08-07-2025
Chloe Qisha talks new music, Addison Rae and what a ‘Modern Romance' summer would look like
Picture this: you sit down to have a quick catch up with one of Rolling Stone UK's Future of Music 2025 cover stars and the heavens quite literally open and bestow upon you 7 minutes of the potentially heaviest downpour of the year. This was the outcome when we met Chloe Qisha at London's BST Hyde Park.
So much. I'm always shocked to think back to the Rolling Stone UK cover. I still have it pinned on my Instagram because it is my pride and joy. It's a constant reminder every time I see it that so much has happened, obviously my first festival season has started. It's been wonderful. [I'm] going through a lot of firsts, which has been nice and have just released an EP as well, which is great. I think you're always writing for new music as an artist as well, so we're also looking towards the future and, very soon, new projects will be in the world.
There is potentially a larger project in the works. I cannot confirm or deny at this current stage, but, yes, new music, nonetheless, is being written as we speak.
(At this point in the interview we both apologise for the rain, as if it is either of our faults.)
Yeah, it's quite a big stage…
It's great, right? It is such a dream. We were just soundtracking earlier today. It's a wonderful stage. I was just thinking when I was getting ready just now, like it's so rare to have such an intimate artist area bit behind the stage and it's all women, and it's all like super talented, girl bosses, we are absolutely killing it in their sort of pop space. What a privilege and what a joy to sort of share this day with them, despite the rain. I think if there's people to kill it in the rain, it would surely be a bunch of girlie pops.
That's hard! Theres so many. Oh, you know what? I'm actually going to go with my OG. I got into Sabrina in the 'Nonsense' era. I just remember hearing 'Nonsense' and 'Feather' for the first time, and I was like, oh my God, she's just like transformed. It was like the music was immediately so captivating and had such an identity. I'm such a visual artist and I think the visual, for me, was so strong. I still look back at that whole album [Emails I Can't Send] like, ooh, it's so beautiful, it's so tight. Everything's just wonderful. So, I'm going to go with 'Nonsense'.
Oh, this is also so difficult. I'm trying to think about like, what's come up out. Anything Addison [Rae].
I was literally just listening to her. I'm going to have to give it to 'Diet Pepsi' or what's the other one I really love? Honestly, like that whole album, gorgeous. Elvira [Anderfjärd], Luca [Kloser] and Addison, you have just absolutely smashed it out of the park. It's some proper magic I feel. Absolute magic, and then again, the visual is so beautiful. It's translated to live perfectly as well. I love to see it.
A Modern Romance summer? I don't know, you know, it's funny because I feel like she's been out for ages, but then also she's not been out like two seconds as well. I think I'm still living her and I'm still trying to see what she means. I know what she means to me, but I don't know what she means to people yet, and I still am excited for people to explore and find her. But so far, it's having a lot of fun, but also, taking time for yourself. Good breaks, make sure you book a holiday, take that annual leave, sweetie. We love an early night in bed with the cats early and just watching a good movie or Overcompensating.
You can read Chloe Qisha's full Rolling Stone UK Future of Music cover story here.
