For the stern lawyer and detective looks, Diaz created a tight, slick, and equally austere updo. “I used no heat,” Diaz explains. “It was water, gel, mousse, and a dream.” Plus some Balmain hair products, the stylist’s favorite.

In fact, Roan’s leaning into them to her advantage, queering the rote masculine country references and taking to task the men who leave their girlfriends with unfinished business. “Girl, I don’t need no lifted truck / Revvin’ loud to pick you up / ‘Cause how I look is how I touch,

Parts of Chappell Roan’s new country song, “The Giver,” are pretty unfamiliar to a country audience. Most obviously, the pop superstar’s avant-garde makeup and fashion choices set her apart from country’s jeans-and-cowboy-hat wearing crowd.