WEBVTT - Chloe Bailey 0:00:15.316 --> 0:00:23.276 Pushkin. So, do you have a favorite vocal exercise that 0:00:23.396 --> 0:00:26.556 we do. I love all of the ones where we 0:00:26.716 --> 0:00:29.996 do the minor scale going down because they're still challenging 0:00:30.036 --> 0:00:35.596 for me and I love a good challenge. I love 0:00:35.636 --> 0:00:41.716 all of those. That's me chatting with Chloe Bailey, singer, dancer, actress, producer. 0:00:41.996 --> 0:00:44.516 She does it all. And then I love like the 0:00:44.596 --> 0:00:47.796 car engine startup. That's a great one. You show people 0:00:47.916 --> 0:00:51.396 what that is. How does it go? It goes, Yeah, 0:00:52.076 --> 0:00:55.156 like an old fashioned card, And I love like always 0:00:55.196 --> 0:00:57.396 feeling my stomach jump and move with it, and I 0:00:57.396 --> 0:01:00.196 feel like I'm getting an app exercise at the same time. 0:01:02.556 --> 0:01:06.356 This is Backstage Pass with Eric Vitro, and I'm Eric Vitro. 0:01:06.876 --> 0:01:08.636 On this show, I talked to some of the most 0:01:08.676 --> 0:01:12.356 talented and famous singers working today about their lives, their craft, 0:01:12.436 --> 0:01:14.956 and what it takes to make it really big. I 0:01:15.036 --> 0:01:17.076 happen to be their voice teacher and their vocal coach, 0:01:17.156 --> 0:01:23.316 so our conversations are uniquely different from their usual interviews. Okay, 0:01:23.396 --> 0:01:26.756 let's get back to talking about warming up. I love 0:01:26.796 --> 0:01:29.396 that you mentioned singing a minor scale because most of 0:01:29.396 --> 0:01:32.876 the time people only sing major scales, right, Yes, and 0:01:32.996 --> 0:01:35.356 I notice like even sometimes when you'll be like, Okay, 0:01:35.396 --> 0:01:38.676 speed it up here, it'll help me with my riffing 0:01:39.156 --> 0:01:42.036 and the accuracy and hitting the notes. And I think 0:01:42.036 --> 0:01:43.636 that's why I love those so much, because it's like 0:01:43.876 --> 0:01:46.156 confusing my brain. It's like what's going on here, and 0:01:46.196 --> 0:01:48.636 it's like a puzzle piece, But then it really helps 0:01:48.956 --> 0:01:50.836 when it comes to riffing and like doing all the 0:01:50.876 --> 0:01:53.796 fun vocal acrobats you want to do. You may know 0:01:53.916 --> 0:01:56.596 Chloe as one half of the duo Chloe and Hallie 0:01:56.716 --> 0:01:59.556 and their songs do It Happy Without Me or on 0:01:59.676 --> 0:02:02.596 Godly Hour, or you might have seen Chloe on the 0:02:02.636 --> 0:02:05.636 TV show Grownish, which her sister Hallie was also on, 0:02:06.236 --> 0:02:08.596 or you might know her from her blossoming solo career. 0:02:09.436 --> 0:02:12.036 I met Chloe when I was working with her sister, Hallie. 0:02:12.876 --> 0:02:15.476 I definitely remember how he first met. It was at 0:02:15.516 --> 0:02:18.196 your house and my sister was with you, and she 0:02:18.276 --> 0:02:20.556 was working on a Little Mermaid right when she got 0:02:20.556 --> 0:02:22.636 the role, and I was there at my whole family 0:02:22.676 --> 0:02:25.716 and I remember meeting you and your beautiful dog. You 0:02:25.796 --> 0:02:29.076 were so effervested in, so outgoing. I felt like I 0:02:29.116 --> 0:02:33.036 had an instant connection with you. I felt the same. Eric, 0:02:33.276 --> 0:02:36.196 I felt the same, and I was like, Wow, Eric 0:02:36.316 --> 0:02:38.556 is such a sweet, sweet spirit. I can't wait to 0:02:38.556 --> 0:02:41.236 work with him. One day, we were rehearsing in my 0:02:41.356 --> 0:02:43.556 living room, but then you and I went in the 0:02:43.636 --> 0:02:45.876 studio for a little while ami talking, and then I 0:02:45.876 --> 0:02:48.396 felt like I already knew you. So I was really excited. 0:02:48.436 --> 0:02:50.636 And then you didn't call for a couple months. I 0:02:50.716 --> 0:02:53.436 was like, oh, yeah, well, because for me it was 0:02:53.476 --> 0:02:56.156 like you were training Hallie and I wanted her to 0:02:56.236 --> 0:03:00.116 feel completely confident and comfortable before she went out to Europe, 0:03:00.116 --> 0:03:02.036 and I didn't want to overstep that. I think it's 0:03:02.076 --> 0:03:04.636 like the big sis, little sis thing. I'm so proud 0:03:04.636 --> 0:03:06.316 of Hallie and I want her to feel like she 0:03:06.356 --> 0:03:08.876 can stand on her own and be just as great 0:03:08.876 --> 0:03:11.196 and don't really have me interfere sometimes. So I was like, 0:03:11.236 --> 0:03:14.276 once I knew she kind of found her footing in Europe, 0:03:14.316 --> 0:03:16.636 I was like, okay, I can hit up Eric. Wow. 0:03:17.116 --> 0:03:19.516 I would have never thought that, but that's so sweet 0:03:19.556 --> 0:03:23.036 of you. You're amazing things. Wow. When I felt it 0:03:23.076 --> 0:03:25.596 was time to start really improving my vocals, I was 0:03:25.636 --> 0:03:27.996 like Eric, Eric, Eric, Eric, And then that's when I 0:03:28.076 --> 0:03:30.036 hit you up and I was like, I have to, 0:03:30.156 --> 0:03:32.356 I have to, and I was so happy that we 0:03:32.476 --> 0:03:36.036 finally got to work together. Well did all that. I 0:03:36.076 --> 0:03:39.596 was thrilled. And the bonus was that I discovered Chloe 0:03:39.756 --> 0:03:42.516 is a blast to work with moments, like a hyper 0:03:42.556 --> 0:03:46.276 bubbly person. And it's really funny because people don't really 0:03:46.316 --> 0:03:49.916 know that unless they know me personally, because the way 0:03:49.956 --> 0:03:53.396 I kind of perform and the way I like pose 0:03:53.516 --> 0:03:57.236 or whatever, I seem like this ultra confident, like boss 0:03:57.396 --> 0:04:00.796 batty girl, but like inside, I'm such a nerd and 0:04:00.916 --> 0:04:04.836 I'm like so goofy and clumsy and like hyper and energetic. 0:04:04.876 --> 0:04:08.836 So it's really funny how I have different layers to myself. 0:04:09.996 --> 0:04:13.916 Now it turns out Chloe's been singing basically her entire life. 0:04:14.636 --> 0:04:16.756 I started singing right when I came out of my 0:04:16.836 --> 0:04:22.436 mom and I remember my untie Mail tells the story 0:04:22.476 --> 0:04:24.436 all the time, how I was two years old in 0:04:24.476 --> 0:04:26.996 the back of her car and Alicia keys Fallen was 0:04:27.036 --> 0:04:28.596 on and I was singing my heart out in the 0:04:28.596 --> 0:04:30.876 back and she wasn't used to that like my parents were, 0:04:31.236 --> 0:04:32.756 and she ran home and she was like, do you 0:04:32.796 --> 0:04:35.036 know your daughter can sing? And I had vibrata in 0:04:35.076 --> 0:04:37.516 my voice while I was singing Fallen. I wish I 0:04:37.556 --> 0:04:39.516 could go back in time and just kind of look 0:04:39.556 --> 0:04:43.996 at myself then. But I've always always loved music, something 0:04:44.036 --> 0:04:47.956 about it, and I grew up loving Tony Braxon and 0:04:48.036 --> 0:04:51.436 Beyonce and Destiny's Child. And when I turned around eight 0:04:51.516 --> 0:04:54.516 or nine, my dream was to be a Broadway star. Honestly, 0:04:54.756 --> 0:04:57.196 I wanted to be young Nylon Lyon King so bad 0:04:57.196 --> 0:04:59.276 and I finally got it, but it was for Broadway 0:04:59.276 --> 0:05:02.396 and not the tour and my family. We just ended 0:05:02.476 --> 0:05:04.396 up staying in Atlanta and I did a bunch of 0:05:04.436 --> 0:05:06.396 plays in theater and I was like, I'm gonna win 0:05:06.436 --> 0:05:08.516 Tony's one day. My dream is to be a Broadway star. 0:05:08.836 --> 0:05:11.116 And I think it's because I love to dance and 0:05:11.196 --> 0:05:14.156 perform while I was singing, because even when I was younger, 0:05:14.156 --> 0:05:18.156 I've always been such an expressive person with my face 0:05:18.196 --> 0:05:20.796 and my body, like my whole soul. So I think 0:05:20.796 --> 0:05:23.356 that's why I was so drawn to Broadway at the time. 0:05:23.436 --> 0:05:25.636 And then it kind of moved to just wanting to 0:05:25.676 --> 0:05:30.196 be a huge mainstream performer and artist and entertainer because 0:05:30.196 --> 0:05:33.916 I can bring that Broadway performing Since to that, and 0:05:33.956 --> 0:05:37.356 then my beautiful sister came along. So as I was 0:05:37.396 --> 0:05:40.596 singing and performing, we were always together like this, like 0:05:40.956 --> 0:05:43.356 attached at the hip. So when she saw me doing 0:05:43.356 --> 0:05:45.356 what I was doing, She's like, Chloe, I want to join. 0:05:45.476 --> 0:05:47.996 And it kind of became a bonding thing for us 0:05:48.036 --> 0:05:51.836 to sing and do everything together. And they do work 0:05:51.876 --> 0:05:55.956 together so well, so naturally, when Chloe told me that 0:05:55.996 --> 0:05:58.476 she wanted to wait for us to work together until 0:05:58.556 --> 0:06:01.276 Hallie felt ready for The Little Mermaid, I shouldn't have 0:06:01.276 --> 0:06:04.236 been surprised. It speaks to how much they truly support 0:06:04.276 --> 0:06:07.156 each other. Maybe that's why they've been performing together for 0:06:07.196 --> 0:06:09.756 so long. We went to this summer camp at Spellman 0:06:09.876 --> 0:06:14.356 University in Atlanta and they had a talent show and 0:06:14.756 --> 0:06:17.436 Hallie and I decided to sing summertime, and we had 0:06:17.436 --> 0:06:20.836 our matching like green tank tops and striped skirts and 0:06:20.916 --> 0:06:23.516 these big flowers in our hair like Billy Holliday, and 0:06:23.596 --> 0:06:25.036 we were up there singing, and that was the very 0:06:25.036 --> 0:06:27.236 first time we really truly performed together in front of 0:06:27.236 --> 0:06:40.916 an audience, and we won first place some time, and 0:06:41.156 --> 0:06:52.516 the Livings Easy fisha Jumping and the Cottonisa and after 0:06:52.556 --> 0:06:54.956 that we kind of just kept it going, and I 0:06:55.036 --> 0:06:57.916 even remember we would go to clubs in our church 0:06:57.996 --> 0:07:01.796 dresses and sing. When Chloe was around ten, she and 0:07:01.876 --> 0:07:05.236 Hallie wanted to start creating their own original music and lyrics. 0:07:05.836 --> 0:07:08.356 At that time, we were meeting producers and we'd bust 0:07:08.356 --> 0:07:10.916 out singing for them in Atlanta. But it's like, really, 0:07:10.916 --> 0:07:12.556 what can you write and produce for ten and eight 0:07:12.596 --> 0:07:15.916 year olds? Like that's a little hard and it's a challenge. 0:07:15.916 --> 0:07:18.396 But for us, we don't realize how young we truly are, right, 0:07:18.556 --> 0:07:21.436 so no one was really biting because of that. Our 0:07:21.556 --> 0:07:23.476 dad was like, Okay, you guys have to learn how 0:07:23.516 --> 0:07:25.716 to do it on your own. I remember we all 0:07:25.716 --> 0:07:28.836 sat at the table and we learned about songwriting structure 0:07:29.236 --> 0:07:33.396 and how to apply figurative language into songwriting. And I 0:07:33.436 --> 0:07:36.956 still remember that day clear as can be. And that 0:07:37.076 --> 0:07:39.476 was the moment where we first started writing our music. 0:07:39.876 --> 0:07:42.636 What was the first song that you actually wrote and 0:07:42.676 --> 0:07:45.956 got recorded and release? The very first song that I 0:07:45.996 --> 0:07:49.356 wrote with Hallie. It was called what makes You Sad? 0:07:49.796 --> 0:07:51.476 And there was a long list of things that what 0:07:51.636 --> 0:07:54.076 made us sad and it kind of sucked, but you 0:07:54.196 --> 0:07:56.636 both sat together and yea, we sat at the table 0:07:56.676 --> 0:07:58.396 with our dad and my sister and we made a 0:07:58.396 --> 0:08:00.636 list of everything that made us sad, and we came 0:08:00.716 --> 0:08:02.916 up and added the melody to it that never made 0:08:02.916 --> 0:08:06.596 any records. How was the chorus? Can you sing a 0:08:06.596 --> 0:08:10.996 little of the course it went well? She said, losing 0:08:11.156 --> 0:08:16.196 your ones? What makes you said the invitrate like a 0:08:16.276 --> 0:08:19.796 cost fan? Oh wow? That I could see a lot 0:08:19.836 --> 0:08:21.836 of people relating to. Yeah, it was like it was 0:08:21.876 --> 0:08:25.156 a bit depressing. I can't lie, but you know, it 0:08:25.236 --> 0:08:28.916 was the foundation of everything and it just kind of 0:08:28.956 --> 0:08:32.156 went up from there. Everyone around Atlanta would be like, oh, 0:08:32.196 --> 0:08:34.196 you should start doing covers like it's a new thing, 0:08:34.276 --> 0:08:36.916 because they would say Justin Bieber got discovered off of 0:08:36.956 --> 0:08:39.556 YouTube cover such such got discovered. We were like, you know, 0:08:39.836 --> 0:08:41.956 I don't know about that, and you know, I'm the 0:08:41.956 --> 0:08:45.396 biggest Beyonce fan. One day, you know, we heard best 0:08:45.396 --> 0:08:47.916 thing I ever had, and we loved that song, and 0:08:47.956 --> 0:08:50.436 we found the piano instrumental and we were like, you 0:08:50.476 --> 0:08:52.636 know what, we don't have anything to do today, let's 0:08:52.676 --> 0:08:55.356 do a cover. This is when you got to burn CDs. 0:08:55.676 --> 0:08:59.116 So we burned the instrumental on the CD. I'm Chloe 0:08:59.156 --> 0:09:02.236 and I'm happy. I'm thirteen years old, num eleven. It's glow. 0:09:02.316 --> 0:09:05.916 We seeing best Thing I Never Had? And I remember 0:09:05.916 --> 0:09:09.396 our older sister Sky. She sat by the try pod 0:09:09.436 --> 0:09:11.316 with the camera and would press play on her toe 0:09:11.356 --> 0:09:13.036 and we were sitting in front of the wall singing, 0:09:13.236 --> 0:09:15.596 and we sing our hearts out for maybe like twenty takes. 0:09:16.476 --> 0:09:27.596 Baby Colver called corn heyy Mo Baby Gold. They had 0:09:27.596 --> 0:09:30.436 posted some videos before the two of them performed it 0:09:30.516 --> 0:09:33.556 a talent show or a church or charity concert, but 0:09:33.596 --> 0:09:36.676 their cover of Best Thing I Never Had that was 0:09:36.676 --> 0:09:39.116 the first cover they recorded in their basement for their 0:09:39.156 --> 0:09:42.516 YouTube channel, and they recorded even more cover songs by 0:09:42.556 --> 0:09:47.076 Adele Rihanna, Katy Perry and Alicia Keys. She's just a 0:09:47.236 --> 0:09:55.676 gull and She's on fire, kinda than a fantasy, higher 0:09:55.716 --> 0:10:00.476 than high. We went on Ellen Show after we were 0:10:00.516 --> 0:10:02.756 doing the covers, and I think that was the moment 0:10:02.876 --> 0:10:04.756 we were like, Okay, I guess these covers are kind 0:10:04.756 --> 0:10:08.276 of doing something for us. YEA, all right, who's who? 0:10:08.436 --> 0:10:12.036 Well Shoe, I'm Hallie Chloe and Hally Yes, and you 0:10:12.116 --> 0:10:15.876 are how old? I'm thirteen eleven? Okay? And you have 0:10:16.076 --> 0:10:22.356 sung together for how long? Since Hallie was old enough, Yes, 0:10:22.476 --> 0:10:24.556 I was. Fourn Halley was two, and we started singing 0:10:24.556 --> 0:10:27.116 together and after that we just kept going and that 0:10:27.276 --> 0:10:31.796 was kind of our segue and the door leading us 0:10:31.796 --> 0:10:35.796 into greater opportunities with music. Not too long later, Chloe 0:10:35.796 --> 0:10:42.676 and Hallie recorded a cover of Beyonce's Pretty Hurts stage 0:10:43.036 --> 0:10:50.156 paget the Pain So I'm Gonna take the chrown not 0:10:50.556 --> 0:10:57.116 falling down die. There was so much emotion and intensity 0:10:57.156 --> 0:11:01.596 in that performance, especially for someone so young. Beyonce saw 0:11:01.596 --> 0:11:03.796 it and shared it and the video went viral and 0:11:03.836 --> 0:11:07.316 the rest is history. Shortly after seeing their cover video 0:11:07.436 --> 0:11:11.596 Pretty Hurts, Beyonce actually signed Chloe and Hallie to her label. 0:11:11.796 --> 0:11:15.196 How about that. I was the biggest Beyonce fan. The 0:11:15.356 --> 0:11:18.756 very first role I went for and got was the 0:11:18.796 --> 0:11:22.676 younger version of Beyonce and fighting temptations. So being able 0:11:22.756 --> 0:11:25.236 to meet her and knowing that I loved her so much, 0:11:25.276 --> 0:11:29.036 I was like, Wow, so this is what a star 0:11:29.196 --> 0:11:30.916 is supposed to look and be like. And I think 0:11:30.916 --> 0:11:33.316 I got introduced to that at such a young and 0:11:33.396 --> 0:11:36.516 early age. And I knew about Parkwood and I was like, 0:11:36.596 --> 0:11:39.916 we're going to be the first group sign. I always 0:11:39.916 --> 0:11:42.556 said that. I always put that out. I'm a proud 0:11:42.596 --> 0:11:45.236 member of the Bee Hive. So when the email came through, 0:11:45.396 --> 0:11:48.116 I immediately knew the Parkwood seal and I was like, oh, 0:11:48.156 --> 0:11:50.956 it's real, Like I knew it. And so the family 0:11:51.036 --> 0:11:52.636 kind of always laughed at me because they're like, you 0:11:52.756 --> 0:11:56.036 kind of manifested it. You did, you did, and you 0:11:56.116 --> 0:12:00.076 keep manifesting things. I'm a firm believer in knowing that 0:12:00.116 --> 0:12:03.596 there's no coincidences in life. I feel like everything is planned, 0:12:04.396 --> 0:12:06.876 and I feel like in a way, that was God 0:12:06.916 --> 0:12:09.316 playing a funny joke on me, Like, Okay, you're going 0:12:09.556 --> 0:12:12.836 to do this now, and then years later you're going 0:12:12.876 --> 0:12:14.876 to meet her, be signed to her, and she's going 0:12:14.916 --> 0:12:17.916 to guide you along your career and your path. And 0:12:17.916 --> 0:12:19.756 so it's really funny how if you look back at 0:12:19.756 --> 0:12:22.276 your life, you can see how things kind of how 0:12:22.316 --> 0:12:26.276 they correlate and how they come together and connect. Hey, 0:12:26.316 --> 0:12:29.356 don't go away, we'll be right back with backstage pass 0:12:29.436 --> 0:12:40.676 with me, Eric Vitro and my guest Chloe Bailey. Okay, 0:12:40.756 --> 0:12:44.076 we're back talking with Chloe. Now. I've always been impressed 0:12:44.116 --> 0:12:46.196 with how her brain works when it comes to production, 0:12:46.516 --> 0:12:48.996 so I wanted to talk to her about how that developed. 0:12:49.636 --> 0:12:52.236 I love like legos, I love building things and piecing 0:12:52.276 --> 0:12:54.596 things together, and I love math and science. Like before 0:12:54.636 --> 0:12:57.676 I got homeschooled, I really loved school, and I think 0:12:57.676 --> 0:13:00.196 that's why I got into production. And it's my favorite thing. 0:13:00.196 --> 0:13:02.476 And people don't really know that until they like talk 0:13:02.516 --> 0:13:05.596 to me and I'm posting more like making the beats 0:13:05.596 --> 0:13:08.076 and everything. But yeah, it's kind of like my little 0:13:08.156 --> 0:13:11.756 hidden secret. Sometimes I don't really know how to verbally 0:13:11.796 --> 0:13:13.796 explain what I want, but I can play it and 0:13:13.836 --> 0:13:15.836 I could piece it together, and I'm like, here, you 0:13:15.836 --> 0:13:18.476 know what this is? It? You know, it's funny you're 0:13:18.476 --> 0:13:20.676 saying that how much you love it, because I notice 0:13:20.716 --> 0:13:23.876 when you talk about producing, Yeah, just totally light up. 0:13:23.996 --> 0:13:26.636 So I get that. I think it is so strong 0:13:26.996 --> 0:13:30.596 and incredible seeing a woman produce. And it's such a 0:13:30.636 --> 0:13:34.716 male dominated industry, and there are great female producers, but 0:13:34.796 --> 0:13:36.596 a lot of them aren't getting the shine and the 0:13:36.636 --> 0:13:40.236 recognition that they deserve. And like, I've grown up loving 0:13:40.276 --> 0:13:44.236 Missy Elliott and Imogene Heap and Grimes and Merrill garbage 0:13:44.276 --> 0:13:47.276 of tune yards and buyork and seeing how these women 0:13:47.556 --> 0:13:51.756 literally create masterpieces out of nothing has been so inspiring 0:13:51.796 --> 0:13:55.076 to me, and it gets like my heart and fire 0:13:55.156 --> 0:13:57.396 lights in my belly. So let me ask you this 0:13:57.396 --> 0:14:00.396 because a lot of times when I hear interviews with people, 0:14:00.516 --> 0:14:03.316 they'll say who inspired you, And sometimes it's a similar 0:14:03.316 --> 0:14:06.596 group of people, the greats, But I always want to know, 0:14:06.716 --> 0:14:09.996 well why, Like, for example, you mentioned like three or 0:14:09.996 --> 0:14:13.676 four women right there, like maybe Missy Elliott, Like what 0:14:13.756 --> 0:14:18.076 was it about her, her persona, the tone of her voice, 0:14:18.116 --> 0:14:21.276 how she delivered the performance, like what was it? Honestly, 0:14:21.596 --> 0:14:24.156 it was knowing how she held her own when it 0:14:24.196 --> 0:14:27.316 came to production, and how she made a name for 0:14:27.356 --> 0:14:30.476 herself when it came to originality. Like I'm the biggest 0:14:30.476 --> 0:14:34.756 Imagine fan, and just even listening to the instrumentals that 0:14:34.796 --> 0:14:36.876 Imagine would put out with her albums, because she would 0:14:36.876 --> 0:14:38.836 put a separate thing out and I would just listen 0:14:38.876 --> 0:14:40.676 to it. I'm like, wow, how does she piece this together? 0:14:40.676 --> 0:14:43.596 How does she piece that together? And I think just 0:14:43.676 --> 0:14:47.676 seeing how these women were incredible artists and stars, but 0:14:47.716 --> 0:14:50.676 they were also involved in every piece behind the scenes. 0:14:51.076 --> 0:14:53.316 And no one can tell your story as great as 0:14:53.356 --> 0:14:57.156 you can. And I admire great performers and artists who 0:14:57.156 --> 0:14:59.316 do have a huge team behind them, because that's beautiful 0:14:59.396 --> 0:15:01.596 and you still have to have that it factor to 0:15:01.676 --> 0:15:04.556 be successful. But something about an artist who can do 0:15:04.596 --> 0:15:07.276 it all has excited me and that's what I have 0:15:07.316 --> 0:15:09.996 wanted to become. Now, what about those women that you 0:15:10.036 --> 0:15:12.596 were mentioned, what about any of their voices? Is there 0:15:12.716 --> 0:15:16.636 something that triggered you? Yeah, Merrill Garbas has like the coolest, 0:15:16.676 --> 0:15:24.436 quirkiest tone, and she belts all the time that I lose. 0:15:29.436 --> 0:15:31.356 She kind of got me into wanting to do like 0:15:31.356 --> 0:15:34.236 the weird clashing harmonies, the one that's like going against 0:15:34.236 --> 0:15:36.596 the grain and really feeling left of sinner. So she 0:15:36.756 --> 0:15:40.516 really inspired me. And how she lay at her vocals 0:15:40.596 --> 0:15:44.036 and same with Imagine heap and how she did the harmonizer, 0:15:44.116 --> 0:15:46.636 and like I would just stare at her live performances, 0:15:54.076 --> 0:15:55.556 even when she did the gloves. And I was so 0:15:55.596 --> 0:15:58.676 happy when Ariana Grande kind of commercialized it more in 0:15:58.716 --> 0:16:00.556 a way and put more light on it because not 0:16:00.676 --> 0:16:03.356 too many people know about Imagine and the star that 0:16:03.436 --> 0:16:06.756 she is, so Ariana loved her. Yeah, I was like, 0:16:06.796 --> 0:16:09.636 Ari's the coolest for doing that. It am me so 0:16:09.756 --> 0:16:13.556 freaking happy. I love the layers and that really opened 0:16:13.636 --> 0:16:15.996 up my mind to vocal production and how I layer 0:16:16.076 --> 0:16:18.596 my vocals and you know, with Hallie and I and 0:16:18.916 --> 0:16:22.156 how will like piece things together. Well, speaking of strong 0:16:22.756 --> 0:16:27.236 powerful women, you recently did a song by another iconic, 0:16:27.356 --> 0:16:31.476 strong powerful artist, Yes, Nina Simone. Yes. So it was 0:16:31.476 --> 0:16:33.396 a part of this project that I did, and it 0:16:33.436 --> 0:16:36.676 was all of these other incredible black artists and they 0:16:36.716 --> 0:16:39.916 did their own interpretation of other songs. The song was 0:16:39.996 --> 0:16:42.916 Feeling Good, which was recorded for Music for the Movement 0:16:42.996 --> 0:16:47.556 Volume three, an album released to celebrate Juneteenth. I've always 0:16:47.596 --> 0:16:51.316 been the biggest Nina Simone fan. She is so unapologetically 0:16:51.316 --> 0:16:55.396 herself and so strong, and now she owns herself and 0:16:55.476 --> 0:16:58.676 who she is, and you know, she really doesn't give 0:16:58.716 --> 0:17:01.076 a crap about what anyone has to say. And so 0:17:01.116 --> 0:17:04.916 I felt that that song really resonated with me, even 0:17:04.956 --> 0:17:08.756 now more than ever, because I'm coming into my own 0:17:09.236 --> 0:17:12.436 I'm finding who i am, I'm learning to feel comfortable 0:17:12.476 --> 0:17:15.516 in that, and I'm feeling freaking good. And that's why 0:17:15.516 --> 0:17:18.676 I chose that song. And I was in my room 0:17:19.076 --> 0:17:21.876 and I came up with that arrangement. I started it 0:17:22.036 --> 0:17:24.956 and it was really just my harmonies and claps, and 0:17:24.996 --> 0:17:27.636 then I started adding the drums and the instrumentation to 0:17:27.676 --> 0:17:29.956 it like the next day, Like I specifically followed the 0:17:29.996 --> 0:17:32.716 strings that was in her version and did that with 0:17:32.756 --> 0:17:34.556 my voice. So that was really fun to do. It 0:17:34.596 --> 0:17:37.636 felt like another puzzle piece, and I was honestly really 0:17:37.676 --> 0:17:39.876 happy with how it turned out. It feels like alternative 0:17:39.956 --> 0:17:43.156 and like dark and really fun. When she performed the 0:17:43.196 --> 0:17:48.756 song for ABC's juneteenth celebration, Chloe sang completely alone on stage. 0:17:49.036 --> 0:17:52.556 She was silhouetted against a bright full moon. It's just 0:17:52.716 --> 0:17:56.436 her singing and dancing with the music. I love performing 0:17:56.476 --> 0:17:59.116 that song and I love miss Nina Simone so much, 0:17:59.196 --> 0:18:01.716 and I was just more than honored to do it. Yeah, 0:18:01.796 --> 0:18:06.436 I think she would absolutely be thrilled with that performance. 0:18:06.596 --> 0:18:08.796 I mean, first of all, I think a lot of 0:18:08.796 --> 0:18:11.916 people really came away from is your range is so 0:18:11.996 --> 0:18:16.396 incredibly wide. They I mean, you go so low and 0:18:16.436 --> 0:18:20.356 then you go so high that I mean, you really 0:18:20.476 --> 0:18:26.116 we get everything and that Eric, I'm really grateful for 0:18:26.156 --> 0:18:29.196 you because you've kind of removed those blocks that I've 0:18:29.196 --> 0:18:31.796 had on myself mentally when it comes to my voice, 0:18:32.196 --> 0:18:33.716 and it makes me happen when people think I'm a 0:18:33.716 --> 0:18:36.796 great singer. I'm like, what, It's honestly still surprising to me. 0:18:37.436 --> 0:18:39.716 I don't know why she would find that so surprising, 0:18:40.116 --> 0:18:43.756 but anyway, another great quality Chloe has is she really 0:18:43.796 --> 0:18:47.156 listens to advice. And right here, I'm kind of talking 0:18:47.196 --> 0:18:50.156 about my advice. All of the vocal products you told 0:18:50.156 --> 0:18:52.516 me to get, I was like taking them days before. 0:18:53.156 --> 0:18:55.636 And remember the humidifier you told me about, because it 0:18:55.676 --> 0:18:58.036 gets so dry in LA. When I don't have that 0:18:58.156 --> 0:19:01.276 humidifier on, I can't really sing the best right. And 0:19:01.356 --> 0:19:03.316 so all of the tips and tricks you told me 0:19:03.356 --> 0:19:05.756 about I applied and I think that really helped me. 0:19:05.836 --> 0:19:08.596 And even when we were working on it and how 0:19:08.636 --> 0:19:11.876 to connect with the certain words and just make it 0:19:12.196 --> 0:19:15.236 feel and not really be in my head about how 0:19:15.276 --> 0:19:18.276 I sound, just more about hot feels. That really helped me. 0:19:18.276 --> 0:19:20.956 When we did that together, we get that listening to you, 0:19:21.076 --> 0:19:24.636 like we feel what you're feeling, which is so extraordinary 0:19:24.636 --> 0:19:27.836 about it. And I love that you kind of take 0:19:27.916 --> 0:19:30.156 us on such a journey because it does go so low, 0:19:30.556 --> 0:19:33.876 like feeling good. You kind of think of that expression 0:19:33.876 --> 0:19:36.716 that someone would say, I'm feeling really good, yeah high yeah, 0:19:36.756 --> 0:19:39.836 but you took it so low that was like, oh, 0:19:39.876 --> 0:19:42.836 I'm feeling this expression in this thought in such a 0:19:42.876 --> 0:20:03.676 different way. Don't And then it did just climactically get 0:20:03.716 --> 0:20:19.556 higher and higher. I think it really came when I 0:20:19.596 --> 0:20:22.636 was producing the song and I just wanted to feel 0:20:22.636 --> 0:20:24.676 like there was a constant build. I wanted to feel 0:20:24.716 --> 0:20:28.876 like a roller coaster and I'm learning that I do 0:20:29.036 --> 0:20:30.796 have a deep tone and I'm like, I should use 0:20:30.796 --> 0:20:33.476 it more. Why not? It wasn't really strategic in my 0:20:33.516 --> 0:20:35.436 mind when I did. I was just like, let's start 0:20:35.516 --> 0:20:38.076 really low and then as it builds, we'll just like 0:20:38.716 --> 0:20:40.396 ramp it up, ramp it up, wrap it up, because 0:20:40.396 --> 0:20:42.196 I love roller coasters and that's how I wanted it 0:20:42.236 --> 0:21:03.396 to feel. That's great. I love that. Well you achieved it. 0:21:03.556 --> 0:21:06.556 Thank you, you achieved it. The fact that Chloe performed 0:21:06.596 --> 0:21:10.076 Feeling Good without any backup dances or any special lighting 0:21:10.156 --> 0:21:14.316 or added effects was amazing to me. It was a conscious, 0:21:14.436 --> 0:21:17.876 specific decision to do that because I feel like the 0:21:17.916 --> 0:21:20.396 best person to perform with for me is my sister, 0:21:21.116 --> 0:21:23.596 and I think for the first time, no one could 0:21:23.596 --> 0:21:26.236 really live up to the best person I could perform with. 0:21:26.356 --> 0:21:28.396 And I was like, you know what, let me just 0:21:28.436 --> 0:21:31.436 be out there and be me. Yeah, I don't need dancers, 0:21:31.796 --> 0:21:34.836 I don't need a band behind me. Let me just 0:21:34.956 --> 0:21:39.076 keep it simple, let me be completely and unapologetically myself. 0:21:39.476 --> 0:21:42.036 And that's what I wanted to do. Yeah, I wouldn't 0:21:42.036 --> 0:21:45.636 call it simple. Yes, I don't know many people who 0:21:45.636 --> 0:21:48.276 could do that. I still have scars on my knees 0:21:48.276 --> 0:21:52.636 from that, yes, because it was sequence and usually in rehearsal, 0:21:52.676 --> 0:21:54.996 I had my knee pads, but there were sequence all 0:21:54.996 --> 0:21:57.316 on my knees and so I was bleeding after that. 0:21:57.436 --> 0:22:00.156 Oh my god, you're kidding. Yep. They were like these 0:22:00.236 --> 0:22:02.236 nasty scabs on my knees, but now it's just like 0:22:02.756 --> 0:22:06.196 lighter scars on my knees. Now, when you were doing it, 0:22:06.276 --> 0:22:08.156 did you know that was happening or were you selling 0:22:08.156 --> 0:22:10.996 them all pain? All the pain? Because I rehearsed before 0:22:11.036 --> 0:22:13.316 I started filming it, and I felt the pain. I 0:22:13.436 --> 0:22:17.316 knew shoot, and it was like okay, But when my 0:22:17.356 --> 0:22:19.996 adrenaline kicks in, I kind of forget about everything else 0:22:20.076 --> 0:22:22.996 and I just get lost in the music. So after it, 0:22:23.076 --> 0:22:25.276 when I saw how red and purple my knees were, 0:22:25.356 --> 0:22:29.756 I went, oh boy. Note to aspiring performers sometimes you 0:22:29.836 --> 0:22:32.596 have to suffer for your art. I didn't see any 0:22:32.636 --> 0:22:34.836 of it on your face, so thank you. That's why 0:22:34.836 --> 0:22:37.796 I was wondering about that. Yeah. Wow, just watching you 0:22:37.876 --> 0:22:40.716 do that was incredible. I remember it like I wanted 0:22:40.756 --> 0:22:44.396