Chappell Roan helped usher in Cyndi Lauper ’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday night.

Things got off to a rocky start when Roan accidentally dropped an f-bomb. “I messed up so badly by refusing to get contacts,” she joked. “Holy cow.”

The contacts issue would plague her a few more times as she read her speech (the giant headpiece more fit for a red carpet than a speech honoring an icon probably didn’t help), but the words were still on point. Roan praised Lauper for being a trailblazer, showing “the courage that not only creates incredible art, it gives everyone who experiences it the permission to be themselves. It opens their hearts, it changes their mind, and that is its power. Tonight, we honor a woman who redefined what a pop star could look like, sound l

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