Popstar chloe qisha to reach the steps at the right time

When Chloé Qisha trained to become a therapist, she wondered if her dreams of being a pop star would never come true.

Now, with one of the greatest artists in the United States covering his songs and a place on the reading list of the BBC Radio 1, this happens definitively for the singer even if, in her words, she is “a little late”.

But, speaking to BBC Newsbeat, Chloé says that “late” is actually like the ideal moment.

The singer based in London, born in Malaysia, struck her trail 21st century Cool daughter, whom she describes as “an ode to my adolescent”, on the insecurities and the drama of the romance for adolescents.

Chloé laughs when she says that success occurred after her brain had time to “develop fully”.

“I think if it happened earlier in my life, I would have spoiled it for myself,” she said.

“I look at my young person, who was a bit of a shipwreck of a human being, and just like” you have that, it will work, it will be great “.

“It has taken a lot of finesse over the years, but now it’s my whole life and I’m so excited.

“This is what Chloé Qisha has always been supposed to do.”

Chloé released her first eponymous EP in November and was busy getting out of new music since.

She admits her route in music – Diploma in psychology first – was “a little behind”.

Chloé started writing songs in Uni after publishing blankets on YouTube inspired her to deepen the process.

“I realized that I had to learn to write songs if I wanted to do it,” she said.

However, she thinks that the additional time and the experience helped reassure her that the music was “100% the right track” for her.

But Chloé says that her diploma in psychology has influenced many of her songs, which explore the themes of well-being.

“It’s like learning to accept, learning to accept insecurities and all that,” she said.

“I am here as me older, feeling more settled and confident in my mental health,” she said.

Chloé may have left the textbooks as her career takes off, but learning has not stopped, she said, admitting that she always discovers things about pop star.

She played with BBC Introduction’s Ones to watch Showcase in January and says that being on stage means focusing on more than music and writing of songs.

These are also live performance, filming musical clips and adaptation to professional choreography as a person better known for “terrible Dad Dancing”.

All this work is worth it, she says, when crowds of fans sing her songs.

“These are moments like that you just can’t replace.

“It’s so special.”

Critics, as well as fans, are starting to notice with Rolling Stone and Nme dubbing Chloé as an artist to watch.

She has more than 700,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and when she recently published tickets for her first show in London, he sold in four minutes.

And she also made a name on the other side of the world, spotted by the singer and discussion animator, Kelly Clarkson.

The American Idol Winner television program offers a “Kellyoke” segment where it covers other artists.

Usually these songs are high -level singers such as Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Coldplay.

But in February She chose Chloé’s song I lied, I’m sorryOnly a few months after the song was presented as a trace of BBC week presentation of the week.

Chloé says that her song performed in the series is something that she has still not treated.

“Kelly Clarkson. This is almost, fancy, beautiful and human,” explains Chloé.

“It’s just surreal, I always think it’s a farce.

“It is such an honor, I feel so blessed,” she said.

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