Kloe (singer)

Chloe Anne Latimer was born on 3 November 1996 in Glasgow.{{cite tweet|user=KLOEmusic|author=Kloe|number=1191092794133274625|title=i'm 23 bitch! clink clink|date=3 November 2019|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103204830/https://twitter.com/KLOEmusic/status/1191092794133274625|url-status=dead}} Her parents are divorced. Aside from Glasgow, she has also lived in Clydebank, London, and Reading.{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13266326.dream-city-gig-for-young-scots-singer/|title=Dream city gig for young Scots singer|work=Glasgow Times|date=24 October 2013|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127162818/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13266326.dream-city-gig-for-young-scots-singer/|url-status=live}} In her early career, she made acoustic music and auditioned for The X Factor when she was 13, although she did not advance further.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/14537061.ones-watch/|title=The ones to watch|author=Morton, Calum|work=The Herald|date=5 June 2016|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220732/https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/14537061.ones-watch/|url-status=live}} Kloe performed cover songs regularly on stage in front of her peers at school at 14. Around that time, she bought a MacBook and taught herself how to record and produce her own music using various programs.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kloe/kloe-the-best-of-whats-next/|title=Kloe: The Best of What's Next|author=Lanham, Tom|work=Paste|date=5 July 2016|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220732/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kloe/kloe-the-best-of-whats-next/|url-status=live}} At 15, she started performing live and was a supporting act for fellow singer Nina Nesbitt in Glasgow.{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/13270900.age-proves-no-barrier-for-chloe-as-she-gears-up-for-headline-gig/|title=Age proves no barrier for Chloe as she gears up for headline gig|work=Glasgow Times|date=7 January 2014|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=28 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128224235/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/13270900.age-proves-no-barrier-for-chloe-as-she-gears-up-for-headline-gig/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Tipped for top of pops: Chloe Latimer|author=Johnston, Craig|work=Sunday Mail|id={{ProQuest|1765992544}}|date=14 December 2014|page=56}}

Kloe dropped out of Clydebank High School to pursue a career in music at age 16. Before she decided to fully commit to music, she worked as a waitress. On 2 November 2013, she opened for English singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin at O2 ABC Glasgow. Despite not being old enough to attend most of King Tut's Wah Wah Hut's shows, Kloe headlined at the venue in January 2014. In the same year, she began collaborating with a producer who made electronic music. However, she ended up working with Lewis Gardiner of Prides and adopted the stage name Kloe. She told Glasgow Times that she switched from making acoustic music because she wanted to "outgrow the singer-songwriter acoustic thing" she had been doing and wanted to explore new sounds.{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/13303299.interview-clydebanks-kloe-aims-to-get-a-grip-on-the-us-music-market/|title=Interview: Clydebank's Kloe aims to get a grip on the US music market...|author=Geddes, Jonathan|date=27 February 2015|work=Glasgow Times|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220736/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/13303299.interview-clydebanks-kloe-aims-to-get-a-grip-on-the-us-music-market/|url-status=live}}

She released her first single, "Grip", in December 2014. "Grip" was played on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show and received rave reviews from music critics. In February 2015, she performed as Kloe for the first time at The Garage where she was a headliner. Kloe released "Feel" as her second single in April.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2015/04/premiere-kloe-feel|title=Premiere: Kloë – Feel|work=Pigeons and Planes|date=1 April 2015|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=10 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210004130/https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2015/04/premiere-kloe-feel|url-status=live}} She was spotlighted on BBC Music Introducing in May.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/introducing/entries/6ed57f07-4b8b-478e-af93-7bb81f9447f3|title=On the playlist: Kloë – Feel|author=Cobain, Elise|publisher=BBC Music Introducing|date=11 May 2015|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220735/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/introducing/entries/6ed57f07-4b8b-478e-af93-7bb81f9447f3|url-status=live}} On 23 May, she sang at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewh8q9/acts/a2c2rz|title=Kloë|publisher=BBC|date=23 May 2015|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129164224/https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewh8q9/acts/a2c2rz|url-status=live}} At 18, Kloe signed a record deal with Columbia Records and later with Iamsound in November 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/14282831.music-review-marina-diamonds-o2-academy-glasgow/|title=Music review: Marina and the Diamonds, O2 Academy, Glasgow|author=Love, Nicola|work=The Herald|date=17 February 2016|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=5 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105230100/https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/14282831.music-review-marina-diamonds-o2-academy-glasgow/|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|url=http://iamsound.com/2015/11/25/iamsound-signs-kloe/|title=Iamsound Signs Kloe|publisher=Iamsound|date=25 November 2015|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323105828/http://iamsound.com/2015/11/25/iamsound-signs-kloe/|url-status=dead}} Her third single "Touch" also followed in November.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2015/11/kloe-touch-premiere|title=Premiere: Young Scottish Singer Kloe's 'Touch' is a Huge Pop Song|author=Gardner, Constant|work=Pigeons and Planes|date=18 November 2015|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=10 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210004115/https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2015/11/kloe-touch-premiere|url-status=live}} She won the Big Apple award at the 2015 Scottish Music Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/regions/scottish-music-awards-bay-city-rollers-honoured-880458|title=Scottish Music Awards: Bay City Rollers honoured|date=30 November 2015|work=Edinburgh Evening News|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220734/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/regions/scottish-music-awards-bay-city-rollers-honoured-880458|url-status=live}}

On 3 February 2016, Kloe unveiled the single "Teenage Craze". Her debut extended play Teenage Craze was issued two days later by Sony Music. She was the opening act for Marina Diamandis's Neon Nature Tour at O2 Academy Glasgow on 16 February. Among others, she performed at Canadian Music Week in May 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2016/05/cmw-recap-2016/smino|title=CMW Recap: The Best Of The Fest, f/ Smino, Kloe, Skepta, and More|author=Zorgel, Aaron|work=Complex|date=9 May 2016|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127211316/https://www.complex.com/music/2016/05/cmw-recap-2016/smino|url-status=live}} Kloe released two more singles in 2016, "UDSM" and "Liability". Also in 2016, Kloe sang at music festivals Festival N°6, South by Southwest, and The Great Escape Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/new-music/featured-artist-kloe/|title=Kloe|author=Ottewill, Jim|publisher=PRS for Music|date=30 August 2016|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023164037/https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/new-music/featured-artist-kloe/|url-status=live}}

In July 2018, Kloe signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music. She declared that Warner Chappell "fe[lt] like the right place" to take her songwriting "to the next level".{{cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/publishing/read/she-s-an-amazing-talent-warner-chappell-signs-rising-star-kloe/073026|title='She's an amazing talent': Warner/Chappell signs rising star Kloe|author=Paine, Andre|work=Music Week|date=3 July 2018|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220736/https://www.musicweek.com/publishing/read/she-s-an-amazing-talent-warner-chappell-signs-rising-star-kloe/073026|url-status=live}} She co-wrote Taemin's 2020 single "Criminal", which reached number 25 on the Gaon Digital Chart.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=37&hitYear=2020&termGbn=week|script-title=ko:2020년 37주차 Digital Chart|trans-title=Digital Chart – Week 37, 2020|website=Gaon Digital Chart|access-date=10 February 2023|language=ko|archive-date=7 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107162326/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=37&hitYear=2020&termGbn=week|url-status=dead}} Kloe was a co-writer of IU's "Celebrity" (2021). The song topped the Gaon Digital Chart and was the best-selling song in South Korea in 2021.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=05&hitYear=2021&termGbn=week|script-title=ko:2021년 05주차 Digital Chart|trans-title=Digital Chart – Week 5 of 2021|website=Gaon Digital Chart|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204041450/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=05&hitYear=2021&termGbn=week|archive-date=4 February 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=10 February 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=2021&hitYear=2021&termGbn=year&year_time=3|title=2021년 Digital Chart|website=Gaon Digital Chart|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107031910/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=2021&hitYear=2021&termGbn=year&year_time=3|archive-date=7 January 2022|url-status=dead|access-date=10 February 2023}} Scottish musician Pocket featured Kloe on the single "Evergreen" in May 2023 which was included on his extended play, Love Disc (2023).{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0aL9igwFm3G63OPAH9DagN|title=Pocket – Evergreen (feat. Kloe)|publisher=Spotify|date=26 May 2023|access-date=26 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://edmidentity.com/2023/06/23/pocket-love-disc-review/|title=Pocket Sprinkles a Dose of Love on Debut EP|author=Lim, Sheila|work=EDM Identity|date=23 June 2023|access-date=26 July 2023}}

Kloe stated that Aplin was the "first person" she admired, as Aplin influenced her in regards to performing live and learning how to play the guitar. She also named Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Joni Mitchell, Pink, Stevie Nicks, and Taylor Swift as her musical influences while growing up.{{cite web|url=https://list.co.uk/news/12984/interview-kloe|title=Interview: Kloë|author=Henderson, Scott|work=The List|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202110633/https://list.co.uk/news/12984/interview-kloe|url-status=live}} Kloe's musical styles have been described by music critics as alternative pop, alternative R&B,{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/pop-rock-and-jazz-nov-29-dcjvbfbwqbv|title=Pop, Rock and Jazz, Nov 29|author=Cairns, Dan|work=The Times|date=29 November 2015|access-date=10 February 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221127145330/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pop-rock-and-jazz-nov-29-dcjvbfbwqbv|archive-date=27 November 2022|url-status=live}} dream pop,{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/21-cool-new-artists-under-21|title=21 Cool New Artists 21 And Under|work=Nylon|date=26 September 2016|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220734/https://www.nylon.com/articles/21-cool-new-artists-under-21|url-status=live}} electropop, pop, and teen pop.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/pop-corner-teen-pop-queen-kloe-drops-a-sparse-banger-tom-odell-is-a-sweet-angel-1.2717941|title=Pop Corner: teen-pop queen Kloe drops a sparse banger; Tom Odell is a sweet angel|author=Malone, Ailbhe|work=The Irish Times|date=11 July 2016|access-date=8 March 2023|archive-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230307232428/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/pop-corner-teen-pop-queen-kloe-drops-a-sparse-banger-tom-odell-is-a-sweet-angel-1.2717941|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}

Michael Cragg of The Guardian described Kloe as "Glasgow's sassy dark-pop practitioner".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/01/rising-stars-2017-singer-kloe-pop-grip|title=Rising stars of 2017: singer Kloe|author=Cragg, Michael|work=The Guardian|date=1 January 2017|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220732/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/01/rising-stars-2017-singer-kloe-pop-grip|url-status=live}} Digital Spy{{'s}} Lewis Corner and Amy Davidson wrote that her musical style is akin to a combination of Swift's "confessional pop" and The Weeknd's "more murky R&B".{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/new-songs-playlist/a782920/playlist-10-tracks-you-need-to-hear-beyonce-dua-lipa-missy-elliott/|title=Playlist: 10 tracks you need to hear – Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Missy Elliott|author1=Corner, Lewis|author2=Davidson, Amy|work=Digital Spy|date=9 February 2016|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220735/https://www.digitalspy.com/music/new-songs-playlist/a782920/playlist-10-tracks-you-need-to-hear-beyonce-dua-lipa-missy-elliott/|url-status=live}} Time Out columnists James Manning, Tristan Parker, and Michael Curle compared Kloe to Lorde and commented that she is "turning out sparkling R&B tunes with majestic pop choruses".{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/music/ones-to-watch-16-artists-who-will-own-2016|title=Ones to watch: 16 artists who'll own 2016|author1=Manning, James|author2=Parker, Tristan|author3=Curle, Michael|work=Time Out|date=22 December 2015|access-date=28 July 2023|archive-date=1 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101122630/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/ones-to-watch-16-artists-who-will-own-2016|url-status=dead}} In a review of Teenage Craze, Pigeons and Planes{{'s}} Adrienne Black noted that Kloe's voice shifts from "mesmerizing and tranquil" to "upbeat and energetic".{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2016/02/kloe-shares-new-teenage-craze-ep|title=Kloe Shares New Teenage Craze EP|author=Black, Adrienne|work=Pigeons and Planes|date=5 February 2016|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127210008/https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2016/02/kloe-shares-new-teenage-craze-ep|url-status=live}}

Kloe resides in London. She is a member of the LGBT community.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mnek-launches-lgbtqplus-music-writing-camp-to-celebrate-pride-in-london__26738/|title=MNEK launches LGBTQ+ music writing camp to celebrate Pride in London|author=Copsey, Rob|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=27 June 2019|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220732/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mnek-launches-lgbtqplus-music-writing-camp-to-celebrate-pride-in-london__26738/|url-status=live}} In the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, she voted for Scotland to become an independent country.{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/kloe-interview|title=Band Crush: Kloe Is The Nostalgic, Unfiltered Pop Star Of The Digital Age|author=Gore, Sydney|date=8 January 2016|work=Nylon|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=25 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025165950/https://www.nylon.com/articles/kloe-interview|url-status=live}} Among other musicians, Kloe signed Kate Nash's open letter towards Barack Obama in support of the Standing Rock Sioux members who protested the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kate-nash-enlists-green-day-radiohead-more-for-standing-rock-protest-109135/|title=Kate Nash Enlists Green Day, Radiohead, More for Standing Rock Protest|author=Blistein, Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2 December 2016|url-access=limited|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022220732/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kate-nash-enlists-green-day-radiohead-more-for-standing-rock-protest-109135/|url-status=live}}

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