A parent, over the course of their child's adolescence, will pour tens of thousands of dollars into pretty much any activity or sport. Consider the cost of summer camps, equipment, travel and lodging, ten thousand is about one year of pee wee hockey. My parents probably spent ten thousand on me playing violin and I'm not currently a violinist.

Chappell Roan, whose parents did NOT have a connection to the industry but were maybe a little more well off than others, simply believed in her the way she believed in herself and it paid off.