Fast-rising alt-pop artist Chloe Rodgers unveils the official video for her latest single 'Free Your Mind'
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"Chloe Rodgers is the youthful face of alt-pop you should already be getting to know." -WONDERLAND
“"The Algea" is a dreamy slice of baroque pop” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT
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"Rodgers’ stated admiration for Thom Yorke is evident in both her lithe and immaculate vocals and her layered lyrical musings. Much like the Radiohead frontman, she walks a thin line between connected peace and crushing anxiety” - UNDER THE RADAR
"Chloe Rodgers takes a different approach to pop music... her otherworldly vocals opening up a portal to a fascinatingly serene new world." - REFINERY 29
“With whispering vocals and an acoustic guitar that builds into cinematic strings, Chloe Rodgers’ new track is a beautiful piece of sonic work” - NOTION
"symphonic art pop" - UNDER THE RADAR
Following up the release of her stunning debut EP ‘Back To The Quay’ in recent weeks, which included her critically-praised singles ‘Better View’, ‘Bones’, (which recently topped the Hype Machine chart upon its release), and the collection’s title-track, which BBC Introducing Nottingham’s Dean Jackson dubbed “fantastic”, emerging artist Chloe Rodgers has returned to unveil the official video for one of the release’s standout offerings ‘Free Your Mind’.
Originally offered up as the focus single for the full EP release, ‘Free Your Mind’ was always seen as one of her more personal cuts, and this new video looks to highlight those more candid moments. Showing us a more intimate side to her day-to-day life, the visuals have this transportive and timely texture as we also get to experience the ever-moving journey that she is embarking on right now.
Speaking about the new video, Chloe said, "I think the video for Free Your Mind is my favourite so far because it features the people in my life. The song is about staying positive in the face of change, which I wanted to show through the change of the seasons in the clips, the autumn leaves, and the daffodils."
In the build up to this new EP, Chloe Rogers was supported by the likes of The Line Of Best Fit, Under The Radar (21 for 2021), Earmilk, CLASH, Wonderland Magazine, NOTION, Refinery 29, Record of the Day and many more tastemakers.
Born and raised in Nottingham – a part of the United Kingdom that she still enjoys living in – Chloe is lucky enough to have the kind of disposition that makes you swoon at the impossibility of her existence within the confines of what it is to be a modern day pop star.
With influences that stretch from PJ Harvey to Billie Eilish, she notes Thom Yorke as her biggest inspiration, explaining “You know immediately that his lyrics have hidden depths,” she suggests, “but the deeper you dig, the further you are from getting to what they might mean.”
Chloe first came to public attention after accidentally winning Notts X Factor – she was interning at a local record label and was put up for an audition by her boss – which resulted in pecuniary financial advantage, a series of local gigs and a presence on YouTube that brought her to the attention of music producer and composer, Anders Källmark and Crowds And Power record label.
“She was so effortlessly talented”, says Källmark, “that we thought she must be performing a series of covers. But she wasn’t!” Kallmark subsequently included her as the main vocal component in Twenty Committee, an innovative, contemporaneous project featuring a rotating cast of songwriters and performers bearing a loose resemblance – at least in conception - to that ever-elusive, 1980s abstract phenomenon known as This Mortal Coil. “Chloe is absolutely integral to Twenty Committee and puts her own spin on everything we do together,” adds Källmark.
With a string of future releases at the ready, Chloe Rodgers looks to have a bright solo career on the horizon. She is most definitely one to watch.
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