Chle Bailey Drops Video For Debut Solo Single 'Have Mercy' | HuffPost Entertainment

Chle Bailey released her highly anticipated debut single Have Mercy on Friday, setting the Twitter world abuzz.

The singer and Beyonc protegee dropped her new single with an accompanying sorority-themed video, after having teased the song for weeks. Have Mercy is Baileys first solo single, though she has made music as a duo with her sister, Halle Bailey , for years.

She tweeted on Friday that releasing her new song feels like a dream.

i am over the moon. thank you all so much for the support on #havemercy it means EVERYTHING to me. it feels like a dream. love you guys, cant wait to perform it at the vmas go watch the video xx pic.twitter.com/bFTbBB38yo

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i am over the moon. thank you all so much for the support on #havemercy it means EVERYTHING to me. it feels like a dream. love you guys, cant wait to perform it at the vmas go watch the video xx pic.twitter.com/bFTbBB38yo
Chloe (@ChloeBailey) September 10, 2021

In an interview with MTV News posted online Friday, Bailey said the intention behind the video was to show how women can claim their ownership of their bodies, and not let the world do it.

The singer noted that men often glorify womens bodies in music videos, and said she wanted to do the same in an artful, really fun, beautiful way. (Check out the video below.)

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