E! Online·United States·Monday, September 28, 2026 at 05:09 PM

Chanel West Coast Reveals Inspiration Behind Country Music Era

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Olivia Evans

Chanel West Coast isn’t doing country just for the look of it.

After the Ridiculousness star made the transition into country music in 2025, she explained that her jump into the genre is deeper than you might think.

“I love being in country and really being a female representing from the West Coast in country,” she explained in an exclusive interview with E! News’ Keltie Knight at MTV VMAs 2026. “There’s no females that are repping country from the West. We’re out here to rep for the Wild West outlaws.”

And the former TV star (real name Chelsea Chanel Dudley) noted it’s a bonus that her fans are into her new chapter.

“The country fans are loving it,” she mused. “The TV fans from Ridiculousness are loving it. It’s really blowing up for me, overnight type of thing.”

Meanwhile, Chanel proved with her single “Giddy Up” earlier this year that she’s not going to box herself in to any one genre.

“‘Giddy Up’ is a country-pop record, but it's really about bridging worlds,” Chanel explained in a February statement shortly after the release of her single. “I wanted it to feel familiar to country fans while still hitting for pop, hip-hop, and dance listeners too.”

The MTV VMAs were yet another setting for musicians across genres to gather and support each other.

In fact, Bebe Rexha proved that there’s always room for more than one woman at the top in pop, recalling a time when Taylor Swift supported her amid not finding a designer to dress her for the Grammys in 2019.

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