As we noted a few very long months ago, we are here for the official Chloe Moriondo glow-up of 2025. The Detroit alt-pop and indie comet has been building a cult-like following in recent years, releasing new album oyster in March via Public Consumption/Atlantic Music Group, and wrapping a 20-show North American spring tour with a penultimate appearance tonight (May 21) at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club.
With Moriondo’s new album came a playful single called “hate it.” The vivacious electronic-pop joint blurs the lines between love, hate, and obsession — and two of those emotions are rolling through our domepieces as we play it on repeat here at V HQ. “‘hate it’ encapsulates all the feelings of jealousy, hatred, and obsession that can come with a crush on someone unattainable, or yearning for a life that feels unattainable,” Moriondo says.
And like previous effervescent single “shoreline,” a warm sonic fling that belies its lyrical themes of enduring the aftermath of a relationship gone sour, “hate it” only fuels the buzz even louder.
“I’m so fucking ecstatic for this album to be out,” Moriondo said back when “hate it” first dropped. “I’ve been yearning to release it since its conception and I’m bursting at the shell trying not to leak it all now. It’s full of vulnerability, frivolous crushes, despair, parties, and 17 billion tons of salt water. The world is my oyster, and soon it will be yours too!”
Nothing better than an oyster in Paradise.
CHLOE MORIONDO + SEX WEEK :: Wednesday, May 21 at the Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston, MA :: 7 p.m., all ages, $42.50 :: Event info :: Advance tickets
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