Chlöe Bailey dished on the adverse response to her Chris Brown collaboration “How Does It Really feel” in a brand new interview on Wednesday (April 5).
“I all the time simply wanna let the music communicate for itself,” the R&B star informed Audacy’s V-103 podcast. “And to be trustworthy, it doesn’t matter what I do, individuals all the time discover issues to say about it, so I’m used to it. I simply select to disregard it. Individuals have each proper to their opinions, freedom of speech, and it’s as much as me to decide on what I give my consideration and power to.”
Most critics of the monitor took challenge with the Chloe x Halle singer working with Brown given his well-documented historical past of violence towards girls, courting again to his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna.
“Nah it’s simply bizarre seeing Chris Brown collaborate with a black lady artist,” one fan commented on the music video for the tune, which was the second single from Chlöe’s just-released debut solo album In Items. Since then, she’s additionally dropped movies for the emotive, piano-driven title monitor and “Cheatback,” that includes Future.
Later in the identical interview, Chlöe additionally addressed uproar over her intercourse scene within the new Prime Video sequence Swarm. “To be trustworthy with you, you simply noticed a– in a mirror,” she stated about some viewers clutching their pearls over the graphic scene. “And all you actually heard have been noises, and I’m a vocalist. Individuals declare I moan on songs in any case. So it wasn’t something new. It’s simply because it’s me, and I’m a Black lady, and no person actually stated something in regards to the male counterpart within the scene.”
She then dropped the mic about how she views her journey within the highlight, saying, “All the pieces I’m doing is ordained by God, and I’m strolling in my function, and anyone who has an issue with that may kiss my booty.”
Hearken to Chlöe’s complete interview on the Audacy podcast right here.