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Buzz Knight (4:34)

Taking a Walk Chloe Strohl welcome to the Taking a Walk podcast.

Chloe Stroll (4:39)

Thank you. Thanks for having me.

Buzz Knight (4:42)

I could rename it Taking a Stroll.

Chloe Stroll (4:46)

You would be surprised. But I've heard that joke before.

Buzz Knight (4:49)

I know I wouldn't be surprised. Are you gonna think. Do you think less of me 30 seconds into the interview already?

Chloe Stroll (4:56)

Not at all. Not at all.

Buzz Knight (4:59)

So since we call this podcast Taking a Walk, I wanna ask you our proverbial opening question. Okay, Chloe, Stroll. If you could take a walk with somebody, living or dead, who would you take a walk with? And where would you take that walk? Ooh.

Chloe Stroll (5:19)

Oh my God. Who would I take a walk with? I feel like I'd want to take a walk with Adele because I feel her banter, let alone to ask her questions about music firstly, but I think that her banter would just be on point. And I love someone with a very good sense of humor.

Buzz Knight (5:41)

I'm told she's rather salty in her language too.

Chloe Stroll (5:47)

I've not heard that, but considering The. The UK dry humor. It wouldn't surprise me.

Buzz Knight (5:55)

It wouldn't put you off. Right. You would still get to the root of musician to musician understanding exactly what is really going on there. Talk to me about the earliest influences that you had that shaped you musically.

Chloe Stroll (6:10)

The earliest influences for me were probably a big one was Kelly Clarkson. A big one was Celine Dion, Whitney Houston. I think that for me, it was really the women who had this big voice who just belted these notes that seemed so out of this world, impossible. I really. That is what I wanted to do.

Buzz Knight (6:40)

That I'd say you've done that. I love the performance on the Kelly Clarkson show that was so outstanding. Congratulations on Bloom and the break as well.

Chloe Stroll (6:52)

Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, it was very surreal, I have to say.

Buzz Knight (6:57)

Yeah. Had you run into her before or was that the first time?

Chloe Stroll (7:03)

No, I. I didn't meet her. I. It was the first time, and I think it was such a huge full circle moment for me where I grew up really singing at, you know, my parents dinner parties and friends, houses and things like that. And I would always sing Breakaway. That was my go to song. And so when I had heard that she wanted me to perform on the show, it was so this full circle moment for my, like, younger self and for my. For me as an artist to be like, wow, she just said my name out loud and she knows who I am because she was such a pivotal part of me learning my voice and learning to discover who I was as an artist.

Buzz Knight (7:46)

When you're in that moment, do you realize as you're in that moment how outstanding that moment really is?

Chloe Stroll (7:57)

Definitely. I try my best to be in that moment when I'm there, but if I go too far in it, I get really nervous. I'm a very nervous person. So there has to be a way where you are so grateful to be there, but also keep yourself in control. So I tried my best, but, yes, I definitely was like, pinch yourself. Look at where you are. This is incredible.

Buzz Knight (8:26)

I mean, there are so many times in life that we go, my God, that was an unbelievable moment. I didn't realize at that moment how special that moment was and all of that. So that's really why I asked it. And it is a bit unfair because as you're trying to manage the situation, you've got to be very focused in one way, thinking. And I definitely understand that for sure. Let's talk about the song. I stood my ground. What's the story behind that? Walk me through the moment. You knew that that song had to Be put out and created.

Chloe Stroll (9:04)

You know, I think that I. I wrote that song in a funny place in my life. I was six and a half months pregnant, and I was in a writing session, and it was probably one of the things that I really wanted to say on the album, but I didn't know how I wanted to approach it yet. And I think that all of us in life have had moments where you come to a place where your values are put into question. There's a fork in the road, and you have to pick left or right to keep moving forward. And not everybody will agree with every choice that you make. And I think that there's a very scary moment, and it's a part of growing up, a part of becoming an adult, that I definitely had different ones in my life where I was like, okay, what do I do? Where do I stand? If. And, you know, I think that it's. The scariest bit, is when you have people that you've maybe trusted for a long time who no longer feel the same way that you do, and you are forced to stand your ground. And that's how the song came up. It was really just kind of walking through those moments of whether they're big or small. It could be, you know, the insecure teenage years that I had or that, you know, I'm sure all of us have gone through versus different things adulthood has thrown at me. I think that it's really important to have your values and for the. For them to guide you through your life. And so I think that that was really when I Stood My ground was born. It was. I want to convey this message that your values are what you have. Stand your ground for those and similar.

Buzz Knight (10:48)

Path of creativity for the song. You're okay.

Chloe Stroll (10:55)

Similar. Ish. I think you're okay similar in that I always try and pick a theme or an experience that I've lived through that I feel others have shared. So similar in that respect. But you're okay and I Stood my ground are very different songs, very different emotions. You know, you're okay was really about the death of my grandmother, and I zoned in on her. And unfortunately, you know, I think that loss is something that everyone experiences somehow. And my grandma was the one that I connected with for this song. But I think that if you're able to. I get it. Like, my childhood dog died, and I cried for four days, and I've had, unfortunately, loss in my life, so I think that I didn't want to narrow it too much that you didn't relate to it. If you had never lost a grandmother. But I wanted it to evoke that same emotion, and that's where they're the same. I never like to pinpoint it so much that you have to do the exact thing I did to feel that emotion.

Buzz Knight (12:01)

Is there somebody you're listening to now that maybe has even a minor influence in this incredibly cool, dreamy, atmospheric quality that your music has?

Chloe Stroll (12:14)

Who am I listening to right now? You know, it's funny, I think that people have asked me, but when you're in the middle of making an album and it's your music, the music that you're listening to is yours on repeat. Because you're like, I am at heart, a perfectionist. And I'm like, change this note. Do this. So when I emerged from my album, there was a lot of new music out, and it's been very cool. And I think that if I were to really pinpoint someone who I think is trying to do something similar and maybe not the same sound, but that modern, timeless approach would be Alex Warren. I think that he's got that kind of ballady but modern but timeless music going.

Buzz Knight (12:59)

Take our audience inside. A typical writing session for you. Are you a lyrics first person, or does the melody come to you first, or does it really depend on the song?

Chloe Stroll (13:13)

I'm a lyrics first person. I think it does depend on the song. Where I've been in situations that I've played a couple chords and been like, wow, that sounds nice. Like, what feelings does it evoke? And then I'll look back and whether I've written lyrics that I'm trying to match up with something, or I'm just like, no, this is the feeling. But typically, I'm a lyrics first person.

Buzz Knight (13:38)

Can you take us inside your feelings on some of the other songs that you're particularly proud of? I'm sure all of them, but maybe highlight a couple of more off of Bloom in the break that you really would like to share.

Chloe Stroll (13:52)

A Lot To Give and Prisoner were probably two that I was really I'm Love in the Dark. Those three I had written so long ago, I had really kept them for a moment to be like, okay, they have to be perfect. And they're very dear to me because I think the way that they're interpreted is different than the reason that I wrote them. And I think that a lot, specifically A Lot To Give and Prisoner, you know, Prisoner is about. For me, it's about anxiety. It was about the fact that I was, you know, I experienced a lot of it over my life. And I was really held prisoner to it, and it bothered me a lot. And I think that being able to personify is that. That's a word, right? Yeah, there you go. It's something like that. But making it come to life, I think that people. It's something that they wouldn't know. And it was something I was very proud of the way that I wrote it. And it was similar with a lot to give. You know, I think that it tells a story of just something that you wouldn't realize. And when you listen to the lyrics really intently, you're actually talking about yourself and you're saying, I'm the one who has a lot to give. I'm the one where the whole song, that's not at all the perception it gives until the end. And so I think those were two songs, and I loop love in the dark in there because I wrote them around the same time and I kept them for three years. I didn't produce them. I didn't do anything with them. And I was like, I really want to be. To make sure that the music really connects with these lyrics. And they were the hardest to produce on the album, for sure.

Buzz Knight (15:36)

Masterful storytelling from you, Chloe, who influence taught you the art of storytelling.

Chloe Stroll (15:46)

You know, it's funny, I don't think anyone really taught me. The best credit I can give is to my books. I love Disney and fantasy and Romantasy, and I grew up, I mean, like most people in my time, we grew up reading Harry Potter and all of that, but I was hooked to any story that had to do. When I was a kid, it was about Disney and princesses and romantic fairy tales and all of that. And as I grew up, it turned into the Judy Blume books and from the Harry Potters and, you know, there was so many stories, and I would lose myself in this creative literature in this world, and I loved telling stories. Literature was my favorite class in English growing up. And I think that that is how I. And I love to write anything. I could write stories, poems. So I think through that, I just loved storytelling.

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Buzz Knight (20:26)

Is there a song ever in your career or. Or your life that you've written that you felt that was too personal to release or to share? Or is it one that surprised you about how people connected in particular with it?

Chloe Stroll (20:44)

There's definitely been songs that I've written that I've been like, wow, should we release this or not? Because they're either very personal. But I think that as time went on, I realized that I was like, it's. If someone can connect with that and it can help make their day better or make them feel like there's someone who understands them, you know, there was no point in hiding that, so I did. There's definitely a couple songs that are out that I've had a moment or two of pause before I've released them because it is personal and it's vulnerable and it's scary to express yourself like that in such a public way. So, yeah, I mean, it's. Yeah, there's been a couple.

Buzz Knight (21:36)

Your brother Lance is pretty vulnerable when he's racing cars. How do you mirror that? Do you guys talk about each other's careers? Do you keep this separate? Because that is in that role, certainly its own form of vulnerability in the public manner.

Chloe Stroll (21:59)

You know, I think it's funny. I think if people really looked under the hood of my relationship with lens, everyone would be like, oh, that's it. Like, we're so hilariously normal. I like under the hood.

Buzz Knight (22:10)

That was good.

Chloe Stroll (22:11)

Yeah. There you go. Thank you. You know, we. We talk about our careers, we talk about life, we talk about we're super close. It's not necessarily something that it's like, okay, let's talk about this now. It's. He FaceTimes to see my son and I FaceTime to be like, what country are you in again? And we're very close. Everything is very. Just easy and fun.

Buzz Knight (22:36)

And yeah, I was recently talking to the singer songwriter Maggie Rose, who recently became a mom, and she talked about how that sort of changed her view, obviously of the world and of her career and her writing. What has that part of your life changed, if anything, in terms of the creative process and the way you write.

Chloe Stroll (23:05)

And create, it's changed a lot. I think that becoming a mom has changed my perspective in a lot of ways of life. It's the best gift to be given and at the same time, probably the most humbling thing to do because you're in charge of life. And you can think that everyone's going to warn you and prepare you, but no one does because it's really a. I can tell you this 20 times, but until you experience it, you don't really understand what I'm saying. And, you know, I wrote probably my favorite song that I've ever written that I've been really the most that gave me the biggest emotional reaction was home on the album Bloom in the break. But I would never have been able to write it if I wasn't pregnant, if I didn't have that journey coming for me, because that was the inspiration, where it came from. I see it today in my writing. I see it to. In my. Even my voice has changed. I've got physical changes that have happened to me as well through that journey, but all for the better. And I think that it's really cool to see what. What different things come up for me, where my inspirations go, what I lean more towards since becoming a mom. And you don't always expect it. So it's been really cool.

Buzz Knight (24:32)

We are so Bravo artist. Independence on this show and your independence in an industry that's constantly changing is really something to marvel about. What has that journey been like? And, I mean, the highs and the lows of that.

Chloe Stroll (24:52)

It's been a whirlwind in her best way, I think. You know, I took a break for a really long time when I was younger to go to college and see if there was something else that I wanted to do. And I'm glad that I did. I'm glad because it reaffirmed how much I wanted to be in music. And I think, like any career, I think the highs can be very high, and I think that the lows can be very low. And there's some things that you can't control. Like, for me, I'm a perfectionist, and I'm a perfectionist with my voice. And just, what, a week ago, I was going to do a gig in New York, and I had lost my voice 24 hours before, and I was like, I can't perform. I can't do it. And I was so petrified of what I would sound like, how other people would think. And in the end, you know, you make it through. But the same with writing sessions putting. You're in studio for 12 hours and I could be there for 24. I love it. But at some point, you're facing a writer's block and you want to put your. You want to scrape your forehead because you're like, why can't I just get past this? And of course there's lower lows, and of course there's. But it's. I think that's life. I think that's why when the great moments come, you have to celebrate everything. And I do. And I think that when the low moments come, you have to remember that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. And it's up to you on finding the strength to put one foot forward.

Buzz Knight (26:29)

I'm guessing in my short time with you that the ability to see things at certain times and have a sense of humor about it also gets you through some of those times as well.

Chloe Stroll (26:42)

Definitely. If you don't have a sense of humor, you can't do anything. I think that's my. I think a sense of humor gets you through the lows in careers, the lows in life, in marriage and friendships. I think that it's. I think that it's a necessity to have.

Buzz Knight (27:01)

Do you remember the last time that you started laughing and you laughed so hard that you just started crying with laughter? And, and if you could possibly remember that, could you share what that was?

Chloe Stroll (27:18)

It was somewhat recently, I think I. I have a very funny thing that when I get tired, I laugh uncontrollably. And I had just come home to my husband and my son and I think he said something that was not funny, like no one else was laughing. And I just fell off my chair and just crying. And I was exhausted and jet lagged and had just finished work and he was working and I. And I think it just took hold of me, which happens more often than not. So not all that entertaining. But yeah, that's my secret thing. I just, I laugh uncontrollably when I'm tired.

Buzz Knight (28:00)

It just happens.

Chloe Stroll (28:01)

Yeah, it just happens. No one can. And everyone knows. They're like, ah, here she goes.

Buzz Knight (28:07)

It's coming. Yeah, it's just like with a sneezing fit sometimes, right?

Chloe Stroll (28:12)

Exactly. Yeah, exactly.

Buzz Knight (28:15)

You've been really open about mental health and, and self discovery. We produce this other podcast which is called Music Save Me, that is about kind of the connection to music from fans and the way artists talk about how music is so helpful. I mean, do you find music having therapeutic forces?

Chloe Stroll (28:38)

Absolutely. And I. There's A part of me that hopes that, you know, bloom and the break helps people with that. Because I think that music, for me, at least in those. In my darkest moments, in the moments where I thought that how do you get out of this? Music's been there, and I think that it's there through the highest of moments as well. But that therapeutic element that it has, the notes, whether it's the note that can just change your mind a little bit or trigger something to be like, oh, you know what? I'm. I can do this. Or it's that one line in a song that goes that you're like, wow, that just resonated with me, like, I'm going to the chin, whatever it is. I think that music, to have that kind of power is so incredible, and it's. It's astounding. So for sure, I think music is extremely important in that role.

Buzz Knight (29:39)

I think you'd agree that social media and streaming have changed everything for artists. How do you balance staying, you know, true to yourself and authentic with the pressure to constantly create?

Chloe Stroll (29:54)

I think for me, I've always tried to just be authentic. If you don't like it, the same with my music. If you don't like it, it's not for you. I get it. That's fine. Not everyone has to. But that's kind of how I approach social media as well. If you're not being you, if you're not being authentic, and it doesn't mean that you have to share every single thing about you, but I think people see that, and in today's world, we want a connection with someone else. And everyone that I've loved and admired, I've noticed that they lay it out and it's like, this is how it is, and take it or leave it. This is me. And I respect that so much. And it's difficult. So that's kind of the way that I approach social media is I'm myself, take it or leave it.

Buzz Knight (30:48)

When you're not making music, what, obviously, besides family, your son, your husband, what. What fills your. Your bucket when you're not making music and what helps you recharge?

Chloe Stroll (31:02)

I'm an avid reader. I love reading books in the kind of fantasy romantasy. I love being taken to a totally different world and just living through that and forgetting, you know, everything else. And I think that emerging myself in that helps me kind of recharge and put my feet back on the ground and go, okay, like, you know, you can. You got this. Now you've had your two hours with your book and now it's time to go back. And I think for me that's really important. Where to find your kind of happy place.

Buzz Knight (31:39)

Chloe, before we close, what is something you believed about yourself five years ago that you've completely changed your mind about?

Chloe Stroll (31:51)

Something I believed about myself, but I've changed my mind about that I couldn't do this. Honestly, I think that five years ago, maybe a little more, maybe seven, I think that there was a part of me that always felt that this would be a really amazing dream and that going after a passion like this in today's world would be a bit of a, you know, a bit of a fool's errand for me. And God, I'm so glad I proved myself wrong. And I'm glad that I'm here.

Buzz Knight (32:26)

I'm glad too. We're all glad. Chloe Straw Big I'm glad you were on Taking a Walk. I'm glad we spent some time. Congratulations on Bloom in the break and everything Great going on. And here's to more of it. Thank you so much.

Chloe Stroll (32:42)

Thank you for having me. Thanks so much.

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