BIGSOUND 2025 Showcase Artist650k+ Total Streams Across All Platforms’Breakout Artist of the Year’ at the 2024 Gold Coast Music Awards2025 Gold Coast Music Award Finalist for Artist of the Year, Video of the Year and Song of the YearSpotify playlist support on hits different, Tapestry, Fresh Country and All New CountryApple Music playlist support on New Music Daily, New in Pop and more’Push & Pull’ – First Play on Triple J Unearthed TOPS (Thursday, August 14) ”Aussie pop artist Chloe Styler moves beyond her country roots with Push & Pull, a shimmering, upbeat pop track rich in emotional complexity. ” (Happy Mag) [About ‘Push & Pull’]
There’s an ache that lingers beneath the surface of Chloe Styler’s infectious smile and glossy pop exterior, and she lets it surface on her new single, ‘Placeholder’, out Friday, November 14. Known for her bright, buoyant energy and heartfelt storytelling, the Gold Coast songwriter turns inward, unravelling a shattering recollection of being a stand-in. With her shimmering pop anthems and growing national acclaim, Chloe Styler continues to evolve. Her previous single ‘Push & Pull’ marked the beginning of a new chapter, arriving alongside her BIGSOUND 2025 appearance and adding to an already impressive list of milestones. Each release shows Chloe stepping further into her own light, blending impassioned songwriting with a glowing pop sensibility that feels both personal and universal. Bruised and achingly human, ‘Placeholder’ has a diary-like intimacy polished with pop precision. A warm acoustic guitar opens the track, steady and unguarded, as Chloe’s tender vocals trace the first cracks of heartbreak. The resilient chorus finds Chloe standing firm within the ache, as layers of gliding electric guitar, soft synths and mandolin breathe new colour into the sadness. When the drums arrive, they drive the pain home, pulling everything together into something defiant and unbreakable. ‘Placeholder’ sits in the aftermath of false promises and realising that affection was about convenience, capturing the hurt of being kept close, led on, but never chosen. Chloe writes from that raw middle ground where clarity stings as much as confusion, yet it’s through this honesty that she finds her strength. What begins as self-doubt becomes self-realisation, marking the moment someone stops waiting to be wanted and starts reclaiming their worth. Speaking candidly about the track, Chloe shares:“This song stirs up some messy, emotional feelings and still leaves an ache in my chest when I listen to it. But it’s honest, it’s raw, and it lives in that uncomfortable space between wanting to be loved and knowing you’re just being kept around as an option in someone’s life. There’s no real resolution. It just sits in the sadness of that truth. It’s the heartbreak that comes when you finally see things for what they are, and you have to find your own closure because they’ll never actually give it to you. Here’s to never being the placeholder again though. That sucked.”For ‘Placeholder’, Chloe Styler trades her glittering pop glow for something more fragile and cinematic. In doing so, she shares a deeply personal story that gives voice to those who have been taken for granted, who have given more than was ever returned, and who find strength in the realisation that love should never be one-sided.’Placeholder’ is out on Friday, November 14