Chappell Roan Reacts to Fan Using a Nintendo DS to Document Her London Concert: 'Bitch, Is That a DS?'

The pop star has previously discussed her love of video games

<p>Jim Dyson/Getty</p> Chappell Roan performing in London on Sept. 21, 2024

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Chappell Roan performing in London on Sept. 21, 2024

Chappell Roan has a message for anyone using a Nintendo DS to capture her concerts — keep it up!

Over the weekend, a fan brought the handheld gaming device — a true 2000s staple — to the third London stop of the singer’s Midwest Princess Tour, where she not only picked them out in the crowd but also delivered them a message.

While addressing the crowd at the Saturday, Sept. 21 show, the “Casual” singer, 26, stopped in her tracks upon seeing the DS, concert footage shared by Pop Base shows.

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“Bitch, is that a DS?” Roan said before bursting into laughter as the Brixton Academy audience roared along with her.

Rather than scold the concertgoer, however, Roan encouraged them. “You keep taking photos on your DS,” she added. “You keep doing that.”

<p>Jim Dyson/Getty</p> Chappell Roan performing in London on Sept. 21, 2024

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Chappell Roan performing in London on Sept. 21, 2024

On Sunday, Sept. 22, the day after the concert, a TikTok user who calls themself “the 3DS girlie” uploaded a video of Roan performing “Red Wine Supernova” live at Brixton Academy, and the clip garnered over 1 million views.

Concertgoers have been bringing the handheld consoles to shows in recent years to record comically grainy and harsh-sounding photos and videos — everyone from Weezer to Nicki Minaj has been recorded via DS — but Roan is one of the first to acknowledge the trend.

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This may be because she, herself, is a fan of Nintendo and gaming in general, she revealed earlier this year on music podcastIt's Real with Jordan and Demi.

When asked what she does when she’s not “doing music,” the star replied, “I play video games.”

“I love Mario Kart. I’m addicted to my Switch,” she told the hosts, before revealing that she doesn’t have an Xbox — “but my ex did, and I played it all the time.”

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<p>Emma McIntyre/Getty</p> Chappell Roan in Los Angeles in May 2024

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Chappell Roan in Los Angeles in May 2024

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Roan’s DS fan interaction in London came on the heels of a much more serious interview she did with The Guardian, which was published Friday, Sept. 20.

The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer opened up about feeling like she couldn't be herself during her Missouri upbringing, telling the outlet she “was so desperate to feel understood.”

“I pushed down the gay part of myself so deep because I was like, that can’t possibly be me,” Roan said, noting that this period of stifling her true self was "very, very lonely.”

“When I was growing up, it was like, ‘Gay means flamboyant, gay man’ and lesbian means, ‘Butch girl who looks masculine’. There was not an array of queerness," she explained. "And I was very mentally ill – suicidal for years – and not medicated, because that’s just not a part of Midwest culture. It’s not: ‘Maybe we should get you a psychiatrist.’ It’s: ‘You need God. You need to pray about that.’"

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