Mar 20, 2020
In 2013, Chloé Temtchine, a YouTube sensation and
award-winning
singer/songwriter, had just finished an album with Smash
Mouth’s
Grammy-nominated Greg Camp. All set to go on a world tour with him,
Chloé suffered severe shoulder & chest pain and was rushed to the
ER; she was in congestive heart failure. She was told she had
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), a rare and fatal lung
condition, little time left to live, and that she would have to be
on oxygen for the rest of her life.
It’s an understatement to say that Chloé’s world was turned upside
down in an instant. She had spent the previous five years dealing
with a variety of physical symptoms (shortness of breath, chest
pain, dry cough, racing heartbeat, fatigue, and water retention)
that left many respected and acclaimed doctors at some of the most
prestigious medical institutions perplexed.
Chloé’s doesn’t want her story to be about the years of
doctor-hopping, misdiagnoses, or landing in the Critical Care Unit.
She wants it to be about what happened afterward and where she is
today.
Seven years after being released from the critical care unit and
many, many, many days more than doctors thought possible, Chloé is
writing music, performing, and using her talent to inspire and
empower those affected with PAH and other chronic illnesses.
In that time, she released three albums: Be Brave, Strangers, and
Lead Me Home. Chloé wrote the song Be Brave shortly after she was
released from the hospital's critical care unit. Chloé donates
proceeds from sales to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. The
video for her single “Breathe” features several children with PAH &
the overarching message that sometimes you have to lose your breath
to breathe. She just completed her fourth album, titled You Save
Me, set to be released in tandem with Chloé’s 2020 Smile Tour.