Chappell Roan still swears by The Sims 2: Double Deluxe: 'I knew every cheat code, so I would make everybody pregnant and everybody woohoo'

At a Q&A with fans, musician Kayleigh Amstutz⁠—better known by her stage name, Chappell Roan⁠—was asked about her Sims 4 preferences by a member of the crowd. Roan responded by revealing a deep love for The Sims 2, specifically its GOTY-style re-release, Double Deluxe, and even cited it as an inspiration for her style of performance.

A video of the exchange was shared by the TikTok fan account allthingschappell⁠—presumably one stop shopping for all things Chappell Roan in vertical video format⁠—but the video seems to have been originally uploaded by the inimitable djpusskyat26. Someone in the crowd asked Roan what her «go-to Sims 4 storyline» is, to which the performer replied, «Oh girl, I am a Sims 2: Double Deluxe. I'm not Sims 4.»

«I knew every cheat code,» Roan recalled, «so I would make everyone pregnant and everyone woohoo. I would make everyone have twin baby aliens, and I was a freak and was just trying to make people naked. But I couldn't find it. I was just trying to make everyone naked.»

I think that touches on a pretty universal millennial/gen z experience: Furtively exploring sex through videogames, getting flummoxed by non-existent Tomb Raider topless cheat codes or ensorcelled by spurious accounts of unblurred «woohoo» scenes in The Sims. We've all been there. I gotta imagine kids these days are seeing stuff in Discord servers or Peter Griffin creepypasta-themed Roblox games that make my generation's preoccupations seem tragically quaint.

On a more serious note, Roan then mused about the lasting impact The Sims 2 had on her creatively: «I was really, really involved with Sims 2. I still feel like I'm in Sims with Chappell⁠—I'm Kayleigh right now, obviously, I have stains on my dress and I'm carrying my purse.»

Roan has previously discussed how she adopts a distinct character when performing, a drag queen persona separate from her usual self. «For Chappell, it's like a Sims character. I can dress her up and put her in a world. I think that's what I was