# Coucou Chloe

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{{Short description|French music producer, singer and DJ}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Coucou Chloe
| image           = COUCOUCHLOEPRESSIMAGE.jpg
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| caption         =
| birth_name      = Chloe Erika Jane Olivié
| birth_date      =
| birth_place     =
| origin          = [Biot](/source/Biot%2C_Alpes-Maritimes), France
| genre           = {{hlist|[Experimental hip hop](/source/Experimental_hip_hop)|[electronic](/source/Electronic_music)|[UK bass](/source/UK_bass)|[deconstructed club](/source/deconstructed_club)|[industrial hip hop](/source/industrial_hip_hop)}}
| occupation      = {{flatlist|
* Music producer
* singer
* DJ
}}
| instrument      =
| years_active    =
| label           = {{flatlist|
* Creamcake
* Nuxxe
}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
[Sega Bodega](/source/Sega_Bodega)
}}
| website         = {{URL|www.coucouchloe.com}}
}}
'''Chloe Erika Jane Olivié''', known by her stage name '''Coucou Chloe''' or '''Coucou Chloé''', is a French music producer, singer and DJ, living in London.<ref name="vogue">{{cite web|first1=Rachel|last1=Hahn|access-date=2021-02-28|title=Meet the Producer Whose Twisted Songs Made Their Way Into Rihanna's Fashion Show|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/coucou-chloe-erika-jane-rihanna-fenty-nuxxe-style-profile|website=Vogue}}</ref>

==Biography==
Olivié grew up in [Biot](/source/Biot%2C_Alpes-Maritimes), a village in the south of France.<ref name="i-d">{{cite web|first1=Frankie|last1=Dunn|access-date=2021-02-28|title=step on our throats, coucou chloe!|url=https://i-d.co/article/coucou-chloe-interview-the-post-truth-truth-issue/|date=15 November 2019|website=i-D}}</ref> As a child she played a lot of piano, having been given one by her grandparents.<ref name="i-d"/> She moved to nearby Nice to study contemporary art at [Villa Arson](/source/Villa_Arson) and while there began taking her music production seriously.<ref name="i-d"/> She left before completing the course<ref name="crack">{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-28|title=Coucou Chloe's futuristic club sound is connected to London's creative scene|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/aesthetic/aesthetic-coucou-chloe/|website=Crack Magazine}}</ref> and moved to London soon after.<ref name="aqnb">{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-28|title=An interview with coucou chloé|url=https://www.aqnb.com/2016/10/06/an-interview-with-coucou-chloe/|date=6 October 2016|website=atractivoquenobello}}</ref>

Her experimental music<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-03-01|title=The subtlest electronic music has a French name: Coucou Chloe|url=https://highxtar.com/the-subtlest-electronic-music-has-a-french-name-coucou-chloe/?lang=en|date=14 November 2018|website=highxtar.com}}</ref>—"austere, skeletal beats over which she often drapes her deadpan voice" and sampled animal noises—is often labelled as "deconstructed club music".<ref name="highsnobiety">{{cite web|access-date=2021-03-01|title=Coucou Chloe's Pop Star Dreams Are the Stuff of Nightmares|url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/coucou-chloe-interview/|date=27 August 2020|website=[Highsnobiety](/source/Highsnobiety)}}</ref> She creates it with [Logic Pro](/source/Logic_Pro) on a laptop, an external keyboard, and a microphone.<ref name="highsnobiety"/> Olivié is inspired by 1990s [hip hop music](/source/hip_hop_music), in particular [Snoop Dogg](/source/Snoop_Dogg).<ref name="vogue"/>

The name Coucou Chloe "comes from a song her younger brother Leo (whose name is tattooed twice on her fingers) recorded in a card for her birthday. She'd go on to play the song at parties, and the name found a permanent home in her friends' heads".<ref name="highsnobiety"/> "Coucou" is a cute way of saying "hi".<ref name="i-d"/>

Coucou Chloe is a co-founding member of music collective and record label Nuxxe (pronounced "newksie"), alongside [Sega Bodega](/source/Sega_Bodega) and [Shygirl](/source/Shygirl), both of whom she has collaborated with.<ref name="vogue"/><ref name="highsnobiety"/><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-03-01|title=NUXXE: a truly radical club collective|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/article/39803/1/nuxxe-collective-musicians-biography-dazed-100-2018-profile|date=7 June 2018|website=Dazed}}</ref> She and Sega Bodega produce music as Y1640.<ref name="aqnb"/>

In October 2016, Coucou Chloe DJd her first [Boiler Room](/source/Boiler_Room_(music_broadcaster)) set in Berlin.<ref name="crack"/><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-03-01|title=coucou chloé|url=https://boilerroom.tv/recording/coucou-chloe|website=Boiler Room}}</ref>

She has modelled for Burberry and Vivienne Westwood fashion campaigns.<ref name="crack"/> Her 2016 track<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-03-01|title=London Producer Coucou Chloé's "Doom" Is A Delicious Three-Minute Tantrum|url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/12/20/coucou-chloe-doom|website=The Fader}}</ref> "Doom" was used by [Rihanna](/source/Rihanna) for her Fenty x Puma New York Fashion Week show in 2017.<ref name="crack"/><ref name="vogue"/> "Underdog" was played during [Joseph Altuzarra](/source/Joseph_Altuzarra)'s 2017 Paris show.<ref name="vogue"/> In 2020, Rihanna's Savage x Fenty fashion show premiered on Amazon Prime, again using "Doom." However Olivié and Rihanna apologised after Muslims accused the show of disrespect because "Doom" contains a recording of a [hadith](/source/hadith), or a sacred Islamic text.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-03-01|title=Rihanna apologizes to Muslim community for "offensive" song played during Fenty fashion show|url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/10/06/rihanna-apologizes-to-muslim-community-doom-coucou-chloe|website=The Fader}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-28|title=Coucou Chloe apologises for use of an Islamic hadith in a track played at Rihanna's Fenty show|url=https://www.dummymag.com/news/coucou-chloe-apologises-use-of-the-islamic-hadith-in-doom-played-at-rihannas-fenty-show/|website=DummyMag}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Solo as Coucou Chloe===
*''Halo'' (Creamcake, 2016) – EP<ref name="aqnb"/>
*''Erika Jane'' (Nuxxe, 2017) – EP<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-28|title=Coucou Chloe – Erika Jane · Single Review ⟋ RA|url=https://ra.co/reviews/21477|website=Resident Advisor}}</ref>
*''Naughty Dog'' (Nuxxe, 2019) – EP<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-28|title=Coucou Chloe shares 'Silver B' from new EP, Naughty Dog|url=https://www.factmag.com/2019/05/23/coucou-chloe-naughty-dog/|date=23 May 2019|website=[Fact (UK magazine)](/source/Fact_(UK_magazine))}}</ref>
*"Drop Ten" (Nuxxe, 2020) – single
*"Nobody" (Nuxxe, 2020) – single
*''One'' (self-released, 2021) – EP<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-12-16|title=Coucou Chloe announces four-track EP, 'ONE'|url=https://mixmag.net/read/coucou-chloe-announces-one-ep-news|website=Mixmag}}</ref>
*''1'' (self-released, 2022) – EP
*''Wizz (Cobrah Remix)'' (self-released, 2022) – single
*''Drift'' (self-released, 2023) – single
*''Pokerface'' (self-released, 2023) – single
*''Fever Dream'' (self-released, 2023) – album <ref>{{cite web |title=COUCOU CHLOE - FEVER DREAM Album Review |url=https://ra.co/reviews/35738 |publisher=Resident Advisor |access-date=12 May 2024}}</ref>

===With Sega Bodega as Y1640===
*"Spit Intent" (Nuxxe, 2016) – single
*"Weep" (Nuxxe, 2017) – single

===Collaborations===
*''Campana'' with Dinamarca (2019)
*''Bustdown Entrails'' with Hearteyes and Brodinski (2021)
*''[Stupid Love](/source/Stupid_Love_(Lady_Gaga_song))'' (Coucou Chloe Remix with [Lady Gaga](/source/Lady_Gaga) (2021)
*''Walk Fast, Die Slow'' with DJ Topgun (2022)
*''True'' with Housewife 9 (2022)
*''It's Just This Thing'' with Zero (2022)
*''Thief in the Night'' with Kelvin Krash (2022)
*''Ice Castles'' with Matt OX (2023)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|www.coucouchloe.com}}
*{{Discogs artist|5282584-Coucou-Chloé}}
*{{Discogs artist|7443283-Y1640|Y1640 (Coucou Chloe and Sega Bodega)}}

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Category:French record producers
Category:French DJs
Category:Living people
Category:People from Alpes-Maritimes
Category:French expatriates in England
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