# Chrissy Chlapecka

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{{Short description|American singer and TikTok personality (born 2000)}}
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| birth_name         = Christine Nicole Chlapecka<ref name="Spencewuah" />
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| birth_place        = [St. Charles](/source/St._Charles%2C_Illinois), Illinois, U.S.
| occupation         = Singer, songwriter, [TikTok](/source/TikTok) personality, activist
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| tiktok_followers    = 5 million 
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'''Christine Nicole Chlapecka''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|p|ɛ|k|ə}};<ref name="Spencewuah">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7mGAhO7MU |title=THE SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW IS FOR GAY PEOPLE Ft. Chrissy Chlapecka {{!}} Spencewuah {{!}} ILS EP 21 |date=Mar 2, 2023 |last=Spencer Hunt (Spencewuah) |type=Podcast |publisher=[Past Your Bedtime](/source/Brat_TV) |time=0:47 |access-date=Apr 1, 2023 |via=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}</ref> born April 11, 2000)<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1381014815171350538|user=chrissychlapp|title=21 tomorrow..... this is gonna be a good year|author=Chrissy Chlapecka|date=Apr 10, 2021|access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref> is an American singer, [TikTok](/source/TikTok) personality, and [left-wing](/source/Left-wing_politics) activist. She is best known as a key figure in "#BimboTok", a TikTok subculture centered on reclaiming the [bimbo](/source/bimbo) stereotype and aesthetic in a [queer](/source/queer), [feminist](/source/Feminism), and leftist context.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Lucy |date=15 March 2022 |title=Bimbofication is the empowering new trend that's reclaiming the power of hyper-femininity |work=Glamour UK |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/bimbofication |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |last1=Sinclair |first1=Leah |date=9 March 2022 |title=Bimbofication: The TikTok trend focusing on self care |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/y2k-bimbo-aesthetic-self-love-tiktok/632635 |website=Stylist |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Haigney |first1=Sophie |date=15 June 2022 |title=Opinion: Meet the Self-Described 'Bimbos' of TikTok |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/opinion/bimbo-tiktok-feminism.html |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine |last=Dickson |first=E. J. |date=23 November 2020 |title=The Bimbo Is Back. Like, for Real! |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/bimbo-reclaim-tiktok-gen-z-1092253/ |access-date=19 January 2023 |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |language=en-US}}</ref>

In advance of their debut single "I'm So Hot", ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' named Chlapecka one of "The Brightest Pop Stars to Watch in 2023", writing, "With notes of [Paris Hilton](/source/Paris_Hilton)'s [short-lived pop stardom](/source/Paris_Hilton_discography) and [Britney Spears](/source/Britney_Spears)' ''[Blackout](/source/Blackout_(Britney_Spears_album))'', Chlapecka has the charisma to become the new reigning star of this year's dance floors."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=January 13, 2023 |title=The Brightest Pop Stars to Watch in 2023 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/hemlocke-springs-flo-chappell-roan-pop-acts-to-know-1234656552/ |access-date=January 19, 2023 |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |language=en-US}}</ref>

A year later, ''[People](/source/People_(magazine))'' ranked Chlapecka on their "Talented 2024 Spring Emerging Artists" at number four.<ref name="People24"/>

== Biography ==
Originally from [St. Charles](/source/St._Charles%2C_Illinois), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), Chlapecka grew up performing [musical theatre](/source/musical_theatre) and initially intended to pursue a career in it, but ultimately decided against it.<ref name=":6">{{cite news |last1=Capoot |first1=Ashley |date=2 February 2022 |title=With a voice like Ariana Grande and a message of self-love, Chicago TikTok sensation aims to be a virtual big sister |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chrissy-chlapecka-tiktok-influencer-20220202-lfiw2puj2ffczea54pzlt67h4u-story.html |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":13" /> They subsequently [dropped out](/source/Dropping_out) of [college](/source/college), and for a time worked three jobs to afford rent.<ref name=":6" /> Around 2021, Chlapecka began earning enough money through social media content creation to leave her job as a [Starbucks](/source/Starbucks) barista.<ref name="Ovide1.2022"/>

=== TikTok ===
Chlapecka created her [TikTok](/source/TikTok) account in 2019<ref name=":1" /> and began posting videos during the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic) out of boredom. They first went [viral](/source/Viral_phenomenon) with a reenactment of an uncomfortable encounter with a stranger at [Walgreens](/source/Walgreens), which quickly received over 500,000 likes.<ref name=":6" /><ref name="Ovide1.2022">{{cite news |last1=Ovide |first1=Shira |title=Making Money Online, the Hard Way |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/technology/making-money-online.html |access-date=8 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2022}}</ref> She gained prominence on the app through late 2022, with upbeat [bimbo](/source/bimbo)-themed content geared toward [female](/source/Woman) and [queer](/source/LGBT_community) audiences ("girls, gays, and theys")<ref name=":4" /> and adamantly [critical of capitalism](/source/Criticism_of_capitalism) and [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump).<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Richards |first1=Arielle |title=Bimbofication Is Taking Over. What Does That Mean for You? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/bimbofication-is-taking-over-what-does-that-mean-for-you/ |access-date=8 January 2023 |work=VICE |date=2 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Ovide1.2022"/> As of June 2022, they had over 4 million TikTok followers.<ref name=":3" />

=== Music ===
Chlapecka was featured on singer Boy Hazy's 2021 album ''Divinium Armor'', including the [single](/source/Single_(music)) "Love In The Wind". She began teasing her own music in late 2022,<ref name=":8">{{cite web |last1=Preson |first1=Devon |date=14 December 2022 |title=Oh Me, Oh My |url=https://www.inkedmag.com/original-news/oh-me-oh-my |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=Inked}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2022 |title=Creator Spotlight Series: @chrissychlapecka |url=https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/creator-spotlight-series-chrissychlapecka |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=TikTok Newsroom |language=en-us}}</ref> and a preview of their single "I'm So Hot" went viral on TikTok. In advance of its release, ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' named Chlapecka one of "The Brightest Pop Stars to Watch in 2023", writing that they had "the charisma to become the new reigning star of this year's dance floors."<ref name=":5" /> The song, recorded in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) with co-writer Alexandra Veltri and producer Dallas Caton, was released on February 3, 2023.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Erica |date=2023-02-03 |title=Chrissy Chlapecka's "I'm So Hot" Is a Pro-Bimbo Anthem |language=en |work=[Paper](/source/Paper_(magazine)) |url=https://www.papermag.com/chrissy-chlapecka-im-so-hot-2659345510.html#rebelltitem25 |access-date=2023-02-03}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Madison E. |date=2023-02-03 |title=Chrissy Chlapecka is America's Favorite Bimbo, and Now a Pop Star With First Single "I'm So Hot" |url=https://whatstrending.com/chrissy-chlapecka-is-americas-favorite-bimbo-and-now-a-pop-star-with-first-single-im-so-hot/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=[What's Trending](/source/What's_Trending) |language=en-US}}</ref>

On January 4, 2024, Chlapecka, after releasing four standalone tracks in the preceding year, initiated the promotion of her forthcoming project. Utilizing her social media platforms like [Instagram](/source/Instagram) and TikTok, she teased her upcoming musical venture through a five-episode miniseries of [skits](/source/Sketch_comedy) following the plot where she woke up to find herself stranded in a desert.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chlapecka |first=Chrissy |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Girlie Pop TikTok Playlist |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@chrissychlapecka/playlist/Girlie%20Pop-7322172029971565355 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=www.tiktok.com}}</ref> These skits were unveiled periodically in the days leading up to the revelation of the [extended play](/source/extended_play)'s [lead single](/source/lead_single), titled "I'm Really Pretty", released on February 27, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chlapecka |first=Chrissy |date=February 6, 2024 |title=im really pretty out february 27th 12am PT🩷🎀 presave now!! |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@chrissychlapecka/video/7332198113978993963 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=www.tiktok.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chlapecka |first=Chrissy |date=February 6, 2024 |title=I'm Really Pretty out February 27th 12am ET🩷🎀 presave in bio 💋 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C2-hGIovtUg/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Chlapecka |first=Chrissy |user=chrissychlap |number=1754582473747706142 |date=February 5, 2024 |title=I'm Really Pretty out February 27th 12am ET 🩷🎀 |language=en |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref> On April 3, 2024, she released the extended play's second single, "Verse." In addition to this, they announced that the EP would be titled ''[Girlie Pop](/source/Girlie_Pop)'' and revealed its release date to be June 5, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/chrissy-chlapecka-announces-debut-ep-girlie-pop-out-june-5 |title=Chrissy Chlapecka Announces Debut EP Girlie Pop Out June 5 |author1=Miskell, MC |author2=Shapiro, Rebecca |date=2024-04-03 |website=Shore Fire Media |access-date=2024-05-02}}</ref>

In April 2024, Chlapecka performed the vocals for [drag queen](/source/drag_queen) [Plane Jane](/source/Plane_Jane)'s finale song for the [16th season](/source/RuPaul's_Drag_Race_season_16) of ''[RuPaul's Drag Race](/source/RuPaul's_Drag_Race)'', "Bodysuit".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/rupauls-drag-race-plane-jane-drama-viral-meme-interview-1235666256/ |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Finalist Plane Jane Would Like to Remind You That Drag Should Be 'Fun and Dumb' |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=2024-04-25 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2024-05-02}}</ref> On May 15, 2024, she released the third single from ''[Girlie Pop](/source/Girlie_Pop)'', "10 Boyfriends".<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Chlapecka |first=Chrissy |user=chrissychlap |number=1790390675248500743 |date=May 14, 2024 |title=it's 10 bfs day. last single til my debut ep is dropped.. |language=en |access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name="People24">{{cite web |url=https://people.com/meet-people-talented-2024-spring-emerging-artists-8646610 |title=Meet PEOPLE's Talented 2024 Spring Emerging Artists! |author1=Avila, Daniela |author2=Irvin, Jack |date=May 10, 2024 |website=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref>

=== Other ===
Chlapecka has a presence on [Cameo](/source/Cameo_(website)), where they sell commissioned personalized videos.<ref name="Ovide1.2022" /> From April to June 2021, Chlapecka and Craig MacNeil co-hosted the [podcast](/source/podcast) ''Chrissy & Craig''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chrissy & Craig on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chrissy-craig/id1561827264 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Apple Podcasts |date=June 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> Chlapecka had previously appeared on MacNeil's main podcast, ''Craig & Friends''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=129: Chrissy Chlapecka! by Craig & Friends |url=https://anchor.fm/craigandfriends/episodes/129-Chrissy-Chlapecka-eprp7u |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Anchor |language=en}}</ref> Other podcasts she has appeared on include ''[We're Having Gay Sex](/source/Ashley_Gavin)'', ''Don't Let This Flop'', and ''The Comment Section with [Drew Afualo](/source/Drew_Afualo).''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chrissy Chlapecka - Top podcast episodes |url=https://www.listennotes.com/top-podcasts/chrissy-chlapecka/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Listen Notes |date=19 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Chlapecka has hosted several live comedy shows at [Zanies Comedy Club](/source/Zanies_Comedy_Club) in Chicago.<ref name="Ovide1.2022" /><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1500976908636467200|user=chrissychlapp|title=come see ME at zanies chicago WEDNESDAY @ 8!!!!! it'll be a fun night with ME i can't wait to meet you guys!!!!!|author=Chrissy Chlapecka|date=2022-03-07|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chrissy Chlapecka Chicago Shows on Do312 |url=https://do312.com/artists/chrissy-chlapecka/past_events |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Do312}}</ref> In 2022, they appeared at [Los Angeles Pride](/source/Los_Angeles_Pride) alongside [Dylan Mulvaney](/source/Dylan_Mulvaney) and other TikTok creators<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Julius |date=2022-05-31 |title=TikTok Reveals LGBTQ+ 'Trailblazers' List in Celebration of Pride Month |url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/tiktok-reveals-lgbtq-trailblazers-list-in-celebration-of-pride-month/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Los Angeles Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fong |first=Gigi |date=2022-06-16 |title=5 TikTok Trailblazers Serving Hilarious Queer Content |url=https://hypebae.com/2022/6/lgbtq-pride-tiktok-chrissy-chlapecka-trailblazer |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Hypebae}}</ref> and at [VidCon](/source/VidCon), where she participated in a [panel](/source/Panel_discussion) entitled "Hot Gurlz Only" with fellow TikTokers Sarah Schauer and [Drew Afualo](/source/Drew_Afualo).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lalwani |first=Andy |date=2022-06-27 |title=Chrissy Chlapecka Talks About Being a Big Sister Figure on TikTok |url=https://whatstrending.com/chrissy-chlapecka-vidcon-2022/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=What's Trending |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendez II |first=Moises |date=2022-06-28 |title=VidCon: TikTok 'Hot Gurlz' discuss dating red flags and what fans get wrong about them |url=https://passionfru.it/hot-gurlz-dating-red-flags-1632/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Passionfruit |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Recognition ===
Drag performer [Bimini Bon-Boulash](/source/Bimini_Bon-Boulash) praised Chlapecka in their 2021 autobiography ''Release the Beast: A Drag Queen's Guide to Life'', calling her "part of a new wave of women subverting [the] [male gaze](/source/male_gaze) by playing up to the bimbo stereotype on camera while asserting their own feminist politics".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boulash |first=Bimini Bon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4sAlEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT18 |title=Release the Beast: A Drag Queen's Guide to Life |date=2021-10-14 |publisher=[Penguin UK](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-241-54359-7 |language=en |author-link=Bimini Bon-Boulash}}</ref>

== Artistry ==

=== Style, persona, and "Bimboism" ===
Chlapecka's online persona and content center on [reclaiming](/source/Reappropriation) the traditionally sexist "[bimbo](/source/bimbo)" archetype. She has been credited, along with friend and fellow TikToker [Griffin Maxwell Brooks](/source/Griffin_Maxwell_Brooks), as one of the founders of #BimboTok, a community of similarly minded creators.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> They adopt an intentionally [hyperfeminine](/source/Femininity) aesthetic in her videos, including alternately [platinum blonde](/source/Blond) or [dyed](/source/Hair_coloring) pink hair, sometimes in [pigtail](/source/pigtail)s;<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" /> bold makeup and bright pink outfits that feature miniskirts, [platform](/source/Platform_shoe) [boot](/source/boot)s, and [faux fur](/source/Fake_fur)-trimmed coats and [bralette](/source/bralette)s;<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> and a breathy [falsetto](/source/falsetto) speaking voice often compared to pop star [Ariana Grande](/source/Ariana_Grande).<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Sophie |date=2022-02-11 |title=Chrissy Chlapecka Is TikTok's Biggest Bimbo |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/search-history-chrissy-chlapecka-is-tiktok-biggest-bimbo |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Robathan |first=Hannah |date=2021-08-09 |title="Being a bimbo doesn't necessarily mean you're a dumbass": reclaiming Bimboism with Chrissy Chlapecka |url=https://shado-mag.com/do/bimboism-chrissy-chlapecka/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Shado Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Her persona has been described by media outlets as a "doe-eyed, blonde-haired, pink-[latex](/source/Latex_clothing)-clad, ''[she](/source/She_(pronoun))''/''[they](/source/Singular_they)'' viral superstar"<ref name=":0" /> and "if [Lady Gaga](/source/Lady_Gaga) were your favorite barista dishing out advice and zingers",<ref name="Ovide1.2022" /> and by Chlapecka themself as "an encouraging big sister type".<ref name="Ovide1.2022" />

Chlapecka's content is often satirical, using sarcasm and irony to deliver sociopolitical commentary and messages of [self-love](/source/self-love) and [authenticity](/source/Authenticity_(philosophy)).<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> Several videos comedically depict the perceived stupidity of the stereotypical bimbo (such as inability to spell or do math)<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> while reframing it as a deliberate response to [social](/source/Social_inequality) and [economic inequality](/source/economic_inequality), with lines such as "A modern-day bimbo doesn't need to know 'what a mortgage is' or 'how to file taxes,' but we do know it's time to [let go those who are in prison for marijuana charges when the states that they're in have decriminalised marijuana](/source/Race_and_the_war_on_drugs)"<ref name=":1" /> and "I don't know what the economy is, I don't know what supply and demand is. All I know is that our problems would be solved if we'd just print more money."<ref name=":3" /> Videos are also critical of [capitalism](/source/capitalism), [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump), [Elon Musk](/source/Elon_Musk), [police brutality](/source/police_brutality), the [pro-life movement](/source/Anti-abortion_movements), and [male chauvinists](/source/Chauvinism),<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Kearns |first=Sarah |date=2021-04-27 |title=TikTok's Chrissy Chlapecka Is Redefining the Bimbo for Gen Z |url=https://lithiumagazine.com/2021/04/27/tiktoks-chrissy-chlapecka-is-redefining-the-bimbo-for-gen-z/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Lithium Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026}}</ref> while voicing support for [sex workers](/source/Sex_workers'_rights), [birth control](/source/birth_control), the [LGBT community](/source/LGBT_community), [sexual liberation](/source/Sexual_revolution), and the [Black Lives Matter](/source/Black_Lives_Matter) movement.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":8" /> Their content also includes relationship advice<ref name=":0" /> and humorous anecdotes such as getting her "[clit pierced](/source/Clitoris_piercing) at [Claire's](/source/Claire's)" and buying bisexual stuffed animals from [Build-A-Bear](/source/Build-A-Bear_Workshop).<ref name=":7" /> She often ends videos with the sung catchphrase "Oh me oh my", an homage to the [Slayyyter](/source/Slayyyter) song "Mine".<ref name=":14" />

Chlapecka did not initially self-identify as a "bimbo", but adopted the label when TikTok commenters began using it for her in an affirming manner.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Cortés |first=Michelle Santiago |date=December 28, 2020 |title=No Thoughts. Head Empty. Just Vibes: The Rise Of The New Age Bimbo |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/12/10204376/tiktok-bimbo-gen-z-trend |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=[Refinery29](/source/Refinery29) |language=en}}</ref> In interviews, she has presented her "bimboism" as a reclaiming of femininity and sexual autonomy,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":9" /> as well as a rejection of social standards in favor of embracing outsiders.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Justice |date=2021-02-23 |title=Opinion: The reason why some little girls are growing up to be 'bimbos' |url=https://columbiachronicle.com/opinion-the-reason-why-some-little-girls-are-growing-up-to-be-bimbos |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=[The Columbia Chronicle](/source/The_Columbia_Chronicle)}}</ref> Her outlook was influenced by celebrities like [Paris Hilton](/source/Paris_Hilton), as well as an upbringing in which she was often dismissed as an unintelligent "bimbo".<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" /> They have summarized the philosophy as "Bimboism means liberating yourself, your body, and your aesthetic to be what you want them to be without the judgment of others."<ref name=":9" />

=== Musical style ===

Chlapecka cites [hyperpop](/source/hyperpop) and [2000s pop music](/source/2000s_in_music) artists like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, [Slayyyter](/source/Slayyyter), [Rebecca Black](/source/Rebecca_Black), Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, and [Charli XCX](/source/Charli_XCX) as musical influences.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name=":14" /> They have also cited [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) star [Bernadette Peters](/source/Bernadette_Peters) as an early inspiration.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2023-02-06 |title=Chrissy Chlapecka Wants Everyone to Feel 'So Hot' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chrissy-chlapecka-tiktok-im-so-hot-song-1234674825/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Speaking to [''Inked''](/source/Inked_(magazine)) magazine, she said that her "brand as a musician is very similar to the brand I have on TikTok" and that her upcoming music would be "the storybook of my life....I want my music to reflect back and pay tribute to the girl I was in high school, because she really needed a big hug."<ref name=":8" /> She has expressed a desire to bridge the gap between hyperpop and traditional pop music.<ref name=":14" /> ''Rolling Stone'' described their single "I'm So Hot" as having "notes of Paris Hilton's [short-lived pop stardom](/source/Paris_Hilton_discography) and [Britney Spears](/source/Britney_Spears)' ''[Blackout](/source/Blackout_(Britney_Spears_album))''".<ref name=":5" /> She has also been compared to [Prince](/source/Prince_(musician)), [Kylie Minogue](/source/Kylie_Minogue), [Nadia Oh](/source/Nadia_Oh), and [Kesha](/source/Kesha).<ref name=":13" />

== Personal life ==
Chlapecka lives in [Chicago](/source/Chicago)<ref name=":6" /> and owns a miniature [dachshund](/source/dachshund) named Sugar Sparkles, which she bought in 2021.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=Cc_Dy51p-gh|user=chrissychlapecka|title=sugars birthday was yesterday and this is how we celebrated #reels #dauchshund #slay|date=2022-04-30|author=Chrissy Chlapecka}}</ref><ref name=":10" />

Chlapecka previously identified as [bisexual](/source/bisexual)<ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=C_V_WzXRLPN|user=chrissychlapecka|title=thank u vogue for asking me all the questions u have been DYING to get answered about my new project…|date=2024-08-31|author=Chrissy Chlapecka}}</ref> but later came out as a [lesbian](/source/lesbian),<ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=DKX0MqdB5gC|user=chrissychlapecka|title=THANK U WEHO PRIDE|date=2025-06-01|author=Chrissy Chlapecka}}</ref> and uses ''[she/her](/source/She_(pronoun))'' and ''[they/them](/source/Singular_they)'' pronouns.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /> She has said there are "many fluid layers" to her gender and sexuality, and that she doesn't "necessarily identify as [cis](/source/Cisgender)".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prager |first=Sarah |date=2023-03-14 |title=Chrissy Chlapecka Is the Queer Elle Woods Fighting the Patriarchy |url=https://www.logotv.com/news/5ptq5a/chrissy-chlapecka-im-so-hot-tiktok |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314221806/https://www.logotv.com/news/5ptq5a/chrissy-chlapecka-im-so-hot-tiktok |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=[Logo TV](/source/Logo_TV)}}</ref>  Many of her videos center around her [LGBTQ](/source/LGBT_community) identity, with Chlapecka saying, "I love when people are like, 'Stop making being gay your whole identity.' [...] That's where so much of like, my confidence in myself has come from."<ref name=":6" /> She has also said that she was rejected by her family due to "being bi and being myself and wearing what i wear",<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1388359413656924169|user=chrissychlapp|title=thank u to the people who aren't invalidating me bc i literally got kicked out of my whole family for being bi and being myself and wearing what i wear so plz just accept me on here at least 🧍🏼‍♀️💋💅💞|author=Chrissy Chlapecka|date=2021-05-01|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref> but found acceptance in Chicago's LGBTQ community.<ref name=":6" />

Prior to TikTok fame, Chlapecka struggled with insecurity and was in an abusive relationship, which she ended in 2020 during the pandemic.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8" /> She has several tattoos, including six butterflies and the phrase "[Divine Feminine](/source/Goddess)" on her ribs; the latter, her first tattoo, represents her embrace of femininity and rejection of [patriarchy](/source/patriarchy), and was done while she was still in the relationship.<ref name=":8" />

Chlapecka identifies as a [feminist](/source/Feminism) but has argued that much of the movement needs to be "reworked", citing issues such as the [historic whiteness](/source/White_feminism) in many strains, [heteronormativity](/source/heteronormativity), and the [persistence of anti-trans voices](/source/Feminist_views_on_transgender_topics).<ref name=":3" /> She has also criticized what they perceive as the gatekeeping of activism by those in higher education, arguing that shared communal knowledge and [lived experience](/source/lived_experience) are "just as credible as reading something from a fucking book. Go ahead, be a smart person and use that to be an activist—but don't tell me my opinion doesn't count because I don't talk a certain way, or know certain things. That's about access to education, and it's [classist](/source/Class_discrimination)."<ref name=":10" />

Chlapecka has [ADHD](/source/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder) and [anxiety](/source/Anxiety_disorder),<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1405627620050542594|user=chrissychlapp|title=honestly i used to hate that my adhd made me forget everything but lately i do not mind. just empty head with pink butterflies. ari songs playing in the background. nothing else.|author=Chrissy Chlapecka|date=2021-06-17|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FBX5JRmq4 |title=Ask Craig & Chrissy! (With Chrissy Chlapecka) |date=March 22, 2021 |last=Craig And Friends |type=podcast |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1: Everything! by Chrissy & Craig |url=https://anchor.fm/chrissyandcraig/episodes/1-Everything-evokp4 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Anchor |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1440519872073457670|user=chrissychlapp|title=I have anxiety|author=Chrissy Chlapecka|date=2021-09-21|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref> and has said that, contrary to her online persona, she is "extremely [introverted](/source/Extraversion_and_introversion)" in real life.<ref name=":6" />

== Discography ==
All credits adapted from [Spotify](/source/Spotify) and [Apple Music](/source/Apple_Music).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chrissy Chlapecka - Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/7L5no8Dp7Y2Gk0L1JIWj9S?si=5_7b4oLSTTmiRCThjIyAtg |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Spotify}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chrissy Chlapecka - Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/chrissy-chlapecka/1663699402 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Apple Music}}</ref>

===Extended plays===

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Title
!EP details
|-
|''[Girlie Pop](/source/Girlie_Pop)''
|
*Released: June 5, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girlie Pop - Chrissy Chlapecka |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3rOPvYAK1cu7pCGia9UjyL |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Spotify}}</ref> / September 27, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girlie Pop: Encore - Chrissy Chlapecka |url= https://open.spotify.com/album/1Zf8vlF2PYYCuxXhmfNSUN |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Spotify}}</ref> <small>(Encore)</small>
*Label: Self-released
*Format: [Digital download](/source/Music_download), [streaming](/source/Streaming_media)
|-
|''Christine''
|
*Released: November 21, 2025<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=CHRISSY CHLAPECKA RECONNECTS WITH HER INNER 'FIERCE DIVA' IN CYBERPOP 'APOLLO' VIDEO |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chrissy-chlapecka-apollo-video-christine-ep-1235454202/ |date=2025-10-24 |access-date=2025-10-26 |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |last=Mier |first=Tomás}}</ref> / June 5, 2026 <small>(High Voltage)</small>
*Label: Self-released
*Format: Digital download, streaming
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" style="width:4em;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Album
!Writer(s)
!Producer(s)
|-
| rowspan="5" |2023
! scope="row" |"I'm So Hot"
| rowspan="5"{{N/A|Non-album singles}}
| Christine Chlapecka, Alexandra Veltri, Dallas Caton
| Dallas Caton
|-
! scope="row" |"Alpha"
| Christine Chlapecka, Evangeline Miele
| [David Burris](/source/David_Burris)
|-
! scope="row" |"Head Bitch"
|Christine Chlapecka, Alexandra Veltri
| rowspan="2" | Dallas Caton
|-
! scope="row" |"Brat"
|Christine Chlapecka, Alexandra Veltri, Dallas Caton, Maize Jane Olinger
|-
! scope="row" |"Affection"
|Christine Chlapecka, Alexandra Veltri, David Burris
| David Burris
|-
| rowspan="5" |2024
! scope="row" |"I'm Really Pretty"
| rowspan="4" |''[Girlie Pop](/source/Girlie_Pop)''
| Christine Chlapecka, Alexandra Veltri, Dallas Caton
| rowspan="5" | Dallas Caton
|-
! scope="row" |"Verse"
| Christine Chlapecka, [Jesse Saint John](/source/Jesse_Saint_John), Alexandra Veltri, Dallas Caton
|-
! scope="row" |"10 Boyfriends"
| rowspan="3" |Alexandra Veltri, Christine Chlapecka, Dallas Caton
|-
! scope="row" |"Sugar"
|-
! scope="row" |"My Only Dream Is To Be Loved"
|''[Girlie Pop: Encore](/source/Girlie_Pop)''
|-
| rowspan="5"|2025
! scope="row" |"Cherry Do You Love Me"
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}
| rowspan="2"|Christine Chlapecka, David Burris
| rowspan="2"|David Burris
|-
! scope="row" |"Clam Casino"
|-
! scope="row" |"Passionfruit"
| rowspan="3" |''Christine''
| Christine Chlapecka, Alexandra Veltri, Dallas Caton
| rowspan="5" |Dallas Caton
|-
! scope="row" |"Apollo"
| Christine Chlapecka, Alexandra Veltri, Dallas Caton, Jesse Saint John
|-
! scope="row" |"Aria"
| rowspan="2" |Christine Chlapecka, Dallas Caton
|-
| rowspan="2" |2026
! scope="row" |"Andromeda"
| rowspan="2" |''Christine: High Voltage''
|-
! scope="row" |"Purple Moon"
| Christine Chlapecka, Jesse Saint John
|}

=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Director
|-
| rowspan="4" |2023
|"I'm So Hot"
|Sarah Gaglione
|-
|"Head Bitch"
|Mikey Harmon
|-
|"Brat"
| rowspan="2" |Michael Arellano
|-
|"Affection"
|-
| rowspan="5" |2024
|"I'm Really Pretty"
| rowspan="2" |Michael Arellano and Mikey Harmon
|-
|"Verse"
|-
|"10 Boyfriends"
| rowspan="8" |Mikey Harmon
|-
|"Sugar"
|-
|"My Only Dream Is To Be Loved"
|-
| rowspan="4" |2025
|"Cherry Do You Love Me"
|-
|"Passionfruit"
|-
|"Apollo"
|-
|"Aria"
|-
|2026
|"Andromeda"
|}

== References ==
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