Pheaturing Chloe

 

Hey, kids, welcome to the Phile for a Monday... how are you? The pandemic had changed everything. Even the Super Bowl had to stay home. When Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last offseason, this is what their fanbase envisioned. Following the Buccaneers 31-9 win in Super Bowl LV over the Kansas City Chiefs, Bucs fans flooded the streets to celebrate the team’s first Lombardi Trophy since 2002. Stay safe, Bucs fans.  When Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich walked up to the podium for his post-game press conference, he thought he was going to get a lot of questions about what it was like working with Tom Brady. Instead, a reporter asked him about what it was like stopping Patrick Mahomes, which wasn’t on Leftwich’s “things-to-do-list.” A reporter thought Byron Leftwich was Todd Bowles! Hahahahaha. Tony Romo really needed to use the restroom, but he also had to broadcast the most important game of the year. During Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, fans noticed that Romo appeared to pee himself after a pee spot was spotted on his pants...

Every guy can relate! Super Bowl LV was Patrick Mahomes worst game of his incredibly young career. Not only did the Chiefs fail to muster an offensive touchdown, but Mahomes was under pressure on nearly every play. The Chiefs were brought down to earth by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, losing 31-9. Following the game, Mahomes addressed “Chiefs Kingdom” and proclaimed that the Chiefs “will be back.” The Chiefs will be around for a long time as long as No. 15 is behind center. The Chiefs were able to hand the Bucs an "L" earlier this season, and in doing so, KC WR Tyreek Hill chucked up his signature deuces to Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield during a long touchdown pass. Well, after meeting in the Super Bowl months later, Winfield did not forget. One the thing I will say about the Super Bowl, COVID-19 didn’t stop us from getting a Super Bowl streaker.

A shocking murder has rocked one assisted living center near Denver, Colorado. Okey Payne, a 95-year-old resident, has been accused of shooting and killing a staff member named Ricardo Medina-Rojas. On February 3rd, Payne was arrested in connection to the murder. And the elderly suspect has been quite blunt about his motives. Ricardo Medina-Rojas was a maintenance worker at Legacy Assisted Living, a home for seniors in Lafayette, Colorado. Last Wednesday morning, Medina-Rojas was shot dead in the lobby of the facility. Having attacked Medina-Rojas in broad daylight, Okey Payne was immediately arrested for the crime. The 95-year-old Colorado man is now being held on suspicion of not only first-degree murder but two additional counts of felony menacing. Payne had waved his handgun around at those who tried to help the injured employee, increasing the charges. Ricardo Medina-Rojas worked at Legacy Assisted Living for eight years. In a formal statement, the company said Medina-Rojas was “truly beloved by residents and staff.” In addition to the murder weapon, a .45-caliber Automatic Colt Pistol which reportedly belonged to Oakey Payne’s father during World War I, other firearms were previously removed from Payne’s possession by the facility staff. And that’s not all that was threatening about this violent 95-year-old. The arrest affidavit of Okey Payne, which has been released by the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, reveals that he long suspected the staffers were trying to kill him and steal his money. Prior to shooting Ricardo Medina-Rojas, Payne had accosted other staff members regarding his hung. Payne claimed to have found needle marks on his big tow that indicated being drugged and also said his ex-wife was likely in on the plot. According to Payne, the final straw which led to his heinous standoff was $200 missing from his wallet. Okey Payne exhibited little to no remorse when speaking to law enforcement, insisting that he’s hoping the “thievery” at the Legacy Assisted Living facility will stop, saying that “it was too bad he had to ‘waste’ [Ricardo], but he’s hoping… something good comes from all this.” Despite the wild claims, Okey Payne was reportedly “clear-headed and lucid” while making his statement. 

Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Democratic lead House impeachment manager, has requested that former President Donald Trump appear and testify under oath this week at his own impeachment trial with the Senate’s cross-examination. Although he is technically not required to appear, Raskin made the request to prepare for the trial that will examine Trump’s part in U.S. Capitol riot that happened on January 6th, 2021. Raskin wrote in a letter, “In light of your disputing these factual allegations, I write to invite you to provide testimony under oath,” asking that he reply by Friday afternoon. Trump’s allies, however, immediately backed him in not giving a provided testimony at the Senate trial. Bruce Castor, who’s part of the Trump’s representation team in the trial, was the one who officially said “no” when asked if Trump would testify. He explained that the case was actually “a winner” for the GOP former president, saying, “It’s a publicity stunt in order to make up for the weakness of the House managers’ case.” Trump’s attorney from his legal team, David Schoen, called the Democrats’ request for Trump’s presence at the trial a “public relations stunt” and the trial itself, “an unconstitutional proceeding.” And Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called Raskin’s request “a political ploy” by Democrats and said it would be very unlikely that Trump would accept to testify. Graham said, “I don’t think that would be in anybody’s interest,” mentioning how Trump hadn’t been called to testify during the House impeachment proceedings. “It’s just a nightmare for the country to do this, it’s just a political showboat move to do this,” he added. The House impeached Trump for a second time last month, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot by pro-Trump supporters, terrorizing lawmakers while they were to certify President Joe Biden’s official winning of the 2020 presidential election into the White House. Several people died while the rioters stormed the Capitol building, and the article of impeachment also cited Trump’s phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes in overturning the state’s election results and “subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election.” Making it the most bipartisan vote on a presidential impeachment in history, the Democrat-controlled House approved on a 232-197 vote, with 10 Republicans siding against Trump. Raskin noted in his letter that former Presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton both testified while in office, saying, “So there is no doubt that you can testify in these proceedings. Indeed, whereas a sitting President might raise concerns about distraction from their official duties, that concern is obviously inapplicable here.” He added, “We therefore anticipate your availability to testify,” also explaining that a 2020 Supreme Court ruling found that a president is not immune from criminal prosecution. Along with Raskin, the other eight House impeachment managers are, “Reps. Diana DeGette of Colorado, Joe Neguse of Colorado, David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Joaquin Castro of Texas, Eric Swalwell of California, Ted Lieu of California and Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, along with Stacey Plaskett, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ nonvoting delegate to Congress,” according to NBC News.

The duck hunting community in Northwest Tennessee was rocked last week by a horrific double-murder. And now, the mysterious case has grown even darker. David Vowell, the 70-year-old man accused of killing two fellow duck hunters, was discovered dead in a swamp on January 30th, 2021. For the past week, 70-year-old duck hunter David Vowell was wanted in connection to the first-degree murder of two men, 25-year-old Zachery Grooms and 26-year-old Chance Black. The young men were killed at Reelfoot Lake in Obion County, Tenn. on January 25th, 2021. According to witness Jeff Crabtree, who had been hunting in a duck blind alongside Grooms and Black on that fateful Monday morning, Vowell approached the group wanting to hunt. Details of Crabtree’s account have been released by law enforcement. Apparently, David Vowell arrived and around 9 a.m., asking to hunt in the blind with the young men. They obliged. Suddenly, Vowell opened fire; Grooms was struck first. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) found a shell jammed in the shotgun, which had delayed Vowell’s rampage. Crabtree was able to knock Vowell from the platform, causing Vowell to fall into a boat where another gun was stowed. Vowell then fatally shot Black. The assailant immediately fled the scene on foot while Jeff Crabtree frantically sought help for his fellow duck hunters. But it was too late. A week-long manhunt for David Vowell ended on January, 30th, 2021 when his body was discovered, dead, in the ditch of the swamp at Reelfoot Lake State Park. Footage from the boating search was shared by the TBI on social media. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced the body of David Vowell was recovered from Reelfoot Lake around last Saturday afternoon, not far from the area of the initial incident. Although the cause of death has not been determined, Tommy Thomas, the district attorney for Obion County, has revealed that the body does not show any visible gunshot wounds. Vowell’s boat and the car had already been recovered from the area, leaving little possibility for where the Tennessee man might have escaped to. His motives, on the other hand, remain unknown. Vowell was retired from his family lumber business, Vowell & Sons, located in the city of Martin in Weakley County. It’s an unbelievably tragic end to duck hunting season. As they await more information, Chance Black and Zach Grooms’ family and friends are publicly mourning their unexpected loss.

Let's face it,  Sam and Bucky just don't get along. This is evident in the official trailer for "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" dropped during Super Bowl LV but they need to work together to go up against... Sharon Carter? The Super Bowl LV trailer opens with Sam and Bucky meeting with a therapist to work out their differences. "Mr. Barnes, why does Sam aggravate you?" she asks Bucky as the scene switches to the two on a plane seemingly on a mission together. "15 seconds to drop, so what's our plan?" Bucky asks Sam who simply smiles and jumps from the plane. While it's clear that these two aren't BFFs, they will need to work together properly to fight Baron Zemo. "Superheroes cannot be allowed to exist," Zemo says. "I have no intention to leave my work unfinished." Interestingly, Zemo isn't the only one that Sam and Bucky need to worry about. At one point, they are held at gunpoint by Agent 13, who had disappeared after the events in Captain America: Civil War. Has Sharon gone bad and become one of the villains that Sam and Bucky need to face this March? "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" trailer offers a lot of awesome new footage including Sam throwing Captain America's shield and Bucky catching it. In addition to that, there's a jaw-dropping action sequence on top of a moving truck where Bucky gets hit by a female antagonist. Sam isn't one to let that go easily and immediately teases Bucky. 

Instead to doing this blog thing I should be listening to this album...

Ummm... maybe not. Okay, I'm soooo afraid this is going to happen...

Hahahahaha. So, when I saw this...

It reminded me of something... and then it hit me. 

Hahahaha. The Super Bowl was just a giant Myth Busters experiment. If I had a TARDIS I would like to see Emmett Kelly, the original “sad clown” but knowing my luck I'd see him while he was rushing to help put out one of the worst fire disasters in U.S. history, the Hartford circus fire in 1944. 

The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that was attended by 6,000 to 8,000 people. More than 165 people died and more than 700 were injured. For those who remember the "Match Game" of 70s television fame, Charles Nelson Reilly, a regular on the show, was one of the survivors. As clowns go Emmett Kelly was one of the least scary-looking ever. The typical reaction to his appearance was great sympathy, especially during the times, Great Depression. I actually saw Emmett Kelly Jr. at a circus once though, so there's something. One thing that makes me laugh and is when people copy their other pics. Like this one...

Hahahaha. Here's another dumb thing that happened in 2021 so far...

I'm a spicy sausage. Hahaha. One of the things I like to do is go on Twitter and look up certain words. One of those words I look up is "Foghat" and this is one I saw recently...

I wonder which guy from Foghat that was. Hmmm. I was thinking of getting a new tattoo but someone had the same idea I had...

"Dishouner"? What? Hahahaha. So, Valentine's Day is on Sunday and if you're looking for a card to get how about this one?

You're welcome. Okay, let’s face it. While getting married is an exciting new chapter for any couple, the path leading to the big day can be extremely stressful. When it comes to planning nuptials, it should be important for engaged couples to be on the same page... or at least in the same book. One Phile reader is a 29-year-old bride-to-be who is struggling with upcoming wedding plans with her 32-year-old fiancé. She emailed the Phile and asked, “Am I wrong for asking my fiancé to do most of the wedding planning?” 

"My fiancé and I recently got engaged and are hoping to get married in 2022. I have asked my fiancé to take on the bulk of wedding planning and he thinks I’m an asshole for not taking on more of the work. I’ll help make decisions and coordinate day-of but I don’t want to have to do the research to find vendors or handle little details. We’re paying for this ourselves so a planner isn’t an option. The main reason I don’t want to plan the wedding is that I don’t particularly want a wedding at all. I would love to just elope with the two of us, but he wants a traditional wedding. I’ve asked if he would compromise on things (like having a ceremony just the two of us and then a party after) but he won’t budge. Most aspects of a wedding are things that I either don’t enjoy or are things that make me really uncomfortable. Walking down the aisle and saying personal vows in front of people I don’t really know? Very uncomfortable. Father/daughter dance? Not going to happen since my dad isn’t in the picture. Dancing? Hate it. Drinking? Nope, I’ve been sober for 9 years this summer. Maid of honor speech? Won’t have one since I don’t have a maid of honor. Most of my close friends are abroad and won’t be able to make it anyway. Having to make sure everyone is having a good time? Not my idea of a good time for myself. I also asked my fiancé why he wants a traditional wedding so much and he said that he wants to experience having a best man speech, hanging out with his friends and getting ready, and having his best friends next to him at the alter. He wants to party and drink with them like he has done at their weddings. All the reasons he wants a wedding revolve around him and his friends, not the idea that it would be nice to celebrate our relationship. I pointed this out to him and this upset him. I won’t deny him his dream wedding, which is why I’ve backed down on eloping, but I don’t think I should have to plan this especially when I’m dreading it so much. Never mind the fact that I work full time in a very stressful job and am in grad school. He is on admin leave right now so he’s getting paid to hang out at home and has more bandwidth for this than I do." I think it’s perfectly fair for him to do the majority of the planning when he’s the one that wants the traditional wedding. And I really think it’s a good point that the reasons he wants it are about him and his friends rather than you two. I definitely see why you don’t want any part of it, especially if you’re really not going to have those same experiences yourself (maid of honor speech etc).Honestly, I’d take this as a yellow flag. What other things is this dude going to demand you do just because he wants them? Does he think she should plan the wedding because you're female? This sounds like a great situation for premarital counseling. I think you need to sit down and be super firm, laying down all the reasons why he should be the one doing the major planning. Your fiancé should be mindful of your concerns since this is your wedding as much as it is his. Hopefully, you two will reach a healthy compromise. If you have a problem you'd want my advice with then email me at thepeverettphile@gmail.com.

If you spot the Mindphuck then let me know. Okay, let's take a live look at Port Jeff, shall we?

What a nice sunny day, still with snow on the ground there. Okay, here's a story from...

Florida, oh Florida, how I love you every day a little bit more. Turns out a Florida man with a tattoo of the state on his forehead was arrested after calling 911 twice for a ride home. You know, because Uber and Lyft were probably taking ages to get to him, so he decided to do the next best thing and call his friends at the police station. According to authorities, 22-year-old Matthew Leatham placed the first call around 4:20 a.m. early Sunday morning in the Northwest Tampa suburb of New Port Richey. The criminal complaint stated that a dispatcher had offered to call the (probably heavily intoxicated) man a taxi, but he declined. Why? Because he had no money. A cop then stated that he was caught wandering down the road and then once again tried to use 911 for the second time as a free taxi service. The officers were obviously were annoyed at the whole situation, so they arrested Leatham and quickly searched him, that’s when an officer found a small amount of marijuana in his possession. Leatham was quickly charged with two misdemeanors, misuse of 911, and possession of marijuana. According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office jail records he was released the next day after posting a $300 Bond. I mean, this man didn’t deserve that. I don’t think they should have stopped him in the first place, just let my man be. He honestly just wanted a ride home and did the next best thing he could. He called for help, as we do sometimes whenever we need help. They should have just taken the poor man home. Also, I hope the officers were able to ask him why he decided to get a permanent Florida tattoo right in the smack center of his forehead. Because in what mentality do you have to be to get this tattoo? 

What a great mugshot. Like do you really love the state of Florida this much? I totally expect this from Texas, not Florida. Honestly, whenever you ask someone who’s from Texas where they’re from they go all bonkers with pride. So yeah I totally expect it from them. Anyways, stay safe my dude, I hope you remember to download Uber next time.

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At a 27.44 mph top speed, it is illegal for Usain Bolt to run in a school zone.

The 145th book to be pheatured in the Phile's Book Club is...

Tom will be on the Phile a week today, on Monday.  

Phact 1. Domino’s developed the first cardboard pizza box in the 1960s but never patented it. 

Phact 2. The Beijing subways are allowing travelers to use plastic bottles as a form of payment to encourage recycling. 

Phact 3. The production of Gone Girl was shut down for four days because Ben Affleck refused to wear Yankees cap in a scene, insisting that he wear a Red Sox hat because he’s from Boston. Production halted when Affleck’s manager got involved and made a big deal about it, much to Affleck’s embarrassment. 

Phact 4. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan lays claim over a district in India that is 66% Buddhist and has been practicing Buddhism for 2000 years. 

Phact 5. The Mississippi River has been forced through New Orleans artificially by a series of floodgates. If they fail it will shift course 85 miles west and make America’s largest port effectively useless overnight.

Today's guest is an American singer, who has been singing with multi-platinum selling rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra since 2010 and made her Broadway debut in ROCKTOPIA. Her debut album "The In-Between" is available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Please welcome to the Phile... Chloe.

Me: Hey, Chloe, welcome to the Phile. How are you? 

Chloe: I am wonderful. Thanks for having me. 

Me: You were part of a show called ROCKTOPIA? How did you get to be a part of that show? 

Chloe: I've known Rob Evans since 2010 and he's been one of my greatest friends of all time. I've done a few other projects with him, he's got his hands in a ton of different shows and things I hard through the grapevine the general conversation of this show that's he's been developing. He's been developing it a couple of years before I was either considered or joined. I remember we were in Trans-Siberian Orchestra rehearsal and he said, "I'm going to call you in January to come in for ROCKTOPIA. I didn't really think anything of it and he sent me the music and I kind of had to sing most of the female songs outside of the opera stuff for the audition. 

Me: So, what did you like about this show, Chloe? 

Chloe: What I personally liked about it I do a lot of shows where they are adamant about sticking to the melody or sing it just the way the director or whoever wrote to wants it, not giving me any artistic freedom. That's what I like about this, Rob said, "Make it your own. Do exactly what you want to do, sing it how you want to sing it. We want artists. Do an interpretation of a song, not just sing it as a cover." So, that was something exciting for me and something I want to be a part of because I am an artist. 

Me: What was your audition like? 

Chloe: I did my interpretation of it and within a couple of hours I got the call back that I got it. 

Me: I read PBS aired the show on TV. Was that done early on, Chloe? 

Chloe: We basically did rehearsals for about two weeks, putting the whole show together, working with the new singers, working with the new tracks, working with the new band. Outside a few people we were all new to the show. So we just rehearsed it, we did one dress rehearsal and what you see in the PBS special. That was our first two shows ever did with this line up. 

Me: So, do you guys bring a large orchestra and everything from city to city? 

Chloe: No, our stage show is a smaller format but we still have the video wall and all the lights and all that. It's relatively the same but it all depends on the theaters or venues we're in how big it looks but it's still the same experience. As far as orchestra and choir goes it all depends. Sometimes we have full blown orchestras and other times we have ten to fifteen players. The same thing with the singers, it varies from city to city but the audience will still get the full experience. The band and the singers, that alone, is really what they're going to hear. 

Me: Did you get to pick what songs to sing or were you told what songs to sing? 

Chloe: Like I said the show was created on another cast before I ever joined, and I think my role was kind of the big pop rock girl singer. It needs a big voice and a lot of range. They reconstructed the show from the original to what I ended up doing and I sang a couple of songs that Kimberly sang and I think Kimberly auditioned with a couple of songs that I sang. At the end of the day it was Rob and Phil. Phil is our producer, decided who was going to sing what and what works. I think they made really great choices because they songs we ended up singing really catered to our voices and what we do well. It all worked out but there was a little trying of everything. 

Me: Did you sing "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner? 

Chloe: Yeah. And a Heart song called "Alone." 

Me: So, how do you approach Ann Wilson's voice or Lou Gramm's voice? Is there something you have to do? 

Chloe: Not so much with singing, more of artistic choices. Like I think how will I sing it, if someone hands me a song I never heard anybody else sing it, how would I sing it? That's something fun for me and something I really enjoyed so that's how I look at it, not so much vocally. They're very much in my range, so it's not terribly hard for me to sing for me. Like I said they didn't want me to cover it, they wanted me to make it my own. Actually I have home studios where I recorded my record, I like to take songs when Rob says he wants me to try "I Want to Know What Loves Is," I took it into the studio and just sat there for about four hours and recorded a version that I try to get comfortable and create new things on it. So that's typically how I do it. I just dive in and try to make it my own. 

Me: That's cool. With the Heart song, did you go back to listen to the original version before Heart did it? 

Chloe: There is? Who did it? 

Me: A band called i-Ten. 

Chloe: This is just blowing my mind right now because I really thought they wrote it. 

Me: Heart did a few covers, they didn't write all their music. 

Chloe: I actually remember now that Billy Steinberg wrote it, I met him when I was younger and had my first record deal with RCA he was one of the first writers I was introduced to trying to work on music with. I remember going, "Oh, yeah, he wrote that song," That's so funny, I didn't know that. I need to check that out. 

Me: Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly wrote the song and according to Wikipedia i-Ten was their pet project. Let's talk about your new album, "The In-Between." What made you decide to make your own album? 

Chloe: I've been in the business for a very long time and had my first record deal when I was 12. The intention was to always be a solo artist, that's always been my dream. I love writing music, I love producing music, it literally is my favorite thing to do. I had the opportunity to work with so many people along, and I don't know, my solo project always took a kind of small turn f you will because other projects were always coming in and other opportunities which were completely welcomed. Then I was in a band for a long time and released a couple of EP's with that band then about two years ago I went through a really big life change, I left my relationship of six years and moved to Brooklyn and it was a really big strange change that I was having a hard time processing. What started off as a "heartbreak" record turned into something a little big bigger. It turned into me changing and growing and evolving and figuring out what my voice was both artistically and vocally as a solo artist which is what I kind of struggled with honestly for a couple years. Because I worked with other bands or other artists and things like that I didn't know I could make a record on my own. I didn't have much faith in myself. So it was more of me being pretty sad and going through it and I thought I'm going to channel this energy and challenge myself with no judgement and just write music that feels good, that speaks to my heart right now. So I sat in my apartment in my small studio in Brooklyn with my two dogs and I wrote this whole record and proved it to myself to not have judgement and to write things honestly. It's a little hard because I wondered what people were gong to think, and I just didn't care. I'm just like here's my heart, here's what I'm going through, and if someone likes it great. I feel like it's very honest, it's heartfelt, it's emotional. I was like okay, here's my opportunity, let's see where it goes. 

Me: Did you wonder what you sound like as your own artist? Did you wonder what kinda genre your own music was going to be in? 

Chloe: You know, I think if I'm honest, my whole life because I'm bit of a chameleon with my voice, I can sing pop, I can sing rock, I can sing R&B, I have a lot of influences and I grew up listening to everything. I could emulate different sounds which is why I was hired do so many different projects like Yanni, TSO, they're all different genres. And I think some people thought they couldn't pigeonhole me. People over the years and record labels, things lie that thought, "what is she? She's so many things. We can't define it." I used to hate that but I learnt to embrace it. I am a couple of different genres. But I think ultimately my record is pop focused, which is what I grew up on, which is probably my biggest influence. And I actually really enjoy pop music. But it's sophisticated adult pop, I'm not a teenager nor am I trying to be.

Me: On the record you have some of your TSO friends play on it. I have to mention though Nathan James. Did you guys record together in your studio and was the song supposed to be a duet? 

Chloe: Unfortunately we didn't. Originally that song wasn't supposed to be a duet. When it was written it was just me. I've known Nathan through Trans-Siberian Orchestra, we toured together and we are great, great friends. We're and of each other and our voices are similar. It's crazy, the guy has the most astronomical voice I've ever heard. He can sing higher than me, it's almost like he has some female qualities and masculine qualities in his voice, he can sing everything like me. He can do some rock, he could do some R&B, and we always joke that one day we're going to do a duet or whatever. So, toying with the song and living with it a bit I thought my God, this is a perfect opportunity. Let me change some of the words and make it make sense as a duet. He agreed to do it, he lives in London so it was a little difficult for us to do it together but he recorded it over there. I sent him the rough ides of what I kind of wanted and then we mixed it actually in Nashville. He came to New York for the first time and shot the music video for it in New York and he sang it at my debut album show. That might've been the only time we will sing it live as we both live across the globe. 

Me: You did videos of all the songs on the album, which is cool. I have to mention the cover of Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love." Why that song? Why Roxette? 

Chloe: LOL. I've always been a fan of that song. I grew up watching Pretty Woman. It's one of my mom's favorite movies. I heard it there and I loved it. During the TSO tour, my girlfriend Ashley Hollister who tours with me, we're actually music junkies, we listen to music all day and every day whole we're ind the dressing room getting ready, and I just happened to have a random 80s mix we were listening to and it came on and we were both obsessed with the song. I said, "Ashley, I should do this as a cover." I don't think people realized how beautiful the words are or what the actual sentiment of the song is. The production is so poppy and happy in a way that you just kind of lose it. She said, "This is the most perfect idea. Do it." This makes sense and I put it i the record and it's one of those kismet moments. I know I didn't want to do it as a pop version. I did it more an as acoustic version. 

Me: Well, I actually like that song now. Hahaha. Would you consider your album as a concept album? 

Chloe: Oh, yes, 100%. It was an accident how that even happened. Every song has a meaning and the next song follows the next journey of imagination. Not one song can exist without the other including the interludes, that's why it's important to do the videos to go along with it. More to entice to get people to listen to the record consecutively because it'll take you on a journey. Therefore it's more like a concept. 

Me: Was doing it like that hard to do? 

Chloe: Like I said I didn't intentionally set out to write this concept record and talk about my heartbreak in this order. It just organically happened. This really just come out as a form of therapy for me. It just presented itself in this way and I thought, great, we're just going to go with it. This is what I need to say and this is how I'm going to say it. 

Me: Being these songs are so emotionally driven, when you do the songs live is it hard for you and do you go back in your mind to where you wrote these songs? 

Chloe: Oh, yeah. For sure. Yeah, there are certain songs I think. The first half of the record is the height of my break up and I was very angry. Those feelings I really let go. Once I processed those feelings I could move on from them I think and experience the same song in a different way. I think towards the end of the record with "Don't Let Yourself Down," and "The Words You Wanted," when I sing those songs they're still a deep personal connection. I feel it when I sing it live. I don't mind it, I kind of embrace it. 

Me: Chloe, thanks so much for being on the Phile.

Chloe: Thank you so much, I really appreciate the time.

That about does it for this entry of the Phile. The Phile will be back on Wednesday with director Gurinder Chadha. Spread the word, not the turd. Don't let snakes and alligators bite you. Bye, love you, bye. Kiss your brain.

Give me some rope, tie me to dream, give me the hope to run out of steam, somebody said it could be here. We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year. I can't count the reasons I should stay. One by one they all just fade away...