Life's a Bitch Cloe Wilder

• 1 Tallahassee 04:14
• 2 Heavyweight Champion 03:13
• 3 Life's a Bitch 02:47
• 4 So 17 03:01
• 5 Cigarette 03:08
• 6 Fear of the Fall 03:04
• Total Runtime 19:27

Info for Life's a Bitch

Cloe Wilder is wise beyond her years. At just 18 years old, the Florida-born singer-songwriter is quickly making a name for herself as one of this generation’s most promising young storytellers. Pulling inspiration from acclaimed artists like Lana Del Rey and Bon Iver, Cloe’s music is a breath of fresh air with notes of heartbreak and adolescent nostalgia weaved throughout. Having recently toured the US supporting acts like Spencer Sutherland and Charlotte Sands. Now, she releases her new EP Life’s A Bitch.

Life’s A Bitch is a 6-song collection that continues to showcase Wilder’s evolution as a songwriter and storyteller as she dives into the impending end of her teenagerdom with pure honesty and evocative, nostalgia-laden narratives. The universally-understood adulthood transition and her own personal life changes are captured on the EP as Wilder reflects on the past and takes the reins of her future. This is evidenced by the EP’s lead single “Cigarette,” a bit of a rebellious metaphor about a key period of teenage life, featuring a catchy chorus declaring, “I was holding my breath, I was counting to ten, I was trying my first ever cigarette. You were already gone, left me there with your friends.”

Cloe Wilder

Cloe Wilder
is a unique artist who emerged into teenagehood with a distinctive vision, complete with earthy melodies, a breathy vocal tone and nostalgic storytelling. Comparable to a Floridian young Taylor Swift, the 17-year-old’s witty but intimate lyrics depict the type of dream-like recollections of place, home and internal feelings you want to live inside forever.

The bare bones of the folk pop-leaning songs like “House By The Water'' and “We’re Not Special” have been influenced by Bon Iver but Cloe’s overall world is holistically inspired by one of her favourite artists, Lana Del Rey. Her music is sentimental for a childhood that was so warm and loving, not because things are troubling now but merely as a testament to how beautiful that first era of her life was. “My music is looking backwards but never like there’s a piece of me missing or I feel empty. It just feels like you want to connect with it again. That’s how I like to write about these memories,” she explains.

Her sophomore EP (2024) serves as a “coming-of-age introduction”, a time-capsule of her experience being 17, a year that feels to her “somehow more profound than the others.” It features songs that are all tender tributes to missing home, growing up and what happens when you start to play with the idea of rebellion.

“When I’m writing there’s no barrier between me and the music,” says Cloe of her process. “Artistically, I’m just always trying to stay that close to myself.” This level of vulnerability has drawn a growing fanbase of teenage girls to her like she’s a lightning rod for those seeking a confidant. Cloe’s songs are for anyone who experiences things deeply and is trying to understand their place in the world. “There’s just something special about being this age and finding an artist you’re really excited about, who you feel like is speaking directly to you,” she says. “When my fans have met me at shows, that’s what they seem to feel about me and I just want to meet more of them.”

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