Chloe Bailey Says She’s Solely Labeled R&B As a result of She’s Black

Chloe Bailey rejected style categorization as a Black artist. The actress/singer defined her beef with individuals labeling her music as R&B in an interview with NYLON.

“Any music I do will simply and rapidly be categorized as R&B as a result of I’m a Black girl,” Chlöe stated. “If somebody who didn’t have my pores and skin tone made the identical music, it could be within the pop classes. That’s simply the way in which it’s at all times been in life.”

Chlöe admired Beyoncé and the late Whitney Houston for defying such classifications to change into pop icons. Chlöe cited Houston as one in every of her music idols.

“Early on in her profession, when she was doing the massive pop information, she bought a whole lot of flak for that: being advised she wasn’t Black sufficient and wasn’t catering to the bottom that made her,” Chlöe stated relating to Houston. “To see how she persevered and has change into one of the iconic, legendary artists that we’ve ever seen, reveals that music has no race, it has no style, it has none of that. It’s only a feeling and it’s a vibration. And that’s why I used to be actually pleased with Beyoncé doing Cowboy Carter as a result of Black individuals originated nation music. It’s simply displaying that potentialities are infinite.”

Chlöe started her profession as one half of the duo Chloe x Halle together with her sister Halle Bailey. She launched her first solo album In Items in 2023.