Why Beyoncé protégées Chloe x Halle paused their second album release
Grammy-nominated sister act of Chloe and Halle Bailey — pushed pause on the release of their second album, “Ungodly Hour,” originally scheduled to drop June 5, in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the resulting Black Lives Matter protests.“We’ve been really heartbroken by what’s been going on, so we just felt like during this time it was more than us,” says Chloe, 21. “It was more than about our album, and we wanted to put the attention on the injustices [against] our people and getting proper justice.”Adds Halle, 20: “These past weeks have just felt so much bigger and more important than releasing music at this time, which is why we decided to push it a week.