It hasn’t been half a yr since her debut single, however singer-songwriter Chloe Qisha has already discovered her voice. The Malaysian-born, UK-based singer’s debut self-titled EP has an unpretentious, analog attraction about it, even throughout her extra polished, alt-pop moments. It’s an excellent first glimpse into her imaginative and prescient of pop and her candid, trustworthy lyricism.
Echoes of upbeat 80s pop ring by means of the nostalgia-tinged opening monitor ‘I Lied, I’m Sorry’, which instantly units expectations excessive with its slick manufacturing and plain groove. Qisha’s crooning, whispered supply right here is impeccable, tailor-made to precise the strain between the monitor’s playful lust and the underlying uncertainty connected to it as she lastly admits her intense, visceral eager for its topic.
Each bit as evocative is ‘Attractive Goodbye’, a disco-influenced quantity on which the singer blithely bids a former lover farewell with type. Crowning herself the winner of the breakup, she takes witty jabs at her ex, who as an alternative fills the void with meaningless intercourse. “Oh you’re leaving, that’s regrettable / That saves a name to pest management / I’m ready on your karma whereas / You’rе ready on a booty name,” she recites coolly in its second verse.
In the meantime, the pop-punk-influenced ‘Evelyn’ – arguably the report’s strongest monitor – is the place the cracks in Qisha’s nonchalance start to point out. ‘Evelyn’ is so painfully trustworthy in regards to the full-fledged ugliness of jealousy and unrequited love that it reads like a mid-breakdown diary entry. “She’s the whole lot, I wanna crawl into her pores and skin / Perhaps then you definitely’ll discover me / Discover it, it’s apparent, it’s apparent,” she laments over a cascade of distorted guitar riffs, all her beforehand slick pop stylings out the window.
‘Scary Film’ showcases a softer, mellower aspect to Qisha as she compares her relationship life to a horror movie. Right here, she expresses her anxieties surrounding her relationships (“I’m afraid of everybody I like / My face between my fingers have come undone”) by means of hushed sighs over a downbeat guitar instrumental and fuzzy synths.
Intimate piano-led ballad ‘VCR Dwelling Video’ concludes the EP, which sees Qisha masterfully chronicle the rising pains of her relationship together with her mother and father by means of her transition to maturity. “Open up a can of worms / I used to be your youngster however one way or the other the roles reversed,” she shares, reckoning with the regretful realisation that her adolescent quarrels have pained her mother and father as a lot as they did her.
All through ‘Chloe Qisha’, the budding musician hits each emotional word precisely how she intends to together with her intelligent and susceptible songwriting. Not a single second in her music comes off as superficial or impersonal, even on the coldly stylish ‘Attractive Goodbye’. From begin to end, this EP factors to a promising future for Qisha on the horizon.
Particulars
- Launch date: November 15, 2024
- Document label: VLF Information
