Chappell Roan loves the “really medieval synth s**t” that is the RuneScape soundtrack

RuneScape has a legion of thousands of fans around the world, and can count superstar Chappell Roan among them, it seems.

Well, we’re not sure the extent to which the Hot To Go singer actually engages with the fantastical world of Gielinor, however she’s made one thing clear: she’s a huge fan of its soundtrack.

In a new interview with Nylon, the singer and known video game lover – real name Kayleigh Rose Amstutz – waxes lyrical on the RuneScape soundtrack, pointing out in particular how much she loves its “really medieval synth shit”.

The interview itself sees Amstutz chatting with American singer-songwriter Hemlocke Springs, and at one point the conversation touches on the latter’s latest album, The Apple Tree Under the Sea.

“Your album makes me feel like I’m listening… I don’t know if you ever played RuneScape?” she asks Springs. “It’s from the early 2000s and has video game sounds down. “It’s really medieval synth shit. I’m a video game girl and I love synths and ‘80s weird shit. So when I listen to this…”

She singles out one track in particular from Springs’ album – Sever the Blight – as reminiscent of the RuneScape soundtrack she loves so much.

“[It’s] one of my top songs because I was like, ‘This makes me feel something that a lot of things don’t because it’s so multidimensional,” she continues. “And that is what I think you’re doing so effortlessly, you have so much nuance in everything you do.”

It’s not difficult to find evidence to support Chappell Roan’s claim that she’s a “video game girl”. In 2024, she praised fans whom she noticed taking photos at one of her concerts using a Nintendo DS, and urged them to “keep doing it”.

And after pleading with Epic Games for her own Chappell Roan Fortnite skin, this month finally saw her added to the game’s ever-growing roster of celebrity-themed skins.

View a full list of Chappell Roan’s upcoming live appearances at her official website.

Sam is the Associate News Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Thoroughly immersed in music culture for the majority of his life, Sam has played guitar for 20 years, studied music technology and production at university, and also written for the likes of MusicRadar, Guitar World, Total Guitar and Metal Hammer.