Pink Pony Club

Growing up in the small conservative Missouri town of Willard, Chappell Roan kept her gay identity under wraps. "Pink Pony Club" is her anthem for this period, a vibrant escape hatch from a life that didn't quite fit. She dreamed of becoming a go-go dancer in Santa Monica, a place she perceived as more accepting and glamorous.

Roan drew inspiration from a night spent at The Abbey, a popular gay bar in West Hollywood. It was there, surrounded by acceptance and glitter, that Roan yearned for a world where her true self could take center stage.

The funny thing is, there's actually a Pink Pony Gentleman's Club in Atlanta, but this wasn't the inspiration. "I think they have a strip club [in Atlanta] called the Pink Pony," she explained to Pop Crave. "It wasn't influenced. I didn't know that existed until after, but it was actually influenced by a strip club in my hometown that was a hot pink building."