Casual (song)

Following the release of Chappell Roan's single "Pink Pony Club" in 2020 and her being subsequently dropped by Atlantic Records, she and producer Dan Nigro began working on "Casual". Much of the song's inspiration would come from a long-distance relationship she began online during the pandemic, where her partner online called her their "dream girl" and would soon make Roan attached to them. Yet, one week later, they texted Roan that they were seeing someone else, leaving her "devastated", and learning shortly thereafter that they had told her friend that their relationship was only casual. In a Rolling Stone interview, she stated that she internally responded to the situation with "'What the fuck do you mean it was casual? We were telling secrets and talking literally every day!'" “Casual” has been described as a country-influenced downtempo pop, new wave, pop rock, Regarding the song’s main hook, which describes oral sex in a car ("knee-deep in the passenger seat, and you’re eating me out, is it casual now"), Roan revealed she was nervous prior to the release of the song, due to the line's sexually explicit nature. ==Critical reception==