Recently twitter users criticised American singer Chloe Bailey. It was for collaborating with Chris Brown on her next single, How Does It Feel. So, The backlash came as many questioned Bailey’s decision. Also, to collaborate with someone who has been accused of violence against women several times.
So the social media platforms continue to assemble up tweets and posts about the collaboration. People express their concern and disagreement about Chloe Bailey working with Chris Brown.
While stressing on Brown’s reputation as an abuser. Several Twitter users wrote that they found the new collaboration “disgusting” and asked Chloe to “delete” the post and the song from the album.
Chloë Bailey faces online backlash
Chloë Bailey immediately met with online backlash from her fans. They questioned why she is collaborating with controversial singer Chris Brown as he got issues in several times of violence against women.
One critic tweeted that people might be failing black women as if they have to collaborate with known abusers to rank on the charts. Other users tweeted that people would defend their collaboration claiming that Brown’s history of violence against women was a one-time thing. Also even when his track record of violence is from 2009 to 2022.
Some fans even defended Chloë Riley’s collaboration with Chris Brown. They are saying that the singer should just do her thing rather than focus on the mean and bitter online comments.
Chloë’s New Single Cover Gets Slammed…
On Thursday (Feb. 16), Chloë Bailey announced her new single, “How Does it Feel”, featuring the controversial singer, Chris Brown. The “Have Mercy” artist shared an image of her, wherein she could be seen embracing the “disgusting” artist on the cover of her new song, which releases on streaming platforms next week.
“2ND PIECE. HOW DOES IT FEEL @chrisbrown? 2/24 🫀,” she captioned the image on Twitter. FYI, her new single, “How Does it Feels” belongs to her upcoming debut solo album, “In Pieces,” which is set to be released through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records in March 2023. However, fans came forward and slammed the artist for collaborating with Chris Brown, considering his history of violence against women.
How are Fans Reacting?
As soon as she released the cover of her upcoming single. Her fans immediately took to social media and slammed it. The 5-time Grammy Awards nominee for collaborating with the known abuser, Chris Brown. “We’re failing Black women in music if they feel like they have to collaborate with a known abuser to chart,” one critic tweeted.
One follower described Chris Brown as “disgusting.” “Was looking forward to the album after praying it away but now Chloe you can honestly f–k right off. Beyonce fumbled with this one,” another wrote.
Reminding people of Brown’s sins, one critic tweeted, “watch people defend her collaborating w/ him while claiming. His history of violence against women was a one-time thing that he grew from even though. His track record goes back from 2009 to 2022. in 2019 & 2022 he has record of sexual assault by 2 different women.
Another person begged her to delete the image by tweeting: “chlöe there’s still time to delete this we will pretend like we didn’t see this there’s still time.” We all know Chris Brown’s history of abuse towards Rihanna. Since the controversial artist pleaded to one count of felony assault for beating then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. He found himself entangled in several legal issues.
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