Review Fix: Chloe Perrier Talks ‘Petite Fleur’ And More

Review Fix chats with singer Chloe Perrier, who lets us know all about the creative process that inspired her new record, “Petite Fleur.”

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Chloe Perrier: I placed a bet with the late French actor, Mouss Diouf, who owned a beautiful club, the “Reservoir” in Paris. He dared me to put a band together in 3 months.  I had been taking voice classes for a while, but I was way too shy to go on stage without a character (I was mostly acting at this time). He gave me the last push and I won the bet!

A few years later, I decided to go to Jazz school at the Bill Evans Academy in Paris, and I never looked back and have been singing on stage on a regular basis since then.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Perrier: Often at night, sometimes on the street, an idea pops up, I grab a notebook or a recorder and I put it down before I forget it. Afterwards I work on it more deeply until I get a full song. At other times, I like to collaborate with other musicians and we work on it it together.

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Perrier: Other artists, my musicians, buying old records, sometimes just a smell, walking on the street, seeing something that touches me, a flower, a kiss… 

Review Fix: How is the French music scene different from NYC? How has being here affected you musically?

Perrier: The French music scene is great but much smaller, even more so in the Jazz scene. The NYC music scene is always moving, challenging, new talents to discover from all around the world at any given time. The talent level is high and it makes you want to always push and improve yourself. You can’t stay on what you know or you will die (Musically I mean). I like the fact to be forced to always go further in my art. You get your ass kicked all the time and I like it!

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard you?

Perrier: Velvety voice, French touch, vintage flair with a modern touch. (A fan helped me for this one.)

Review Fix: How are your live shows different from your studio work?

During a live show you can hear my silly jokes. 

Until now I always recorded like a live, all together, however I suppose the big difference is that we can do it again.

I will say the studio work is more intimate. The live show is more about the connection with the public.

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Perrier: Love. I choose “Comes Love” because I feel that people now, are scared to commit to one person, even more so in a big city. But if you fall in love with someone, who is in love with you, you shouldn’t resist and just enjoy the moment. I think it’s worth it even if it doesn’t last. It’s precious.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2019?

Perrier: Finding a tour manager before the end of the year, and travel all around the world with my band in 2020.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Perrier: My release party at The Cutting Room on October 22nd. The room is beautiful, amazing sound, the band is great and I’m super excited about it!

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Perrier: I believe that music can be healing as other artists have this effect on me. 

I’m singing to make people happy, even if it’s just for the duration of a song… and hope you will enjoy my new album « Petite Fleur Â».

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13821 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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