Role Model releases new album that he says features Dakota Johnson cameo, confirming romance in the process

Role Model, the pop singer and producer whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury, has said that Dakota Johnson appears in a cameo on his newly released album “Chuck Timely & The Hourglass,” a move that the entertainment press is treating as a quiet confirmation of his relationship with the actor.

The comment comes amid months of public-facing romance chatter, including reports of PDA and “cozy date nights,” according to Page Six. In its report published August 14, the outlet describes how the singer, after earlier dodging questions about the relationship, used the release of the new record as an opportunity to confirm that Johnson is connected to the project.

Page Six reports that the confirmation was delivered in the context of viral press tour coverage tied to the album, and that the singer’s characterization was framed as playful and indirect. The story states that he referred to finding his “Sally,” a reference that is echoed in the album’s romantic framing, and that he linked the name to Johnson.

The album title “Chuck Timely & The Hourglass” is presented by Page Six as the setting for the cameo confirmation, with the outlet indicating that Johnson’s participation is reflected in the album itself rather than through a separate announcement. The report says the singer “essentially hard-launch[ed]” their relationship through the music rather than through a traditional public statement.

Because the report is not an official track-by-track credit list, it does not provide additional documentary detail such as the exact song on which Johnson appears, whether it is a spoken role, songwriting credit, or another form of involvement, or when the cameo was recorded. As a result, the publicly confirmable point from the reporting is that Role Model said Johnson makes a cameo on the album, and that he used the release cycle as the moment to acknowledge it.

The relationship itself remains framed in Page Six’s account as something that had been widely discussed before the confirmation, with the outlet citing months of prior visibility between the two figures. Page Six also reports that the singer had previously avoided direct answers when asked about the romance, which makes this latest acknowledgement part of a longer pattern in how he has addressed the story.

The next public step, if one is forthcoming, would be for the album’s official credits or label materials to specify the nature of the cameo and any supporting documentation for audiences and rights holders. Without that, the confirmation is limited to the singer’s stated presence of Johnson on the album as described in the press report.