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Speaker 1: Not everyone has to.

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Speaker 2: I'm Buzzsnight and welcome to the Take in a Walk Podcast. Now, today,

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Speaker 2: we're going to be strolling with someone who's been making

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Speaker 2: name is Chloe Stroll. She's a singer songwriter, turning heads

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Speaker 2: with her dreamy pop sound, brutally honest lyrics about love, identity,

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Speaker 2: But trust me, five minutes into this interview, you're going

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Speaker 2: to understand why Chloe's story is entirely her own. We'll

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Speaker 2: be talking about her newest music, the creative process, and then,

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Speaker 2: of course, what it's like to build an artistic career

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Speaker 2: when your family's name happens to be plastered on race

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Speaker 2: cars Chloe's Stroll. Next, I'm taking a walk, Taking a Walk,

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Speaker 2: Chloe Stroll. Welcome to the Taking a Walk Podcast.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: I could rename it Taking a Stroll.

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Speaker 1: You would be surprised, But I've heard that joke before.

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Speaker 2: I know I wouldn't be surprised. Are you going to

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Speaker 2: think do you think less of me? Thirty seconds into

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Speaker 1: Already not at all, not at all.

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Speaker 2: So, since we call this a podcast taking a walk,

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Speaker 2: I want to ask you our proverbial opening question, Chloe Stroll,

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Speaker 2: if you could take a walk with somebody living or dead,

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Speaker 2: who would you take a walk with? And where would

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Speaker 1: Ooh, oh my god, who would I take a walk with.

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Speaker 1: I feel like I'd want to take a walk with

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Speaker 1: Adele because I feel her banter let alone to ask

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Speaker 2: I'm told she's rather salty in her language too.

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Speaker 1: I've not heard that, but considering the UK dry humor,

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Speaker 2: It wouldn't put you off right. You would still get

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Speaker 1: The earliest influences for me were probably A big one

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Speaker 2: I'd say, you've done that. I loved the performance on

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Speaker 2: Is there somebody you're listening to now that maybe has

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Speaker 3: Am I listening to right now?

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Speaker 2: Going take our audience inside a typical writing session for you.

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Speaker 2: Masterful storytelling from you, Chloe, who influence taught you the

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Speaker 1: The best credit I can give is to my books.

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Speaker 2: Is there a song ever in your career or your

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Speaker 2: Before we close, what is something you believed about yourself

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Speaker 1: I couldn't do this, Honestly, I think that five years ago,

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Speaker 2: I'm glad you were, I'm glad you are on taking

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Thank you for having me, Thanks

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