We simply bought one step nearer to Halley Bailey’s debut solo challenge. In a brand new interview with Cosmopolitan, the youthful half of Grammy-nominated R&B duo Chloe x Halle revealed that her debut solo EP will “positively” be launched “earlier than the top of the 12 months.”
Final month (Aug. 4), Bailey unleashed her debut solo single, a gospel and jazz-tinged empowerment anthem titled “Angel.” In her Cosmo interview, the multitalented artist touched on how her current life experiences have influenced the creation of her upcoming challenge. “Ariel was my school expertise. She was the one to say, ‘Look, look what you might have in you. You may.’ Nettie was the identical kind of lesson, nearly in a non secular means. These characters are talking to me and educating me,” she stated. “It’s cool to study issues about life by their eyes. And all musical inspiration actually simply comes from life experiences. Love has been a extremely large one for me too, as a result of that’s one thing I’m experiencing for the primary time.”
This winter Bailey will star as Younger Nettie within the movie adaptation of The Shade Purple musical directed by Blitz Bazawule and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones. The Shade Purple, which is at present slated for launch on Christmas Day, may also star Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Ciara, H.E.R., Aunjanue Ellis, Colman Domingo, Danielle Brooks and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi.
The movie will mark the second cinematic occasion that Bailey has lent her skills to this 12 months. A couple of months in the past, she starred as Princess Ariel in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, which grossed greater than $118 million throughout its opening weekend, which occurred over Memorial Day. Bailey additionally blessed the Rob Marshall-helmed movie’s hit soundtrack together with her inimitable voice, treating audiences to beautiful renditions of Little Mermaid classics equivalent to “A part of Your World” and spectacular new songs together with “For the First Time.”
“This has been a extremely stunning transformative time for me. I’ve all this new materials to write down about,” she gushed. “I used to be very creatively impressed, after which from there, I fell in love. And so I actually simply performed with these themes in my music. Sound-wise, it’s a bit trendy R&B-ish, with all of the jazz parts and hints of pop that I really like.”
As soon as her EP arrives later this 12 months, each members of Chloe x Halle may have formally launched solo tasks. Older sister Chloe Bailey, identified mononymously as Chlöe, launched In Items, her debut solo studio album, earlier this 12 months. That includes singles equivalent to “Pray It Away” and the Chris Brown-assisted “How Does It Really feel,” In Items peaked at No. 119 on the Billboard 200.
As a duo, Chloe x Halle have earned two entries on the Billboard 200: 2018’s The Children Are Alright (No. 139) and 2020’s Ungodly Hour (No. 16). They’ve additionally earned one entry on the Billboard Scorching 100: “Do It” (No. 63), the lead single from Ungodly Hour.
