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.[1]
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| Birth name | Chloe Erika Jane Olivié |
| Origin | Biot, France |
| Genres | experimental hip hop, electronic, UK bass, deconstructed club, industrial hip hop
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| Website | www |
Olivié grew up in Biot, a village in the south of France.[2] As a child she played a lot of piano, having been given one by her grandparents.[2] She moved to nearby Nice to study contemporary art at Villa Arson and while there began taking her music production seriously.[2] She left before completing the course[3] and moved to London soon after.[4]
Her experimental music[5]—"austere, skeletal beats over which she often drapes her deadpan voice" and sampled animal noises—is often labelled as "deconstructed club music".[6] She creates it with Logic Pro on a laptop, an external keyboard, and a microphone.[6] Olivié is inspired by 1990s hip hop music, in particular Snoop Dogg.[1]
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".[6] "Coucou" is a cute way of saying "hi".[2]
Coucou Chloe is a co-founding member of music collective and record label Nuxxe (pronounced "newksie"), alongside Sega Bodega and Shygirl, both of whom she has collaborated with.[1][6][7] She and Sega Bodega produce music as Y1640.[4]
In October 2016, Coucou Chloe DJd her first Boiler Room set in Berlin.[3][8]
She has modelled for Burberry and Vivienne Westwood fashion campaigns.[3] Her 2016 track[9] "Doom" was used by Rihanna for her Fenty x Puma New York Fashion Week show in 2017.[3][1] "Underdog" was played during Joseph Altuzarra's 2017 Paris show.[1] 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, or a sacred Islamic text.[10][11]