It’s no secret that Chlöe Bailey is anticipated to be the music trade’s nest huge factor. And with Beyoncé as her mentor, she’s unstoppable. Stepping out from the dynamic duo along with her and her youthful sister Halle, Chlöe is embarking on a solo profession and is popping out swinging.
Her debut single ‘Have Mercy’ and its accompanying music video is the discuss of social media. She adopted it up with a showstopping efficiency on the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. And now, she’s revealing some behind-the-scenes secrets and techniques into the music video shoot.
The singer says she needed to reverse typical gender roles
Bailey’s debut single and accompanying music video was debuted on Sept. 10 and presently has over 10 million views. Beyoncé’s protegee kills it in a sorority-themed music video with unmatched dance strikes, artsy ensembles, and confidence via the roof in a track that particulars physique positivity at its highest. For Bailey, it was all about making the lady the boss.
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“Men can glorify ass in their videos, I wanna do it with this in an artful, really fun and beautiful way,” she advised MTV News. “It’s so great how women can claim ownership of their bodies and not let the world do it and we get to do it in the way that we want to and it was really fun. I really felt really pretty on the shoot days and I look back and I’m like, ‘That’s not the same person right here, but it was fun for the moment. Imma tap back into that sometimes, but it was really fun.”
Apparently, Bailey says she completed the venture in April. She says she’s held on to it for a giant rollout, reminiscent of her first efficiency on the 2021 MTV VMAs.
Chlöe Bailey wasn’t initially offered on the music video idea
Regardless of the unimaginable rollout of the video and the followers’ response, she admits she was a bit hesitant concerning the video idea. The video was choreographed by Beyoncé’s former dance captain, Aisha Francis. Bailey’s artistic director merged his and Bailey’s ideas for the music video. General, the aim was to create a visible of males in a trance of a lady’s aura.
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“Andrew, who is my creative director, we really wanted this to feel fun and we both saw pink and we were trying to figure out what could kind of, you know, and he thought of a sorority,” she explains. “At first I used to be like, ‘Huh?’ However then I form of noticed the sunshine and for me, I like the whole lot with a suspenseful twist. I like a storyline. I used to be like, ‘OK, if we do sorority, can we add a little dark twist in there somehow?’
Bailey says the entire level is to showcase a lady’s magic. “And after watching the video, I wanted to make it all about ass, but in an artistic way. I think it’s incredibly powerful how women can leave men almost in a trance with their bodies and their spirits and the way they carry themselves. So it’s literally luring men and turning them into stone. So, it’s like a modern-day Medusa.”
Bailey remains to be within the remaining phases of prepping her solo album. Out of over 100 songs she recorded, she’s narrowing it right down to a couple of dozen.