was Bebe Rexha. Rexha is similarly known for being a “pop chameleon” and was the first female artist to debut her first country song at No. 1. Her 2017 song Meant to Be with Florida Georgia Line is still the longest-running No. 1 in the history of the chart.

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Just last year, Beyoncé was the second artist to match Rexha’s success. Beyoncé’s pivot to country music was a huge surprise to fans but was undoubtedly a success. The Houston-native’s single Texas Hold ‘Em debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts. The song was the leading single on her Cowboy Carter album, which she will be touring across the globe later this year.

But The Giver has also earned Chappell a history-making title all of her own. The single is officially the first ever openly queer country song to top the Hot Country Songs chart in the US.

The song features Chappell singing about fulfilling women’s sexual desires better than any man could: And other boys may need a map / But I can close my eye / And have you wrapped around my fingers like that.

In the chorus, Roan goes on: 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 an Instagram post before the single’s debut, which she had been teasing for months with billboard signs around the US, Roan admitted she had reservations. Roan wrote: “It is def a bold and scary move to release a full ass country song after only releasing one song last year and it having such a success in the pop genre .. (like I am very scared as I type this lol)”.

Clearly there was nothing to fear for the singer who has had a whirlwind 12-months. Chappell is behind impressive pop ballads like Pink Pony Club, Good Luck, Babe! and Red Wine Supernova.

The singer was the breakout star of 2024, winning Best New Artist at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in 2025. She was up against other greats like Sabrina Carpenter and Doechii.

TV star and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen is no longer responding to medical treatment, amid her battle with cancer her daughter has revealed

Dame Esther Rantzen spoke bravely of nearing the end of her life as she looked forward to what she predicted would be her ‘last Spring.’

The journalist and TV presenter is no longer responding to medical treatment according to her daughter. 83-year-old Esther, best known for founding Childline and fronting That’s Life!, was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in January 2023 after finding a lump in her armpit.

in a new interview, Dame Esther’s daughter, Rebecca Wilcox has shared a heartbreaking health update. When asked about a new medication which was initially believed to help improve Dame Esther’s condition, Rebecca revealed that this was not the case.

She told 5 News: “I really wish that was true,” she said, adding: “I don’t think that’s the case anymore.” Rebecca has previously spoken about the heart-wrenching possibility of facing prosecution for accompanying her mother, to the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.

In an interview last year, Esther spoke out to reiterate her call for a vote on legalising assisted dying, expressing that it would give her “confidence” knowing her own death could be “dignified”.

“It’s a constant background to everything I do,” she shared. “I’m watching the spring flowers come out, thinking: ‘This is probably my last spring.’ When I talk to my grandchildren when they come and visit me, I’m very aware these moments are precious. They may be the last memories they have of me.”

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Speaking in February last year, Esther said the thought of her own death is always present in her mind. She told the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, “My own death is constantly in my mind. It would give me so much confidence if I could also know that however the illness progresses, whatever pain it causes, wherever it strikes me next, I will still have the choices of a pain free, dignified private death surrounded by the people I love. I’m not demanding that everybody in the world agrees with me, I’m just saying let’s debate all the issues now that we’ve got international evidence and we know the public attitude is in favour,”.

The Health and Social Care Committee has presented evidence suggesting that countries which have legalised assisted dying could potentially offer better end-of-life care. MPs have urged the UK government to prepare for potential changes in law in Scotland, the Isle of Man or Jersey, where new measures are under consideration.

However, the report stopped short of recommending a vote on the issue.

Dame Esther shared her disappointment at the committee’s decision not to call for a vote, stating that the delay “doesn’t fit into her timescale”. She added: “This report does not help very much for those of us who desperately want the current law to change for the sake of our own families, and the many others in our situation,”.

Esther has become a member of Dignitas, the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland, but she highlighted the fact that her family could face criminal charges if they were to accompany her to end her life there. Under the 1961 Suicide Act in England and Wales, it is a crime to encourage or assist someone in taking their own life.

The former journalist has been among the high-profile critics of the current law, branding it “cruel” as she spoke of how her family could not travel to Dignitas in Switzerland with her “because otherwise they are liable to being accused of killing me and they get investigated by the police, so that’s just messy and wrong and not what we want”.

Last May, Esther spoke of how her medication had extended her life but was aware it wouldn’t keep working forever.

She told The Sunday Times newspaper: “It doesn’t cure it, it delays it — and at some point, it will stop working. But I have scans to see if it’s still working and at the moment it is. I’m awfully glad I put in the tulips now. I’m having to make the same decision about my birthday [on June 22] — I didn’t think I’d ever be 84 and now it looks like I might be. I’m keeping everything crossed for that.”

And in September, she admitted she was doing “much better” than she expected.

Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, she said: “I’m much better than I thought I would be, because I’ve got one of these amazing new drugs which seems to be holding the cancer at bay, to my surprise.”

Esther also spoke of her campaigning to give people greater end-of-life choices in the UK, and she is hopeful of change even if it doesn’t happen in her own lifetime.

Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth was seen helping police officers in their search for his missing friend, Detective Inspector Jay Notaro

Chris Hemsworth was recently spotted helping police officers search for a close friend who went missing earlier this week. His friend, Detective Inspector Jay Notaro, vanished while surfing at a local break close to Byron Bay and was last seen on Tuesday morning arriving at Broken Head Reserve.

In a video shared online, the Marvel star was seen talking to police officers in a parking lot at Broken Head Reserve – which is nine kilometres south of his hometown Byron Bay. Chris was seen with five officers and two police vehicles and gestured with his hands while talking to them.

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A fan of the Hollywood actor took the video of Chris talking to cops as they walked by his conversation with them. The 45-year-old detective was part of an inner circle of surfing pals, which included Thor actor Chris, 41, reported The Courier Mail.

Friends of the missing person said the detective always visited Broken Head and drove down from his Gold Coast home on many occasions to surf with Chris and former professional surfer Luke Munro.

Jay was reportedly staying in Byron Bay ahead of his 45th birthday. He was due to attend a dinner that night but cancelled at the last moment after telling friends he wasn’t feeling well.

However, he never made it back home. Jay’s surfboard was found washed up on the beach the next day completely undamaged. He was last seen on CCTV driving into the Broken Head car part at dawn on Tuesday.

According to officers, the sea conditions were calm. Senior officer Matt Zimmer recently confirmed: “The condition of that surfboard was unremarkable – there was no damage and the leg rope was fully intact.

“The inspector is a very strong swimmer who is a previous officer in charge of the Queensland water police… and the condition that presented over the past few days were quite calm.

“He would be extremely capable of managing those conditions due to his experience, [he was] an extremely fit man as well.”

Cross-Border Commissioner and former Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers shared his hopes that Jay will be found alive.

“Jay is one of the most competent and capable coppers I know, who has a great future in the police,” he said to the Courier Mail.

“He is a future leader of the police, especially in the higher ranks. I just hope he is found safely and we have a really good outcome.

“He is not only a friend, he is one of the future leaders of the organisation. I’m praying, he’s just a champion. If we had more coppers like that we would be a better organisation.”

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