CHLOE TRUJILLO Shares Q&A In Support Of Her Just-Released ‘Rebirth’ EP
CHLOE TRUJILLO
SHARES Q&A
IN SUPPORT OF HER JUST-RELEASED
‘REBIRTH’
EP
Last week (March 5) CHLOE TRUJILLO released her new independent solo EP REBIRTH, along with a new video for “Lies” from the collection. Watch the clip HERE and read a Q&A (below) with the Paris-born and Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, visual artist, designer, and consummate creative. She discusses her musical influences, artistic inspiration, and balancing family life, while continuing to evolve as an artist.
“Lies” follows the album’s first single, the soulfully expressive metal song “As the Sky is Falling Down.” The track’s ominous guitar underscores CHLOE’s moving and haunting delivery. The delicate hum gives way to a trudging groove, and CHLOE proclaims, “As the sky is falling down, I stand tall, wreckage all around, but I won’t fall.” Her spoken word transfixes over the turbulent bridge. Listen to the song HERE and watch the video, which includes dramatic scenes of CHLOE shot at the ocean, HERE.
REBIRTH evokes the sound of change out loud. You can hear the past being shed, the present being seized, and the future being manifested through her spirited conjurations of soulfully expressive metal. CHLOE carefully crafted what would become REBIRTH throughout 2024 and 2025. Her songwriting process is ongoing and ever evolving. When choosing the songs for the new EP, she says, “I have a stash of hundreds of songs waiting to be properly recorded, so for this EP I selected four of those to finish. I already have another 6 or 7 in mind for my next release.” Following writing, she teamed up with producer Jake Carmona to bring it to life in the studio.
CHLOE TRUJILLO
Q&A
Q: How do you feel your new material may differ from previous songs, musically and/or lyrically?
CHLOE TRUJILLO (CH): First of all, I believe that we all evolve as human beings—and as an artist, I’m thriving to learn and grow each time I create something new. I’m always experimenting with musical and vocal styles in my projects, having studied many genres of music and singing (from opera, to 12 bar blues, to musicals, gospel and metal). I also love to incorporate different aspects of these genres when appropriate, to allow myself to express the truestA of emotions a certain piece of music calls for. On this latest project, I gave myself total freedom to be who I am now—fully expressing myself musically and lyrically, especially lyrically! One cannot hide behind a voice, and words are so powerful. I used to be shy, and scared, maybe even ashamed of who I was deep inside—I wanted to hide, stay in that hypothetical comfort zone. Learning to accept myself and letting the art, music, lyrics flow through me and sharing all of it with the world has been the best reward and the strongest healing for me.
Q: What was the first album you owned?
(CH): Well my dad’s best friend used to work from Polydor, so he would gift me with promo singles. I remember having a clear limited-edition vinyl of “Straight Between The Eyes” from Rainbow, to which I choreographed a routine as a kid. But the first album I purchased was actually Slayer’s Reign In Blood.
Q: Is there one song lyric you can’t get out of your head?
(CH): They always change, right now, we just flew back from the Brit Awards, where Ozzy [Osbourne] received the lifetime achievement award, and the band played “No More Tears.” The lines—“The light in the window is a crack in the sky, a stairway to darkness in the blink of an eye”—have been in my head for a couple of days!
Q: Beyond music, you’re a multi-faceted artist, is your inspiration different with each medium?
(CH): I believe my inspiration comes from the same place—it’s just expressed differently. My process is simple but not that easy. I open up and allow the universe to speak through me, at least that’s how I can best describe it. I am like a channel transmitting messages, visions, melodies to who is there to receive it. What’s most difficult about it, is to try to keep the transmission as pure as possible…similar to when you try to describe a dream you just had, it’s really hard to do, you then realize how words are limiting…so I do words with art and music, all conveying whatever I am receiving in the moment of creation.
Q: With all your artistic endeavors, how do you balance those roles while being a wife and mother?
(CH): It’s a juggle, but I’m a bit of a workaholic so even if it means less sleep, I’ll go create, I need to, every day. When the kids were babies and I didn’t have much time to myself, I still sang to them, inventing lyrics on the spot, I painted during their naps, I drew things on the sand while at the beach with them (we lived in Venice Beach then), and I believed it inspired them to become the artists they are today. As for being a wife, we are both creatives, we are both Scorpios. I think it works perfectly—we are so alike in many ways that we understand the sacred aspect of art making and the aloneness we each need, and it brings us closer together.
Q: If you could have a conversation with anyone who’s living or dead, who would it be and why?
(CH): My grandfather! He passed away when I was in my twenties, but now I wish I had more of his stories and insights on life and creativity. I’ve always wanted to write about his experience as an opera singer surviving WWII—he was living proof that music and art can truly change lives.
Q: What do you look forward to most when you return home from the road?
(CH): If my family is in town (we all tour a lot!), I enjoy hanging out with them in our kitchen, catching up. Otherwise: sleeping in my own bed!
ABOUT CHLOE TRUJILLO:
An empathetic Renaissance woman through and through, the Paris-born and Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, visual artist, designer, and consummate creative.
Photo credit: Cathryn Farnsworth
