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Who TF Is Emma Chamberlain's New Boyfriend, Peter McPoland? An Indie Pop Boy Deep Dive

Emma Chamberlain’s effect on brunette indie pop musicians should be studied. Just one week after Role Model released a heart-wrenching album about his relationship with her, the YouTube star hard-launched her new romance with Peter McPoland, who’s essentially a Role Model clone. Emma and her new man posed for photos at the Paris Olympics alongside her father, so you know it’s pretty serious.

Just last fall, Peter said during an appearance on The Zach Sang Show that he’d never date Emma because she’s his “hero.” (However, he also seemed rather excited to report that she and Role Model were no longer.) When asked if he’d ever go for Emma, Peter was swift to shake his head no. “I love her in business,” he said with a smile. “I appreciate Emma Chamberlain so much… She’s an icon to me. I look up to Emma Chamberlain.” He even called her his Bruce Springsteen.

He could never! And yet, here we are: Here’s everything to know about Emma Chamberlain’s reported new boyfriend, Peter McPoland.

Everything To Know About Emma Chamberlain’s New Boyfriend, Peter McPoland

Who Is Peter McPoland?

Peter McPoland
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I fear Peter is about as close to Role Model as one could possibly get: He’s a sad boi, brunette, New England native, indie pop singer/songwriter with tattoos who absolutely reveres Emma. Girl really has a type. Peter signed with Columbia Records in 2021 and has two albums out, Slow Down and Piggy. Emma’s BF has about a million Spotify monthly listeners and 160 thousand Instagram followers, so he’s a little more under the radar than Role Model, who has more than three million monthly listeners and nearly 600 thousand followers. Of course, a lot more people are about to  know he who is after the Emma effect.

How Old Is Peter McPoland?

Peter was born on November 3, 2000, so he’s 23 years old — basically the same age as Emma and about four years younger than Role Model.

When Did Emma Chamberlain And Peter McPoland Start Dating?

Emma and Peter were first linked last May when fans spotted them together outside of Rockefeller Center in New York City. (That is roughly seven months after she and Role Model reportedly broke up for those counting.) The influencer was seen with the singer again later that month at the Kilby Block Party music festival in Utah. Based on Peter’s striking similarities to Role Model… yeah, we all just kinda assumed the connection was romantic.

Is Peter McPoland’s Song “Dig Your Man” About Emma Chamberlain?

Maybe?? But the lyrics are honestly pretty vague. “Help, I think there’s something going on / Between you and me, I lost my cool,” Peter sings in the first verse. That certainly could be inspired by the beginnings of an Emma relationship. In the chorus, he croons, “Listen, honey, can you dig your man?” I think the song is about guys upping their game to be cool enough for the girls they’re dating, so that could apply to him dating Emma, the coolest of the cool girls.

A TikToker pointed out that the “Dig Your Man” cover is quite similar to Role Model’s Kansas Anymore album cover. (Both singers have their back to the camera and are looking over their left shoulder.) Hmmmm….

Ilana Frost
Ilana Frost is an entertainment writer at Betches. As a teenage girl in her twenties, she spends her time stanning Olivia Rodrigo, baking cakes for award shows, and refusing to ever leave her Reputation era.