Chloé French Turns New York Into A French House Diary On The NY Tapes

Chloé French’s The NY Tapes feels built for late nights, half-planned exits, and the kind of city energy that can turn a small moment into the entire point of the night. The New York-based artist writes and produces the EP with Alex Poeppel at Kensaltown Studios, and the result sits in a clean lane between commercial vocal dance, French house, disco, alternative pop, and electronic pop.

The project draws on Chloé’s background without becoming a travel résumé.

She has lived through Geneva, Paris, Berlin, and New York, and those reference points come through in the record’s mix of club rhythm, French pop attitude, and downtown romantic tension. There is a polished confidence in the writing, yet the EP still has enough looseness to feel tied to real rooms, late rides, and nights that run longer than planned.

At 24, Chloé French already has a clear creative frame around her work. She is a recent NYU graduate, a songwriter, and a performer whose sound draws from chanson française, Berlin club culture, and New York’s more immediate pop energy. The NY Tapes uses that background well, turning the EP into something stylish, direct, and easy to get into on first listen.

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The strongest part of The NY Tapes is how naturally it connects French house and vocal pop. The production has enough club structure to move, and the songwriting keeps everything tied to personality. That combination is hard to fake, because dance-pop can lose its identity when the vocal feels placed on top of the track instead of written into it.

Here, Chloé’s voice acts as the center. The arrangements leave room for her phrasing, and the tracks carry a sense of motion without crowding the writing. The disco and house influence gives the EP a physical pull, while the pop side keeps the hooks clear and immediate.

The French New Wave influence also gives the project an editorial angle without feeling over-styled.

The NY Tapes has the feel of scenes stitched together through sound: taxis, rooftops, club exits, and private conversations that become larger in memory after the night ends. Chloé handles that tone with enough restraint to keep the project from tipping into pastiche.

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What makes The NY Tapes work is its sense of taste. Chloé clearly knows the references she is pulling from, yet the EP still feels current. The New York setting gives the project pace, the French influence gives it shape, and the dance production gives it function.

There is also a clear sense of self-direction here. Chloé is building a sound around identity, location, and club-minded pop writing, and The NY Tapes sharpens that approach. It has the polish needed for playlists and the personality needed to feel separate from the larger wave of glossy dance-pop releases.

As a release, The NY Tapes feels like a concise statement from an artist with a real point of view. It is romantic, stylish, and club-facing without losing the songwriting underneath it. For Chloé French, it feels like a massive step forward and a strong framing for where her music can go next.