Cyndi Lauper Delivers 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech

After 17 years and three ballots, Cyndi Lauper was finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday night. The institution celebrated her incomparable blend of New Wave, synth-pop, and heartfelt ballads, a mix that spawned career-defining hits like “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Time After Time.”

Lauper was introduced by Chappell Roan , an artist with similar torch-bearing qualities and an unmistakable head of hair. Roan paid tribute to Lauper by wearing a replica of the skirt from the “True Colors” video and spoke about the song’s influence on her when she was growing up, sharing that she had sung it as a kid in her hometown in Missouri. “That was my first time ever winning a competition for singing, and it’s been important to me ever since,” she said.

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