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Chloe Qisha readies new mixtape Fantasize with “Baby Girl” single
Chloe Qisha has announced her next mixtape, Fantasize, and released a new single, “Baby Girl”. The full collection arrives on 30 October via Columbia (UK) and RCA (USA), bringing together a string of recent tracks alongside fresh material from the rising London-based pop superstar.
“Baby Girl” is actually the fourth preview from the mixtape, following “So Sad So Hot”, “YDH”, and “Surprise Surprise”. It was produced with Oscar Görres (Taylor Swift, Troye Sivan) and Caroline Ailin (Dua Lipa). Qisha spelled out the thinking behind it.
“Baby Girl is me at the club, thinking to myself: Do I want to be her, or do I want to be with her?” she said. “I wrote the chorus with Oscar and Caroline after talking about comparison and feeling like I never quite fit the mould of a modern pop artist. But when I came back the next day to write the verses, the song took on a completely different meaning. I realised how often admiration and attraction can overlap, and how grey that area is to me. Looking back, there were girls I thought I wanted to be like, but really I just had a huge crush on them. It’s also a song to big up your girls, like we’re all in the thick of comparison… but really we’re all just out here fangirling over each other.”
The mixtape is Qisha’s first body of work since her 2025 EP Modern Romance, which followed a self-titled debut EP the year before. Across those releases, she’s built a live reputation through a run of high-profile support slots and headline shows. Last summer included three nights opening for Coldplay at Wembley Stadium, a BST date with Sabrina Carpenter, and festival sets at Primavera and All Points East. A UK and EU tour in October 2025 included a sold-out night at London’s Village Underground, and an early 2026 North American run saw her play packed rooms in New York, Montréal, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
This summer she’s already appeared with Self Esteem at London’s British Airways ARC, played Isle of Wight and Bristol Pride, and has Wilderness, Reading Festival and Austin City Limits still to come, alongside slots at Summer Sonic in Tokyo and Kyoto and Lowlands in the Netherlands. Full dates are listed below.
Fantasize artwork
Fantasize is released on 30 October via Columbia (UK) / RCA (USA)
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