Chloe – aka Chloe Bailey, one half of Chloe x Halle — continued the launch of his debut solo studio on Friday (Feb. 24), releasing “How Does It Really feel,” the second single (or “piece”) from In items. After days of backlash over the track with Chris Brown, “How Does It Really feel” got here together with a video during which Chlöe and Chris traded verses a couple of failed relationship. “Yeah, see, that is the factor about belief / It is by no means been about us,” Chlöe sings, per Genius. ” As a result of we did an excessive amount of / We threw out the cabinets on the Follies / Gave you the important thing the place my coronary heart beat / You did not say it however you stated it / It should not have damage me however I let it. “
The visible additionally options Chlöe in a sequence of outfits, every displaying extra swagger than the final. If the R&B track did not already set up her as a intercourse image, together with her silky however highly effective vocals, the video definitely did (whereas additionally claiming she was a brand new style icon.)
Chris introduced the track’s arrival on Instagram. “@chloebailey you’re a stunning soul… TAKE OVER THE WORLD SHAWTY and DON’T LOOK BACK! YOU ARE A QUEEN! DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU! You adopted your goals and now the universe is fulfilling that manifestation,” he wrote on Feb. 22. “Cannot watch for the world to listen to the magic we created,” Chlöe wrote under (h/t) Discover board).
With Halley Bailey focuses on her performing profession (she stars within the live-action adaptation of Disney’s The little Mermaid this yr) Chlöe has invested in music. In itemswhich arrives in March, is “all the pieces that I have been by means of, all of the tear-downs, folks underestimating me, telling me I can not do it – all these items have gone into the music,” Chloe shared Essence yr 2022.
“The album is me choosing myself up and speaking myself out of no matter little place or place the world has tried to place me in,” she added, “that folks and private relationships have tried to place me in, and even (by doing so) to myself. It’s I who break free.”

Chlöe introduced the only on February 16 by sharing a photograph of her with Chris, 33, on her social media accounts. Instantly afterward, followers argued towards Chris Brown’s continued assist, given his historical past of habits. Cheetah Women alum Kiely Williams wrote: “Let him come out along with his personal document – so genius, so charming that it makes us all neglect HE BEATS WOMEN. He cannot so he will not. So what’s he doing? He is slowly creeping again into the mainstream by means of to get little nods for options on Black Ladies’s deserves. Black ladies who’re extra gifted, extra worthy, however give him okay.”
Chris responded to Kiely by saying that “you are at some extent in your life the place you are both very broke or damaged. THE FACT that you simply assume you must speak negatively about me makes you look so lame.” Chris additionally mocked Kiely’s phrases along with his feedback.
On February 17, Chris took to his Instagram Story to vent his frustration. “If you happen to guys nonetheless hate me for a mistake I made at 17, please kiss me throughout,” he tweeted, referring to the February 2009 incident during which he assaulted Rihanna to the purpose that she needed to be hospitalized. Chris was charged with aggravated assault and prison threats. He later pleaded responsible in court docket to a felony and prevented jail.
On his IG Tales, Chris then posted 15 screenshots apparently from a Ranker publish titled “Celebrities Who Have Been Accused of Home Abuse” (h/t Complicated) whereas asking, “The place is the tradition of cancellation with these white artists who date underage ladies, BEAT THE FUCK OUT OF THEIR WIVES” and so forth.
Within the wake of Chris’ protection, followers identified that his ex, Karruecche Tranneeded to get a five-year restraining order towards Brown in 2017. Chris reportedly left ” profanity-laden voicemails and textual content messages threatening to ‘beat the f*** out of her,'” per The Every day Beast.
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