Chloe Tsangaris Steps Into Her Power with "Elephant in the Room"

September 05, 2025

Chloe Tsangaris Steps Into Her Power with "Elephant in the Room"

At the center of Elephant in the Room is Chloe Tsangaris--a songwriter, frontwoman, pianist, organist, and visionary who binds each personality into one tapestry as strands. All-night 2 a.m. writing sessions through building the sonic personality of the song, Chloe's signature is on every aspect. Her artistry thrives on duality--passion and vulnerability, precision and abandon--sewn into one song that is both diary intimacy and open letter. It is more a confession and less a song, one that inhales the still hurt of betrayal and exhales in frank, unflinching truth.

But Chloe does not tread this creation alone. Reminiscing back at Glasshouse Studios amidst the watchful presence of Mount Ngungun, she reunited with Angus Woodhead--her seasoned collaborator who helped define the emotional subtlety of this fifth collaborative track. Golden Guitar recipient Brendan Radford then joined the mix, his guitar propelling the track with rawness and urgency. What began as a piano-weighted ballad evolved into a pop-rock anthem with tough edges and a fire in its core, thanks to the crucible of teamwork. This transformation rendered heartbreak something powerful, conferring tempestuous depths on Chloe's lyrics.

The forces that guide Chloe's hand are as complex as the song. She took from the storytelling art of Taylor Swift's Red and Fearless albums, where raw emotion takes center stage, and Stevie Nicks, whose vulnerability backed with strength echoes through Chloe's delivery. The grunge of '90s rock--groups like Matchbox Twenty--did not go unnoticed either, leaving its stamp with a raw, guitar-heavy texture that separates this effort from her earlier, piano-driven ballads. The result is a song that crosses eras and boundaries to carve out for itself a niche all its own: intimate and anthemic, hurt and defiant.

Essentially, Elephant in the Room is a reckoning. Born out of the agony of betrayal, it speaks to the unspoken tensions of a friendship warped in half-truths and secrecy. The song isn't one to shy away from the uncomfortable--it does the opposite: it walks boldly into it, refusing to mutter things other people would whisper behind. Such courage makes it not just a highlight track but a watershed moment in Chloe's debut album and career. Her voice is full of lived experience, her sound moves into bolder territory, and her storytelling is as sharp and soulful as ever. With every note, you can hear a young artist not only discover her voice, but reclaim it.