Halle Bailey made headlines this past week when she landed the role of Ariel in the upcoming live- action film “The Little Mermaid”!
So let’s get to know this rising talent a little bit better!
- Halle Bailey is part of a duo called Chloe x Halle
- It is an American contemporary R&B duo
- It is composed of sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey
- Chloe and Halle Bailey were born in Atlanta, Georgia
- They were raised in Los Angeles, California
- Chloe x Halle first started by doing covers of pop songs on YouTube
- Their debut EP, Sugar Symphony, was released April 29, 2016
- The EP was accompanied by its singles “Drop” and “Fall”
- Later in 2016, they made cameo appearances in Beyoncé’s Lemonade visual album
- They later served as Beyoncé’s opening act for the European leg of The Formation World Tour
- In the spring of 2017, Chloe x Halle released The Two of Us
- Which featured new music mostly written and produced by the duo
- It was No. 17 on Rolling Stone magazine’s Best R&B Albums of 2017 list
- In December 2017, Chloe x Halle released the theme song for the TV series Grown-ish
- The song was titled “Grown”
- They were added to the cast as series regulars
- After initially signing on for recurring roles
- Their song “The Kids Are Alright” was featured in the series debut
- On March 23, 2018, the duo released their debut album
- It’s title was “The Kids Are Alright”
- The album also features “Warrior”
- From the “A Wrinkle in Time” soundtrack
- On May 31, 2018, it was announced that they would be the opening act for the U.S. leg of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s On the Run II Tour
- They were the opening act alongside DJ Khaled
- On February 3, 2019, Chloe x Halle sang “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl LIII
- In July 2019, it was announced by Disney that Halle Bailey had been cast in the role of Ariel
- For the upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid
- The new film is set to be directed by Rob Marshall
- Her casting make waves for being the first color blind casting for a major studio film
- Chloe x Halle have over 1 million subscribers on YouTube
