Chayne is an artist with a voice that draws you in and a sound that stays with you. Blending elements of soul, pop, and R&B, their music is both intimate and expansive, carefully crafted but emotionally direct. With recent releases like It’s Gone, He’s Gone, and an upcoming debut album, Chayne is steadily carving out a space in today’s music landscape, bringing depth, clarity, and unmistakable style to everything they create.

Where are you based?
I live near the French city of Perpignan, down near the Spanish border. But I have a lot of connections with London and the UK in general.

You have a beautiful voice. How did you get into music?
Awww, thank yoooou....I have always sung around the house and when I'm doing stuff, so when Covid hit it seemed like a good time to see if I could actually sing. I messed around, recorded some stuff....the voice was OK; the songs weren't!

Can you tell us about your new song, “It’s Gone, He’s Gone”? What is its back story?
I knew someone who thought she’d met her soulmate and that he would turn her life around… he ended up pinning her against a wall with a blade to her throat! She was definitely better off without him… ! And it just got me thinking how you’re better on your own than in a toxic relationship. So enjoy yourself!!

What did the writing process look like for this song?
Same as usual — Paul my producer gets all the music ready after we have agreed on a plan. I come in to his studio and bang out some vocals with the lyrics we have co-written. Then we edit it and live with it for a while.

You said the song started from a two-chord tune you and your producer, Paul Thomson, came up with. Can you tell us more about this? How did it expand? Why did you want to focus on two chords?
I think it was something he wanted to try for ages — a coherent song with only two chords. It's not unheard of by any means, but it is tricky to make it work. So we came up with that little piano motif and built a verse and chorus melody over that. Then we had to “decorate” it with all sorts of noises, weird instruments etc to maintain the energy. To make it shiny!!

You mentioned that French films, such as Betty Blue and Jean de Florette, were reminiscent of the two-chord tune you wrote. Did this help inspire the song?
Betty Blue was the one. It was a big favourite of my parents and they used to play the soundtrack CD a lot, so that was a huge reference point for me. Gabriel Yared seemed to sum up the excitement and sadness of a crazy, hot summer so well with his music in that film. The French seem to do that dark, romantic thing brilliantly. Same thing with the music of Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. Great movies with amazingly atmospheric soundtracks!

You’re a full-time student. How do you find the time to write and sing?
It's a bit tricky, but there's no pressure. I just do the music when I can, which recently has been hard because it's exam season here. Paul's very understanding, he just gets stuff prepared so I can sing as soon as I'm ready. We have to be efficient! If things don't work out it can be weeks before we can re-do it.

You speak both English and French. How does this set you apart from other singers and songwriters? Will we be seeing some songs in French in the future?
We already did a French version of “Don't Make Me Laugh” (“Ne Me Fais Pas Rire”) which was pitched to “Emily In Paris”. So, yeah, the option is always there to write or record in French. However, I gotta say, English works MUCH better in lyrics. It's just so much more versatile than French!!

Please tell us more about what to expect from your debut album.
A comprehensive mix of a lot of different styles! Punk, dance, stadium rock, heavy industrial, sad indie, glam, rockabilly, Mongolian throat singing! (Ok, I lied about he last one, ha ha...). Jack of all trades (master of none...), that's me!

In addition to your music you like to give back! We hear you spend an afternoon with young children at a local primary school each week through AFEV. Can you tell us a bit more about this? Why is this important to you?
I go to school in quite a rough part of town and I can see the way some kids grow up around me. If I can help a few of them feel better in some little way, even if it's just playing with them or reading a book to them, maybe it will help them? It's got to be better for them than just sitting in silence after school anyway. And it's only an hour each week, so no big deal.

You also work with Surfrider in France helping clean up some of the beaches in your area. Can you tell us a bit about Surfrider and your experiences working with them?
Surfrider is a great organisation committed to preserving the ocean and seas. Every so often the local members organise a beach clean up near me, so I try to attend. It's very sociable. And you'd be amazed at the junk we collect from the sand! And these beaches are quite well looked after anyway.

It has been a crazy past few years, and we suspect at least four more. How have you been staying positive?
I'm only just becoming interested in global politics, and it seems to be the worst possible time!! It seems that just when you think things can't get worse, the next day, they do!! So it's hard to stay positive! And with climate change as well....arghh!!! Even we have noticed it here in France; the summers now are absolutely insanely hot! I dunno, just gotta get on with it and hope that the lunatics stop running the asylum some time soon. Please!!!!!!

What is your life motto?
“Do as you would be done by” - treat people as you want to be treated

To learn more about Chayne, please check out the links below:
IG -www.instagram.com/chayne.music
YT - www.youtube.com/@Chayne-music
TT - tiktok.com/@chayne.music
SC - soundcloud.com/chayne-268001572

Meet Chayne: The Voice You Didn’t Know You Were Obsessed With (Yet)