Episode 291: Chloe Star

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Pop-punk/alt-rock artist Chloe Star is so obviously comfortable in her own skin that you would never know she struggled fiercely with her sexuality throughout her adolescence. Chloe's mother is Native American, and so Chloe grew up going back and forth between the radically different worlds of Los Angeles and her family's reservation. Some of Chloe's stories from this time are deeply relatable (such as Googling "am i gay quiz" and secretly having a huge crush on Kristen Stewart while all of her friends were Team Edward/Team Jacob), but she was also grappling with more than her share of darkness. This culminated in Chloe being sent to an incredibly intense three-month wilderness treatment program at the age of sixteen; her mother's last-ditch attempt to free Chloe from addiction. Chloe's upcoming single, "Wasted Youth," is all about that experience, which she finally feels a sense of closure on a full decade later. We have a funny, vulnerable conversation about first loves, coming out at diners, songs about exes, and much more!

As of this Friday, March 22nd, you can stream "Wasted Youth" everywhere! Also follow Chloe on Instagram and TikTok at @frenchtoastkiller, and watch the videos for "Fool," "Found My Peace," and "Happy Place" on Chloe's YouTube channel, youtube.com/@frenchtoastkiller!

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome to Coming Out Pod. Today's Queer Root Shoutout is one that has come up several times on the pod.
0:14.2	Shout out to you if your queer root is Jillian Anderson. Multiple guests have talked about this lady. So it all started with
0:25.3	the X-Files. This is all the way back in the 90s. A lot of bisexual guests have noted that
0:30.8	X-Files was when they knew they were by because they were equally into Jillian Anderson and Dave DuCovney.
0:38.6	So X-Files has come up several times.
0:41.4	But then Jillian Anderson, I feel like, really blossomed into her Milf era in, like, recent years.
0:48.5	She did this show called The Fall.
0:50.7	And then when she started doing sex education on Netflix, that like cemented her in our society.
0:57.7	So, yeah, Jillian Anderson from, you know, from the 90s to today, has been on our radar.
1:06.4	And shout out to you, if she is your queer root.
1:11.2	Y'all, I am here today with someone I'm really excited to talk to.
1:16.2	Let me introduce you to artist Chloe Star.
1:19.3	Hi, Chloe.
1:20.5	Hi.
1:22.2	Hi.
1:22.8	Thank you so much for having me.
1:24.9	Thank you for being here.
1:27.4	So, okay, so Chloe's music video, Chloe has a music
1:30.5	video that's out already. It's for a song called Happy Place, but her new single, wasted youth,
1:36.9	is coming out this Friday, March 22nd. Chloe, I listened to your single this morning, and I famously have the musical taste of, like, a man in his 60s.
1:48.5	Like, I listen to folk music, mostly.
1:53.8	My musical knowledge stops at, like, the 90s.
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