Chloe Bailey and Beyoncé.Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty; Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty
Beyoncéwas a fan of her protégéeChloe Bailey’s 2022 BET Awards performance.
“You killed it last night!” reads a note from the 40-year-old superstar placed alongside the white and green flowers. “Making me proud. All my love, B.”
The two musicians' relationship goes back nearly two decades, as Bailey made her film debut as the young version of Beyoncé’s character Lilly in 2003’sThe Fighting Temptations.
Their videos eventually caught the 28-time Grammy winner’s attention, and she signed the duo to her Parkwood Entertainment company, through which they’ve since released everything from their debut EP, 2016’sSugar Symphony, to their latest album, 2020’sUngodly Hour, and Chloe’s recent solo singles, “Have Mercy,” “Treat Me,” and “Surprise.”
Earlier this month,Beyoncé released a new single titled “Break My Soul,“a house track that runs over four minutes and samples both Robin S’s 1993 hit “Show Me Love” and Big Freedia’s “Explode.”
“Break My Soul” comes less than a week after Columbia Records announced that Beyoncé’sseventh solo studio album,Renaissance, will drop on July 29.
Renaissancewill be the star’s first solo album in six years, and the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’sLemonade. (In the interim, she has releaseda soundtrack album toThe Lion KingandEverything Is Love,a collaborative album with husband JAY-Z. She also releasedHomecoming: The Live Album, which was recorded during her headlining 2018 Coachella performance, and in March, opened the 94th annualAcademy Awardswith ajaw-dropping performanceof her nominated song “Be Alive” fromKing Richard.)
source: people.com
