Chloe Bailey’s dating red flags, dealing w/ haters + new Timbaland project Ep. 98 | The Crew Has It
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Chloe Bailey opens up about her career evolution, transitioning from early acting roles in Atlanta—like her role as Lily in a Beyoncé-inspired project—to a thriving music career where she produces, writes, and engineers her own work. She reflects on the physical and emotional challenges of filming, particularly during a night-heavy shoot in New Orleans, where extreme heat, bugs, and long hours tested the team’s endurance. Chloe emphasizes the emotional vulnerability required in both acting and music, where authenticity and raw emotion are central. She shares moments of professional validation, such as when producer Timberland recognized her artistic talent, which affirmed her self-worth. Chloe also discusses her love for live performances, especially Rosalía’s show, and expresses a deep admiration for artists like Addison Rae and Ariana Grande. While she remains grounded and humble—acknowledging that fame doesn’t mean success—she dreams of performing on Broadway, though she acknowledges the immense commitment required. She values authenticity, emotional honesty, and strong collaboration, and stresses that her success is rooted in personal growth rather than external validation. Throughout, Chloe balances her vibrant personality with self-awareness, highlighting her love for music, community, and the joy of genuine human connection. Her journey reflects a commitment to artistic integrity, resilience, and staying true to oneself amid the pressures of fame.
Let me tell you something, when you gotta hate us, baby. Oh, yeah. Oh, that means you're successful. Oh, yeah, now you're doing it. If no one's talking, sorry for you, got some issues. It hurts, it hurts, it hurts. It does hurt. But then I go, in the back of my mind, I go, thank you, God. You're just helping me. [MUSIC PLAYING] Last one to the airport by breakfast by breakfast. [MUSIC PLAYING] All right, Michael Rainey, Jr. You're in studio over there. I'm unfortunately-- I feel lonely in here. It is kind of lonely when you're not with me. Now you see how I'd be feeling when you got L.A. guests. You feel me? Yeah, no, I'd be in the crowd. I'd be bored, bro. Now you see how I feel. It's a little lonely. So you do the honors. Come on, man. We got an elite elite. One of my favorite people, old time. Elite guests, Chloe Bailey, my home girl. Woo! What's the problem? We got to get a little around her. Come on. Hell yeah. Chloe, what's been up? A lot. The sky. Blessings from the Lord. Yeah, I'm in New York, and I'm happy we got to do this. Well, I'm here for work, so it all worked out. Like, I feel like the last time I saw each other was-- And the-- it was the end of ACP. And it's weird only seeing each other in certain spots and times because we were together for two months, almost in New Orleans filming. Yeah, what's going on in the ACP? I have no cool. You know, I have no idea. I really have no cool. I've been dying to see it. I've literally been dying to see it. Me too. I know it's great. You know, it should be happening. I'm going to say, don't be happy. Bro, people don't understand, like, sometimes you film something, you make a-- you don't know. It's like out of your hands. You devote two months of your life to Solomon. Nothing comes out of it, like, you don't see nothing. It'll come, it'll come, I believe. Yeah, we got to be optimistic. And it's really good. We got to be optimistic. I remember how it felt, and we went through a lot. Oh, we went through a lot. Well, that nasty ass heat, the swamp, and the big thing. The mosquitoes, the pit. Oh, my god. I want to talk about this. That's your discussion. Night shoots only. It was night shoots only, bro, bro. It was-- it was a grind, bro. It was a grind, I think a lot. But it was fine, though. It was fine. Would you be able to do it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I am out here shooting a video for a song off my mixtape I have with Timberlin. Fire. Yup, so I'm here for a couple of days to rehearse, and then shoot it, you know? How different is the music video set compared to a TV or film set? I think I've done a music video before, but I don't remember where it was. I feel like it depends on who you have running it. There's some people who take too many shots, too much coverage, and you just exhaust it to a dance shot after a dance shot. And then there's some people who know how to really maximize it, and you get it done in and out. So it really just depends, but I love both, you know? Well, you haven't started filming the video I hear yet. Not yet, but we have rehearsal, and I know we have like three to four different set ups, and it'll be, it'll be no problem. All right, let's see how she's not, she's not on that 10 million shots, all the coverage, 10 million dancing, so take that, you know? Yeah, you save your energy, you get what you need to get, boom. And then you out of there, and then you out of there. Chloe, you gotta let Michael and I direct one of your videos. Oh, you, you on the direct tip. See, I'm trying to get there. He actually is. So what do you see for me? Let's hear it. All right, you go G, because you, you've done, you've done your ones and two's. Yeah, I just directed a whiskly, but yeah, I just directed a whiskly, for MGK music video was dope, it was so fun. Yeah, it was right in the rap. It was tough, but I did it when we did it all in one day, but I don't know, I don't know how many set ups. It was like a whole, it was like, so it was a whole like day, a movie. Like I shot like a mini movie in, in, in the day, it was basically like girl next door, these two girls moving next door. MGK and Wiz are roommates, they see a move in, and they're trying to get their attention all day long. Yeah. Oh, nice, cute. Yeah, I was fun. I like more of like a cinematic than, than just like, yeah. So yeah, that, that, that'd be so cool. But so what do you see for me? What do you see for me? I would need to hear the project get that. I would need to hear the project kind of, because that's kind of where I get my inspiration from. Melissa, my darling. Please, I would, I would love to. But yeah, I'm kind of curious, like what, what do you kind of gravitate towards when you are doing music? Because obviously you act, you have an acting background. What do you gravitate towards more when like, a director is a pitching an idea or like, do you like to dance and do choreography? Do you like to do more of a, or of a film type video? I'm kind of curious about that. I like both. I like to follow where the song leads and where it takes. It's really about where the song tells you to go. A lot of, sometimes I love the narrative, you know, cinematic plots. Sometimes I love like the full boom cat pop star kind of thing. So it really just depends, you know, give it both to them, have variety. I like that. So when you started, when you started, what did you start music or did you start acting first? Acting. Acting first. And so you were in Atlanta and you and your sister what you just got like an agent when you were younger or what was kind of like the first. Yeah, we had. So like my very first audition, I went in for this role of Lily, which was younger Beyonce and fighting temptations. I got the part I just turned four when we started shooting. And it was pretty cool. I know. From there, I was three and a half. I booked it. You've been doing it. July, like top of July after I just turned four. Yeah, you've been doing it. So season after that, like Tyler Perry, things like that. So it just happened and then sister and I, we started singing, like we started at our Spelman summer camp. And from there, we just started singing around Atlanta. And boom, that's how it was. And that's how it progressed. And it's funny because a lot of people think, like, we started music first and then got into acting, like, oh, you're, they're the singers who want to act, but it was actually vice versa, which is really funny. But music is my love. You like it more than acting? I love acting. I love acting. Don't get me wrong. Especially as I'm getting older, like, I'm finding it to be very therapeutic. You know, and you have so much bottled inside, but you just kind of keep it tucked. Do certain characters, you can let it out. Exactly. And it's so freeing. It's a little scary once you let it kind of take control, your emotions. But after it, it's very therapeutic and freeing. You've got to let it. Yeah. And like with music, you have to be more put together, like more, like, boom, you know, but with acting, there's the beauty and the rawness. And like, they're looking crazy. So I love both of you. The thing about, and you could tell me if I'm wrong, this is a question for you. Like, I feel like with music, you're kind of putting your own, like, your own lyrics are like, oh, this guy fucking cheated or this, not at least with the character in acting. You can kind of hide behind someone else's lines. Do you feel like it's a little more vulnerable being, like, like, making a song as opposed to just being in a movie? That's very true and a really good point that you touched on. Yeah, because I produce and write and engineer all my stuff. So it's really just my whole spirit exposed, you know, in my most vulnerable state. But also there have been some times, you know, a couple roles where people, I can hide behind the character, but people don't know that those are things that Chloe is hiding. So it is safer to know you can just blame it on the character that is so true and have some sort of, like, a mask almost, but you still got to be vulnerable. Yeah. You got to do, like, weird shit in front of 40 people on set is like, yeah, you know, it's like it's, I don't know. I feel like it's a different type of vulnerability, but at the end of the day, like, in both fields, you got to be, like, very vulnerable. Yeah. Especially acting. What up, y'all. We're going to take a quick break from the episode and we're going to talk to you about our new friends at Nick's pouches. 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So, so when did you start seeing some movement, Chloe, like when, okay, you booked that thing, but like, obviously like we know people don't realize just because you're on TV or just because you're this, they think you're rich and they think you, you got fame and you have everything like, I know people who are on shows are occurring that are just still working at a restaurant. You know what I mean? So like, when did you start seeing some movement where like, hey, you were getting offered stuff, be like, you know, deals and like, I'm just kind of curious when you guys felt like you're like, okay, cool.
- Oh, honey. I don't even allow myself to feel like that now. - That's great. - You know exactly what I'm talking about. - It's very humble. Very, very humble. - But it's like a lot of times people will see you in certain places or see you doing certain things and think that's like you're, I made it. But this industry is hell. - Bro, yeah, I'll tell you for free, you made it. (laughing) - Well, I mean, you know, I, when I feel like I've made it is, you know, I have different goals and aspirations I have set for myself. I definitely am very proud of myself. And I know younger Chloe would be like, she's doing it. She's doing what I always wanted to do. But I still have so many more things to goals and places to reach. But I just want to become a better version of myself every day. But it's so funny when people are like, "Oh, you made it. You're a celebrity. You're a this." But it's like, it's just another job. And I try so hard not to get caught up in that because the same people kissing your ass are the same people who will talk the most. It's about you when you're having a bad day. So you really kind of have to remind yourself what's real and what's not. And it helps so much like me telling myself, "Okay, this is my job. I'm clocking in." And then I'm clocking out. But I always ask people this. I know you've had at least a couple of these moments. Like, what is like a moment that you experienced or someone that you met? And then you're like, "Hey, I'm really here. I'm at this point of my life now. I'm really doing it." I mean, you just said you don't really feel like that. But it has to be at least one moment. I think there's been moments where it'll validate my existence and talent. I can say that. I think when I was working closely with Timberland and he was telling me how great my ear is and how wonderful my pen is and my complimenting my gift as a producer and a writer, that kind of spun me for a loop because he has such a phenomenal ear. And he has been such an inspiration to me. So to see that he recognizes and see something within my artistry, even things that have nothing to do with my external. But here, that really made me think, "I must be good at what I do." I mean, hearing that from Timberland, that's because he's one of the goats. Oh, yeah, that's, yeah, for sure. Definitely got to feel that way. Yeah, I stepped back and I said, "Wait a minute. Wait." I'm actually pretty good at this. Or if there's times where you'll hear certain songs that have been inspired by something you did or things like that and it's like, "Wait, if I wasn't good, that wouldn't have happened." Yeah, moments like that. That's a good moment. Yeah. That's a cool time. What was your first series regular, Chloe? I played jazz in Grownish for four or five years. Yeah, alongside my sister who played Sky and we were twins. Even though we're not twins in real life. Cool. It must be fun. It was fun. That's why. They wrote all the lines where we were talking over each other, but we do that in real life. Yeah, do it anyway. It was really easy. It was probably easy. That was it for the six. And yeah, it was both 100 for the same amount of time, right? Five years. Except the last season. She went off to do Little Mermaid. Okay. So I held us down during COVID. Okay, okay. That's fine. That's probably the most natural job we've ever had to do. Yeah. And we had our friends on there. It was really easy. Yeah. You shot that while at Disney? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. That's the cool thing. Like it's a go to the lot shooting on the Disney lot with your sister. How is it working with her? Do you guys fight a little bit? Like my little brother cuts our clips for this podcast. And I put his head through a wall three times a week. So I'm curious what it's like working with your sister every day. Do you have you guys had fights or is it all like awesome? Of course we have fights. I mean, I would be fake as heck to be like, oh, no. Yeah. We are peaceful. But that's the thing when you are creating. You already have to bear your soul and be vulnerable. Right. But you also have to be honest, especially when you're collaborating. Like, you have to speak up for what you want. And I think it's easy for us to do that with each other. We both communicate in different ways. I'm more like, oh, you know, Halley's more blunt is the cancer aries. But it was really funny when we were younger. Like, we make fun of this all the time. I thought I was raiding Simone and she to girls. Like, I took it seriously as doing our covers. And Halley would always laugh at me because I'd be like, no, we have to get it right. I was so freaking serious. But it's just great to see like where we have progressed. And how we are continuing to grow individually. And together in our synergy, it's really dope to witness. So what was your guys's process? Like, you'd get the script for the episode and like, um, it would come in. And then you know, you'd have to shoot these scenes the next day. Would you two like run lines with each other at night? Or would you do it solo? And then go to work the next day? Would you just go to work and do it in the makeup trailer? Like, I'm kind of be honest. I want you to be 100% honest. We would just go to work and do it in the makeup. And like, I learned my lines in the trailer. I don't know if it's my ADHD. I will go over the script and everything. My mind will not lock the lines in until that morning. Because it's like, okay, under pressure. Under pressure. There's been so many nightmares I've had where it's been me on set. And I go up. And find out all the camera crew. And then you know it though. But you know it though. Yes. It'd be like that for me too. Like, I could read, I could read a scene by myself a million times a day before. And it's just like, I don't know. Like, it never like registers in my brain. And then I go to, and I go to set, see him, we were running like two, three times. And then it's like, it's locked in. But by myself, I don't know. I don't know what's wrong with my brain. It's not us though. Everybody. Because then we'll have scenes with the greats. And we're doing rehearsal. And they're like, oh, I don't know that. What's my lines line? And I'd be like, I'm good then. I'm good then. I mean, it'd be a different process for everybody. Like for me, I don't know. I can't do the, read it a million times. Because I'll read it a million times and still remember it. But like, like I said with me and this guy, I read it three times with him. And we got it locked in. And we just built from that. Yeah. What kind of memory do you have, Chloe? Is it like visual or do you have to hear it? Ooh, a little bit of both. I'm such like a sonics girl. But then also when I think of the pictures in my head, it helps as well. And I like to, now what I like to do, I like to literally see it painted in my head. And once I do that, then everything kind of flows the lines flow, the emotions flow. Because I'm actually living through that moment in the scene. I'm kind of curious. What is it like with music? Like obviously you have 15 songs on an album that come out. Do you memorize the whole, like do you already know the lyrics? Like when you have to go perform? Have you ever forgot lyrics? Like I'm kind of curious how that works too. Oh yeah, I forget lyrics all the time. The ones that I wrote all by myself. After I record them, you know, they stay on my notes app. And I don't really revisit them again. When it's time to perform, it's like I'm teaching myself a brand new song. So when did you start? Did you start? Well, no, I just, you started singing first before producing, no? Yeah. How do you like producing? I love it. I'm such a nerd. I get to like, nerd out. And I'm, maybe it's the Virgo rising. I'm a little bit of a control free. And sometimes me explaining it to people isn't enough. You gotta do it yourself. Like this. I want the drums to hit like this. Yeah. I want the bass going too. Yeah. And my notes are very, very, very specific. I will have like 15 mix basses. Yeah. And I will specifically time mark her each note. I mean, hey, you got to do what you got to do to get what you want. I'm one of those. Producing is fun. What do you use to make your beats? Logic. Logic five. I'm a logic gal. Fire. I tried to use logic before. What do you use? I use FL and I used to, I used to use something called studio one. Mm-hmm. But I like FL the most. And I used to use reason like when I first started. But I started on reason two. Yeah. But like I felt like I was very limited on reason. Me too. And then I started using FL studio. I started doing like just like shit that I actually wanted to do. Yeah. FL studio is like, it's my baby. I got to get back on it. I was like, my thing. So after a reason, then I went on Pro Tools. And this one, they had the inbox. You know, they have the I lock. But this is when they had that big old inbox. My inbox crashed. I had like 30 projects on there. I couldn't get access to them. You lost all of them. Yeah, because the inbox crashed. And you couldn't open Pro Tools without the inbox. Like how you need the I lock to open up the stuff. Nope. I said screw you Pro Tools. I'm never using you again. I came right there. So it's like, you know, the go to DAW is Pro Tools here in the States. But the go to DAW in UK is logic. Really? Yeah. Recording, producing. For everything? Yeah. That's right. So I feel so seen. So you got it. That's fine. I did not know that. I did not know that it was like too different. I know for sure. Because I know a lot of people use Pro Tools. Like everywhere for like recording and everything, but I know they use it to. It's the go to DAW in like London especially. That's crazy. The UK. Yeah. Do you have some favorite UK artists? Of course. I have like favorite artists from all over the world to be honest. Like there's really no genre or anything off limits for me. I love everything. And I will do everything and just add like an alt spin to it. Guys, we're going to take a quick break from the episode. This company needs no introduction. We love them so much. I mean, look, we're all price picked up. We've been making it.
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I haven't heard that, but I know, I know you know what record people really sleep on. Addison raise album. No one will take me seriously until they listen to it. And it's so dope because she had female producers and engineers only on that record. People sleep on that album, but it is sonically really, really great. It kind of gives like grimes a little bit like pop Britney grimes. It's really great. I loved it. And I also really love Ariana Grande's latest record pedal. It's one of my favorite albums from her. It's like she tapped into her imaging heat bag on that one. It's really great. That's not that's I got to get in that type of bag. I don't be in that bag enough. Like I will say you Michael, you are expanding your horizons. He's really expanding my horizons though. It depends on like the mood. I mean, depending on like how the day went. Who are yours right now? Your life's right. I don't even listen to a lot of music right now. I feel like I got to think the same way. I put Michael onto a little Justin Bieber last month. Yeah. I put some swag on in the car. Yeah. What was that swag to that? Yeah, swag to yeah. And I loved, loved his Grammy performance. Oh, yeah, we talk about it all the time. It was so brilliant visually and sonically like the just the boxers because it's the stripped version. Yeah, I thought that was genius. It's so simple. I never take I never take else. My one L that I took in 2026 was I didn't go to Bieber, Chella. I was my one L. I took in 2026 because it looked I watched it, but it looked unbelievable. What's your favorite concert you've ever been to? Oh, I read the last one I went to was Rosalía's. Oh, yeah, her luck show. Beautiful. It was like you were watching and listening to art. And what was really impressive is she actually knows point ballet. And I've been a fan of Rosalía for like 10 years. So I feel like I'm the fan that's been with her through every era. And I am just so proud as a fan like to see how she has expanded. So I love live shows. It's very inspiring for me. Yeah, I saw her perform at SNL. And I didn't know who she was, but I just went to that SNL taping. I forgot. Maybe it was Jake Gyllenhaal, I think, or Zoe Kravitz. And she was a musical guest. I was like, this is got to be one of the most talented people on planet earth. Like she's unbelievable to watch. She produces as well. A lot of people over looked at, but she produces as well. Yeah, Michael, what did we talk about this? What's your favorite? Who's your favorite concert you've ever been here? Did we talk about this? Oh, man, my favorite concert I've ever been to. I don't know, I have a bad memory. I don't remember. You don't remember anything. You don't know your favorite. No, no, no, no, no, I just got to think it like it just takes too long for me to think like I'm not trying to do the part at 5 p.m. Michael's away. No, no, no, no, I gotta say, I gotta say, um, this is like one of the first first concerts I've ever been to that I really was like feeling to go to. This is my future job, Perparine. Oh, and he was only, he did Perparine tour. And that was the only tour that he's like performing any song from Perparine. So I think it was the Perparine tour. It was in New York. And it was like Hamilton, something like that. My uncle took me, it was dumb. We like, we just like went to the front. Like we just hustle to the front. Yeah, it was fine. It's an amazing song, right? Yeah, it's a good song. But nominal. Um, I gotta say, obviously Bieber, when we went to Bieber, that was five. We went to Bieber. That was five, right? He, he went crazy. That was in Jersey, you know? Yeah, it was, it would be a potential center. I think that was a great show. That was a great show. And we said there are a couple of years later. Oh, and they're all, that's when dirt brought us out. Yeah. Yeah, you walk on the stage. Yeah, but we walk, but we walk, we walk dirt down to the stage. And how are you walking? I was walking like, we're mass wagging, oh, you had shade on. So you were looking out into the abyss. Like, yeah, I was just looking. I'm like, I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm just walking. You were feeling it felt like we was walking like a boxer out of two. That was right. When I saw it, because it was me, Michael T. Grizzly and sauce gardener, and we all walked dirt down. And oh, that's lit. That's when T Grizzly had all those chains on. That's when I got the big chain. I was like, I gotta get something bigger. Yeah, these are nice. Yo, now, now, now it's all coming together. Now it's all coming together. Um, I will have to say, uh, Yams Day. Yams Day was one of the, one of the best cars. Fire. So that's, that's ASAP. And, you know, they, they, they, they, that they dedicate to Yams. They have a lot of performances. I was like, probably one of the first times I was like on stage with them. Like, it was me smoking my jello, playboy, Cardi, obviously Rocky. Like, that was lit. I'm not gonna lie. At that time, like, I was in, like, I was in that area of just like listening to them, like, heavy, and I'm like, damn, I'm on a stage with them. That was probably, that would definitely be one of my favorites too. For sure. Yeah. Chloe, have you done, have you done festival stuff? Yes. What, what's your, what's your favorite and what's your dream that you want to do? My favorite Coachella. Yeah. Oh my god. Coachella. I've never been to Coachella. No, Mike, you gotta go. No, you're not slacking. Have you been on this Coachella? It's very hectic. It is, right? Oh my goodness. Like hottest hell out there on just a VIP pass. Make sure you go with an artist pass. Yeah. Because it is, like, the VIP feels like open season. I'm not even going to lie. I'll go out and get trippled in it. I'm not trying to get ran over by like 10,000 feet. Yeah. But the shows, I wish I could go back to Coachella weekend. It was my favorite, like, preparing for the show and just the energy. And I was happy because that I did Coachella twice. This time, it was later at night. So you actually got to see the lights of the visuals. And it just felt so dramatic. And it's like, then the second weekend, B and Kelly rolling came to surprise me and Victoria Monet came and it was Coachella weekend hands down my favorite performance in my, in my, what year was this? What year was this? This was two years ago. Two years ago. Yes. Yeah. I got a favorite and they don't let you book back to back years. Like it's against the policy. Also, if you do one year, you gotta like skip the next one, then probably come back. So we're going with her. We're going with her next year. Here's a thing. I always say this. I'm like, I love being an actor because like my dream, like, right, is to be Justin Bieber, right? It's like the most good thing. But as an actor, like you can do it for like a project for three, four months and then be like, okay, cool. I did it. So my friend, I did a movie Ma with him and Sabrina Carpenter. Yeah. I was in Ma with Octavia with Octavia. It's my girl. We're about to do Ma to next year. You do? Oh, I will be watching. I will be tuning in. But my friend Corey, who I don't know if you know Corey, he was in girl meets world. I know some of the, you guys kind of, you know, grow up with each other all the
that stuff, a lot of the Disney kids and people who are, you know, in L.A. younger, but he Sabrina brought him out, Sabrina Carbiter, and he did like a full thing on stage, because remember how she brought out people and like Will Ferrell was like, I feel like we need to do that with Chloe, Michael, next year. You and I got to do some, and I'm putting you guys to work. You're going to do something more than just walk out. I am. I might get some dancers for you guys. You know, we're going to have to do the full Shabang. You're going to have to come to rehearsals. This is not just pop up and say hello. We're like, we got a lot of hands. We're getting to do it. It's a commitment. It's a commitment right here. Like we got to like, we got to dedicate ourselves to this shit. This is not a game. This is as close to Broadway as you and I will get. Yeah, probably. It's probably the closest to Broadway. I don't know. I don't know. I might have. Would you do Broadway? I get this question. I get this question. But I don't know. Like it's just like, all right, it's, I want to say is, it's very intimidating. Number one. It was very intimidating. Number two. It's just like, it's just such a commitment, bro. I know. It's just like straight rehearsal. Then that's when, like after the six weeks, that's when you start putting the show like, and then you rehearse in front of people, which would just make me tweak, like I'll just be like on the stage shaking, bro, then, then you got to remember an entire script and one like, you could do it. I just think the commitment isn't worth the money in my opinion. I don't know. Maybe that's a high point. I would do Broadway. I don't know. If I'm doing Broadway, like the money is the last thing I'm thinking about, the only thing I'm thinking about is, damn, if I fuck up a line on this stage, bro, I'm cooked. Like I'm gonna look so like, you're not cooked, though. It's about like thinking on your feet. You do it easy. They say they mess up a lot of them. Believe in yourself. I would do Broadway. The right role. She believed. She believed. I believe in me. Think about the training. The vocal training. It's like you're putting yourself through bootcamp to be phenomenal. Like, yeah. Sign me up. It is true. It has to be the right part, though, because it is a lot to commit, but I would do it hands down. I got to love the part. I absolutely have to love the part. Yeah. If I don't love the part, yeah, it's cooked. Denzel Washington says it's the best training. Yeah. I feel like it is. Because if you could lock it on Broadway, like you get to say, it probably feels just like a little walking apart. Yes. Yes. You just be overly prepared. And you chill and like, it's whatever. I'm thinking about it now. I'm on the stage. Oh, that's scary. You would do amazing. I think, Chloe, do you have a favorite thing that you would do on Broadway if they like brought something back, or would you want to do an original? I would do Dreamgirls, or I would do it. Yeah, I do that. Dreamgirls? Yeah, that's cool. That's a good one. That's a good one. I know. I've seen something like this. If you had to do a Broadway playing, he's like into the woods, I want to go, I want to go. What would it be for you? The first thing I ever did in acting class in Rhode Island when I was like 18 years old was this is our youth, but I think I've outgrown that play now. I don't, I don't know. I think I would just, I want to do a movie. I'm good. I'm the bro. You want to do Broadway? No, I think I would. I would because I want to check, check it off the bot. Check it off the list. They're doing like rents. Would you do a rent? I don't know. I don't like musicals. I wouldn't want to do musicals. Oh, so never mind. No, you're not for Broadway. I would need to do like a full like actual play, like I'm not a musical kind of guy. I'm not up there. You could be phantom of the opera. Now there's music in that. Yeah. I guess. That'd be cool. Yeah. I could see phantom of the opera. I could see you in the Michael Jackson one. Oh, that's pretty good. I can see myself in that. Yeah. Have you seen it? I seen the play or the movie that the play I haven't seen. So I saw it a couple years ago when the lead was Miles. He was phenomenal. He won a Tony for it. Oh, five. It. I boo who cried. Fire. I saw it twice. Phenomenal. I don't know if it'll hit the same without him as Michael, but hey, let's see. I gotta see. I was talking about all the the actors stuff. How, um, what is, what is strong about like, oh, you're so strong. That was really fun. We shot it in South Africa for three months. Oh, what a wild ride. That's five. Sure, man. I, we went through some hoops and hurdles. How was it filming out there? Like how, how different was it than filming in America? It was real different. Force calls almost every day. Oh, god. We were filming the same time. They were filming children of blood and bone. So I saw Damson and Amanda and Ira and like, we'll all get together and it was really fun. But we all were saying the same thing about shooting out there. You know, we all put so much blood, sweat and tears and it paid off. You know, I'm really happy. Everyone was happy with the project. It was like number one on peacock for a long time. Mm-hmm. So I'm really happy about it and Malcolm did a phenomenal job directing and everyone did amazing. I got to be like, have a fight scene with Lin Whitfield. I mean, she's just great. Will you use being people up? Yeah, she would beat me up too. So it's like, it's a thriller, you know, like, so it's like an erotic thriller. I see that. You gotta watch it. You don't support your friend. No, no, no, no, no, don't do me like that. I support you and everything you do. I don't do me like that. I don't even support me. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't do me like that. You don't even support me. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 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I wanted to see Cat's Side, but the prices, whoo, it's almost like a thousand a ticket. Yeah, but you got motion. You could have got that free. Yeah, but I want to support. I'm an artist supporting artist. I'm not going to deem to be like, you'll give me some free tickets. I want them to buy my tickets. Yeah, but you know what you could have did. You could have just posted that you're at the Cat's Side concert and probably would have done more than that you spent a thousand dollars on the ticket. You know, but you know, I'm real. I'm not fake. Fair. I appreciate that. I appreciate that about you. Try and do it on that board.
Would you rather go on tour or would you rather shoot a movie what's what's what's what do you like better? It depends on set on set for three months Tor for three months Tor for three months really Yes, now if it's a Oscar Possibility the movie Okay arena tour or Ryan Kugler film Ryan Kugler film are you crazy? I mean what are we saying call me hello. Yes. I'm there. I will drop any and everything hang up the phone Yeah, but it's you're solo arena tour is also kind of I can do that after I finish shooting That's Plan the tour in the meantime go to rehearsals late at night after I finish film in boom. Are you crazy? Okay, that's the real ringer now do you like you like night shoot? Are you like shoot uh shoot an early morning? Early morning, so I could have a night. Yeah, she did make us wake up wake up with the night. She's so much better We literally had two two months of straight night suits. We was like My dream. He's getting in the hole. We was getting back to the hotel. Get him back to the crib at seven Like not even nine. It'd be like nine. Yeah, like eight nine o'clock every day, bro And then we go to sleep wake up at like four four five o'clock Have two hours and then we're back to set at seven o'clock again. It's like bro. We'd see each other on the van like You like we're up. I'll be on the I'll be on the van knocked out on the way to set So what can you guys say about like because you had most of your scenes together? Mm-hmm. Yeah, and we were like kind of love interest in it. Mm-hmm, but like in a way like My memory is so sharp Mine's not um wide awake. No, no, no, but like I really don't remember anything like it's bad I saw that I think like the characters they had like a I like something like some type of interest in each other, but they kind of were just like Yes, let me tell you We're exes. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Like they had history that history My character, you know her current boyfriend was YG That you know they had a little tiff, but you know we end up going to the farm fighting for our lives and the rest you see boom No, okay Chloe, what's Michael? Like is a scene partner? Excellent. We had a lot of fun together. I have no complaints. Yeah. Oh, yeah, I know I'm real I would call you out. No, he was wonderful great actor great person Yeah, my father asked she would have been like, oh, he's asked No, I wouldn't I would have said it a nicer way. I'd have been like well Yeah, but she keeps it a bean she keeps it a hundred but now we have some fun. We we have some good scenes together Yeah, she's a great scene partner as well, so you know, we remember that time I was genuinely scared We were shooting some scene not to give anything away I was about to say what scene but I didn't want to I didn't want to speak too much about it But yeah, it was a few scenes where she was getting a little bit real. Oh Remember I said listen, I can't do the scene anymore. I'm doing it 20 30 times and it's too real I put the van. I would be venting to you She's like she's like I get what's going on but it's like it's it's it's too much like it's scary like I'm like I'm like yeah, I understand but it's working for you like it's helping like you because you're genuinely scared It's helping in the scene. I'm a scream queen Yeah, no, it was fun. Do you have a strong old and nasty Fucking sweat and heat and pig. Oh, yeah, and the bugs Oh, the bugs was disgusted. I'm sorry Do you have any favorite scene partners that you've had throughout your career like give me a top three You don't have to put any in order anything just some memorable people that you've worked with that you're like all this was sick Samuel Jackson number one Time shit Lynn Whitfield and I really loved working with Chase. I love yeah, it just also honest on screen with each other Yeah, I love Samuel Jackson Listen, I was man growing inside and also scared as heck because I'm like if he thinks like what the hell is it doing? No, we had to rehearsal and he goes because we knew each other from like other things and passing and he looks me goes You can that girl Here I did that was another moment. I said well, if Samuel Jackson things I can add to maybe I can Maybe I'm doing something right now his yo bro. He's so like he's so tough when I went to the premiere Bro, he was on the screen. He didn't say a word like someone said something in the scene and then he like He like batting an eye and then everyone just started like clapping and like gasping and I'm like yo, bro You know, he's like he's too elite. Bro. He's too elite Where he's like Yeah, but he's like batting an eye and everybody started clapping going crazy. I'm like that powerful. I'm like damn. I got to get like this You will type of over, bro. That's different type of over. Yeah, he's he's he's he's he's one of the goats for real um Chloe Grammy or Oscar Uh, both at different times Keep doing this. Okay, you're like Not enough when he both give me Need a more you're like You're like arena tour or or or or she's like no, I'm gonna do one and then I'm gonna do the other I mean, I'm out of that answer like she's she's going to get it. Oh, I'm still answering the one at a time He's gonna get it. Oh, yeah, I need a Grammy. I need a Grammy. I need to ask her. I need the Emmy and everything like he don't Tony. So you got to Broadway. Egotta. Yeah, I might get the ego if the if the But the Egotta, I don't know the Tony Patina's closest to Egot that we had on on the pod. I think she has she has Grammy and Tony no Oscar no Emmy, but she's close. She is coming Yeah, she got a grant. She got the Grammy for Something she did in one of her into the woods Oh, it was for the middle woods. Yeah, that's amazing. Oh god. He's good. She's him. She's tough She's the one. Um, okay, night out Chloe. Are you a club or dinner girl Lounge ah, that's a good answer Chloe's a chill. She's a she's chill, but she like she'll turn up but she's chill though Like she's more chill than more turn up, but like if she's vibing then like she'll turn up your family But she's more chill though. The music if the music's good expect to see me in the corner like this Like I'm really shy, but when the vibe is good and I'm with people I'm comfortable with oh, it's over I feel I'm the same mm-hmm, but then again like you get turned we had so much fun in New Orleans You remember no you had so much fun and I've been said wow, you're so bubbly Remember that's only cuz like after a while like obviously like I got hella comfortable It was so much fun. We had some fun nights. Didn't you go to um, lucky day concert. Yeah, I'm sure concert I'm not y'all is late New Orleans was fun. Did you take her to treehouse? Did we go to treehouse? No, we didn't go to treehouse we were that's um I saw one of the spots that we went to the owner of I forgot what spot. What spot did we go to moros? Did you go to moros? No, we went to Mondays. We went to Mondays. So the owner Mondays he owns a club out there of course. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So we didn't go. We didn't go I went there with um I went there with the volunteer though I went there with with the volunteer like the first I think it was like one of the first days like That we had all while we was filming out there had a good Michael is not number two not number seven not number nine The number one person on planet earth to go out with I like I'll put him up against Anybody it's the best night. It's the best night of your life. I'm not kidding. I see that easy Michael is one through 30 my and I've been out with some of the coolest people. Michael's one through 30 of people of nights that I've had Yeah, okay. We I mean just we were just in Cleveland a week ago together and we was drunk in the club We was out like Michael is just so much fun that the energy is top tier He's he's in the best mood Like I just I just love you're like you're up. I just love being around people that I love and just like sharing like good times with people you know Yeah, it's like it's nothing better. You know being around this loves having a good time He's so much fun to be around Michael is elite on a night out. You can't beat it. You just really can't beat it You go get some good food, you know, I'm saying go get some good food start to start the night right Maybe hit a first spot a chill for a little bit then the second spot. That's when it gets spooky Remember the bowling alley after we wrapped I was all of us. We were in the street dancing No one was out that I was fun. Yeah, it was like a low-key eyes night that night. I don't know what I don't know And it was on a weekend, too. Yes, but yeah, it was mad chill that day, but we got to have a good time. It was chilling He's got all he's got every fun shit Listen, I got a lot of pretty homegirl. So so what's the tea right now? Just vibing just vibing
- I'm enjoying life. - I've been to what with who? (laughing) - Oh shit. All right, so look, like, the thing with me is, I'm just in a place where I just like, like I said, I just like enjoying time with, you know, with people I love. So I was like, oh, you love, oh, yeah. - Oh. - Love a lot of people. - Oh, a lot of people. (laughing) - I'm like, oh my god, I know. - I'm like, oh my god, I know. - Oh, a lot of love. - I go see, oh my god, I know that can invite like, eight girls to wherever he is that he's, that he all is like in the, you know, in the zeitgeist of Michael. And then they're all just fighting for 'em all night. I'm like, I'm white, they're not really dead. - So how do that work? How do you keep them all like tamed? (laughing) - You know, we're all cool, you know? Like, you know? - So do you prep them like, yo, what's up? I'ma have all my other girls here. - Nah, I just be like, yo, like, me and my friends are here, like, hello, like. - And if one is flirting with you, do you see the others get jealous around? - It could happen sometimes, but for the most part, like, for the most part is just like, - I'm walking out. Peace, you have lots of company, goodbye. - Nah, for the most part, everybody just be vibing, like, everybody just enjoying everybody, you know? Like, introduce everybody, you know? - That's real play-off. - Nah, not even, no, that's like, it's pee, it's pee. - They own my homegirls, like, it's not even like, you know. - Homegirls, girls, it should take home. (laughing) (laughing) - Wait, wait, are you a relationship girl? Or are you kinda, like, vibing out? Or what's kinda your. - So I'm not a vibe-er, but I'm a worker, and I don't really have time for my heart to be consumed by an entire man. But I'm a cancer, I'm a lover, so I can't vibe. I can't do the vibing, because my heart will be given to someone at one time, and it's just, I'm a simp. I can't even lie. And it's really funny, like, a lot of guys won't approach me because I think they think I have all these dudes, and I'm just chilling at home with my cat and my liggas. - Making beats. - Thank you, and I'm like. - I'm just seeing you cooking up. - Mm-hmm. - I'm just seeing you on TikTok, I'm cooking up beats and all that. - Yeah, yeah. And they'd be like, oh, I know you got this in this. I'd be like, the reality is. (laughing) - The reality is, I'm home with my cat, sir. - Big, exactly. - That's kinda, that's me, man. I just be home, man, chill, like, I don't know. I don't know what G is talking about. - Chillin' with your homegirls. - Hey, girls, one smile, what the hell is that? - Michael's making it seem like he's a lover boy. - Okay, over here, come on, Michael. - No, but if I can say, from what I've seen, not that I know like too much of that, but Michael is such a kind person. - A hundred percent. - The reason why all the ladies probably stay around is because you probably treat them equally with love and appreciation. - Listen, man. - You know what I mean? 'Cause there's some guys who are jerks doing that and will make the women feel less than, but when you keep like them at least feeling secure and worthy, then they're like, okay, I could play this cute little game. - See, my thing is like, look, if you go with me, you treat me cool, whatever. It's gonna be the same thing. Like, I'm not gonna just be a jerk for no reason, you know what I mean? But if your piece is shit, then, then it's fuck you. - Xed off the list. - Off the list, you're done. - Yeah. - All right, Chloe, we got Rapid Fire for you and then we're gonna get you out of here, okay? - Hey, let's do it. - Hell yeah. You're most listened to album. - Oh, it awaits in Heartbreak. - Oh, that's a great answer. - That's a great one. - Great answer, you know. - Would you like to play a hero or a villain? - Oh, both. (laughs) - She wants it all. I love this about her. - You gotta be better. - She wants it all. Biggest red flag in a guy. - If he's mean to the waiter or like, people of service. - Yeah, you gotta let the lady do that. - No. - You gotta let the lady do that. - What do you mean? - It's not being mean, but like, if something's wrong with the food, you gotta be like, the lady do that in a kind way. But some guys will just be like, and think that's impressive. I hate cockiness. If I'm out with the dude, and he's like trying to be little someone when we're out, you're immediately like, no, I'm not seeing you. - That makes me uncomfortable. Like, anybody that does stuff like that makes me uncomfortable. It's like, "Damn it, I'm waiting you, boy. I gotta be sick." - And then you're embarrassing me. - Yeah, like now I'm getting second embarrassment. I'm like, - Yes, and we're a representation of each other. So now people are gonna think, "I'm an asshole." - Yeah, I can't do that. - Yeah, you can fart in my food. I would still be like, "Damn, it's fine. Thank you so much. I can't, I can't do it." - No, you can send food back. Just be, "Hey, you know, "can I have another entree please?" - A hundred percent. - Or be cooked a little bit better or me, because I don't consume dairy or eggs. You know, I see a little cheese here. Can we send it back? - I know we're doing rapid fire. But I also just don't have another question. What is something to buy your personality that people don't really understand? Like, what do you think is like the most misunderstood thing about your personality? People think I'm something that I'm not. Like, I think because I have a pretty big personality it seems, and I give a lot on stage, people think that I might be like a B word. And I think that's why people might think, like might not like me, but I'm really just a mush ball in my whimsy era. My whole life has been a whimsy era. So it's funny because people will meet me in person and they'll be like, "Oh my gosh, "you're so much nicer than we'd ever think." Or, now this one gets me, I don't know if it's a backhanded compliment. Wow, you're so much prettier in person. What is that? - I don't know, I don't know how to ever take, like I don't know how people take those compliments, or I don't know how like, how that compliment is supposed to be taken. Cause I feel like it is a compliment within against like, it's like, yeah, like you thought I was like before, you see me in person, but like, - And it'll be like, "Oh my gosh, "you are so much prettier in person." - Yeah, I don't know. - Yeah, I gotta keep that to yourself, keep that to yourself. Which side of your personality do you wish people saw more of? - My goofball side, I mean, I show it. It's always on display. They just choose to talk about what they wanna talk about. - I mean, that's the, you know, that's the word for you. - Yeah. - You know, people wanna talk about the nonsense and whatever feels there, you know, their voice. - Yeah, but I'm really nice. (laughing) - What is your most toxic trait? - I'm gonna be honest, maybe it's the Virgo Rising again, feeling like I have to control myself or the relationship and you can't control another individual. - That's fair. Okay, all right. I don't know, I- - I saw the rapid fire you got. - Well, we answered a lot of 'em, because my last one was Chloe Bailey's entering her blank era and she said whimsical and then- - Mike and Z, alternative, Bratz doll era. - I love that. - You have one more, Michael? - We did, we did answer a lot, 'cause I didn't answer. - I know we answered most of 'em. - Yeah, let me see, let me see, let me see. - Why? - Chloe, you know what, I always talk about- - Stay on, do you feel like you're at a point where you genuinely don't care what people think or do certain opinions about certain things still get to you at a certain time? - I do care. Now I care less. (laughing) I mean, that's progress, you know? That's a good thing. But sometimes I feel like you got to care a little bit because it's you being in the public eye, but continue. - Some days, I'm like, oh, I don't even care. It's not bothering me and then there's some days it'll be the smallest thing where it's like. - There's no way you think that about me. (laughing) - You know, I just was on a different wave and I was in a mode of just responding to people and I felt so good. - I love doing that. - It felt so good getting on their level and trolling back. - I love doing that. I'm not gonna lie. - It is so. - I love doing that. - People were messaging me like, yo, you got to chill. - Hey. - I'm like, I'm sitting here going. (laughing) Ellen's so happy and free. (laughing) - I'll be doing that all the time. People are like, yo, you doing too much. I'm like, bro, like just because I'll be like seeing me do certain things or whatever, I can't do what y'all do. I can't answer y'all with the same energy. - Yeah, I think what's crazy is that the bullying has gotten worse. Like with every artist, every actor, it's insanity. Now don't get me wrong. I will be the same person sitting there reading through Twitter, laughing at other stuff. But you don't realize the impact until it's happening to you. And like, of course, mean culture and everything. I love that. I'm constantly on my phone loving sending stuff amongst people and my friends. And yes, I be talking some stuff sometimes, but I don't take that energy to go comment it on the person's page to make them feel so low and small. - Yeah, I respond to you as, no. I'm not going to just say some nonsense from now on. - And then they don't think you're gonna respond. And then they don't think people are like public figures are like human beings. Like the stuff that like people are comfortable enough posting or saying about, I'm like. - And then when you respond and defend yourself, you're the crazy one like, oh, you don't have a person. Yeah, you're rude. - What about your career? You have to think of, oh, my booty. - Yeah. - I kind of have this question because I kind of have the same like the same thing in my brain sometimes. You've experienced a lot like since a very, very young age you started when you were a baby. And do you think that like figuring yourself out was more of a challenge because you had so many people watching, like just figuring out who you are and like, you know, just finding yourself basically. - To be honest, because I was so sheltered and I was a homeschooled girl and everything like that. Me figuring myself out. I was just trying to just get my feet wet, you know? And I don't, because my life has kind of always been seen or in the media, I wasn't like, oh, I'm doing it in front of everybody to see. I was just trying to do it for myself. - You're just doing it. - Yeah, like a young woman figuring herself out. And yeah, I never thought like, oh, I'm in a,
- Fishbowl, everyone's watching and paying attention to what I do. - No, I'm just trying to live my life. - Yeah, but you know, people do be watching though. - That means-- - That means-- - Let me tell you something, when you got haters, baby. - Oh, yeah. - Oh, that means you're successful. - Oh, yeah, no, you're doing it. - If no one's talking, sorry for you, got some issues. - Yeah, sorry for you. - It hurts. - It does hurt. - But then I go, in the back of my mind, I go, "Thank you, God, Jesus, help in me." - Mm-hmm. - You are an absolute movie. I love it. I can't wait to meet you in person. You're a movie, you're hilarious. - Yes, that is so honest. And I even have a song called "Cinema." You're right. - See, she got some, she got some for everything. And you know, it's crazy, like, but I gotta say thank you for doing this, because-- - I do the same thing for you, you know? - 'Cause you literally, you don't, you don't really like, you don't really do this stuff. You don't really like, you don't really like the interviews all that, 'cause like, I'm kind of the same. Like, I have to do it sometimes, but like, for the most part, if I could say no, I will say no, so thank you. - Thank you. - For pulling up on us. - Yeah. - I appreciate it. - Y'all are killing it. What you're doing is amazing. I watch you guys all the time. - We're trying. - And I think it's really dope how you're doing this, but like, still keeping your, like, actor persona and still keeping it professional, but it's really cool to like, see you in this light, too. - Yeah, we try to, you know, we try to get up in there. - Yep. - You know, it's fun. You know, we just started it just 'cause we wanted to continue just-- - Keep doing it. It's good. It's good, guys. - Thank you, Chloe. - I appreciate it so much. Okay, make sure you check out her album, her, her, her, her, is a mix, what is it? - Mixing. - Mixed a album, what if you want to call it? - Mixed a mix. - Resurrection, just listen. - Period. - Period. - Thanks, thank you. - Current Timberlin, they made something together, fire. She has a film coming out. I don't know if it, so it premieres at TIFF, but it's not going to be released yet. - Yeah. - There's this thing. - Correct. - That's cool. Anything else you have to plug or want to, want to drop? - You got it all. - Hell yeah. - And stay tuned for me and Michael's movie Goons, which we don't have a date yet. We look in for it too, but it's going to be fire when it's out. - Hell yeah. - Yes. The crew has it, you have it. Chloe Bailey put it for the boys, thank you so much. Thank you so much. - At Chloe Bailey on Instagram. - Oh yeah, yeah. - Everywhere. - At Chloe Bailey, oh man. - At Chloe Bailey. TikTok, Chloe Bailey was here. Chloe Bailey everywhere. - I want to check out. 'Cause she do be on live. She's that be making beats all that. I'll be tuned then. I'll be tuned then. - That's a second point. - I'll be watching. I'll be watching. - That's a second point today. - He did it. - He did it. - I'm gonna get three points about the end of the today. We get three points. - I go ready, Junior, Gianni, you feel. - New music. - You think? - How do you think? - Thank you so much. - A lot. - We love you, Chloe. Thank you for coming up on this. - Love you too. (upbeat music) - Last one's in the airport by breakfast. - By breakfast. (upbeat music) Day one, day one. (upbeat music)
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Chloe Bailey reflects on her journey from acting to music, emphasizing that her passion for both fields remains strong despite the challenges and vulnerabilities involved.
She shares personal experiences from filming in New Orleans, including intense night shoots, extreme heat, and mosquito infestations, highlighting the physical and emotional toll of long-term productions.
Chloe values authenticity and emotional honesty in both acting and music, noting that she feels most connected to roles and songs that allow her to express genuine emotions and personal truths.
Summary:
Chloe Bailey opens up about her career evolution, transitioning from early acting roles in Atlanta—like her role as Lily in a Beyoncé-inspired project—to a thriving music career where she produces, writes, and engineers her own work. She reflects on the physical and emotional challenges of filming, particularly during a night-heavy shoot in New Orleans, where extreme heat, bugs, and long hours tested the team’s endurance. Chloe emphasizes the emotional vulnerability required in both acting and music, where authenticity and raw emotion are central.
She shares moments of professional validation, such as when producer Timberland recognized her artistic talent, which affirmed her self-worth. Chloe also discusses her love for live performances, especially Rosalía’s show, and expresses a deep admiration for artists like Addison Rae and Ariana Grande. While she remains grounded and humble—acknowledging that fame doesn’t mean success—she dreams of performing on Broadway, though she acknowledges the immense commitment required.
She values authenticity, emotional honesty, and strong collaboration, and stresses that her success is rooted in personal growth rather than external validation. Throughout, Chloe balances her vibrant personality with self-awareness, highlighting her love for music, community, and the joy of genuine human connection. Her journey reflects a commitment to artistic integrity, resilience, and staying true to oneself amid the pressures of fame.
FAQs
Chloe started acting first, and she loves both fields. In acting, she finds it therapeutic and freeing, especially when expressing emotions. In music, she feels more vulnerable because she produces and writes her own songs, exposing her true self.
They work well together despite having playful fights. They communicate differently—Chloe is more thoughtful and her sister is blunt—but they are honest and supportive. Their collaboration is natural, and they both enjoy the creative process.
Chloe primarily uses FL Studio, which she calls her 'baby' and loves for its creative freedom. She also uses Logic and previously tried Pro Tools, but switched away after an inbox crash caused data loss.
She highly recommends Irish artist Star Girl and Addison Rae's album, which features all-female producers. She also loves Ariana Grande’s latest album, calling it one of her favorites for its emotional depth and sonic richness.
She especially remembers Rosalía’s live show, which felt like art, and her ballet skills. She also loved Justin Bieber’s Grammy performance and the energy of the Yams Day concert, where she felt like she was on stage with top artists.
Yes, Chloe is open to Broadway if the role resonates with her. She would love to perform in *Dreamgirls* or *Rent*, though she notes it’s a significant commitment and requires deep preparation and emotional investment.
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