Halle Bailey’s solo period is formally coming. On Monday (July 31), The Little Mermaid star and youthful half of Chloe x Halle introduced that “Angel,” her debut solo single, is slated for an Aug. 4 launch.
In a teaser posted to her YouTube channel and social media, a montage of childhood house movies and clips of current solo performances are set to a plaintive mid-tempo instrumental. The teaser closes with the quote, “Angels make a approach someway,” a attainable trace on the lyrics of “Angel.”
“Angel” will mark Bailey’s first unaccompanied unique music. As one-half of Chloe x Halle, she has earned two entries on the Billboard 200: 2018’s The Children Are Alright (No. 139) and 2020’s Ungodly Hour (No. 16). The Grammy-nominated duo has additionally earned one entry on the Billboard Sizzling 100: “Do It” (No. 63), the lead single from Ungodly Hour.
2023 has been a banner yr for Bailey. 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 lent her voice to the Rob Marshall-helmed movie’s hit soundtrack, treating audiences to gorgeous renditions of Little Mermaid classics resembling “A part of Your World” and spectacular new songs together with “For the First Time.” The multi-hyphenate is ready to star in one other film musical later this yr: Blitz Bazawule’s The Colour Purple, which is scheduled to hit theaters on Christmas Day.
Bailey isn’t the one Chloe x Halle member to enterprise off into solo music releases. Older sister Chloe Bailey, recognized mononymously as Chlöe, launched In Items, her debut solo studio album, earlier this yr. That includes singles resembling “Pray It Away” and the Chris Brown-assisted “How Does It Really feel,” In Items peaked at No. 119 on the Billboard 200.
