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Mental Health Crisis Line for Music Industry Launches a Year After Chappell Roan's Grammy Speech
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Backline has launched B-LINE, a 24-hour mental health and crisis hotline for music industry workers, presented as part of the movement sparked by Chappell Roan's 2025 Grammy remarks. The service is supported by Spotify and several industry partners and follows Roan's earlier fund at Backline.
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Backline has launched B-LINE, a round-the-clock mental health and crisis support hotline for people who work in the music industry. The organization says the service is rooted in the movement sparked by Chappell Roan's comments after winning best new artist at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Roan previously set up a fund at Backline last year to support artist mental health. The hotline launch is backed by music companies and individual artists who have supported the fund.
Key details:
- B-LINE is a 24-hour hotline offering immediate, confidential support provided by counselors trained to assist music professionals and their families.
- The service is offered by nonprofit Backline, which was founded in 2019.
- Spotify is the primary sponsor; other supporters named include Noah Kahan and The Busyhead Project, Live Nation, Adyen, AEG Presents, Red Light Management and the Wasserman Foundation.
- Chappell Roan's speech at the 2025 Grammys and her $25,000 donation to Backline helped start the "We Got You" fund, which was quickly matched by other artists.
- A 2025 MusiCares Wellness In Music Survey reported elevated challenges in the industry: 11.4% of respondents had suicidal thoughts in the last year (up from 8% the prior year), 15.4% lost a music-industry colleague to suicide, 20% knew a colleague who had been sexually harassed, and 35% live with chronic health issues that affect their ability to work.
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B-LINE is presented as an immediate, confidential resource aimed at addressing mental health needs among music workers and their families. The launch follows public calls for better industry support and the creation of Backline's fund. Undetermined at this time.
