Newsflash to the small-minded: someone can be irrefutably sexy and unquestionably talented, without the former overshadowing the latter. Over the last few years, R&B rising star Chloe Bailey has faced undue criticism for simply being a young woman growing into her sexuality, and her voice has shattered all of those expectations of her.
Yesterday, Bailey decided to bless Instagram with a magnificent rendition of Minnie Ripperton’s classic love song “Lovin You” while wearing a gorgeous dress. The comments were full of people floored by how she could do justice to a song more than twice her age. But, because she didn’t sing it with her entire body covered from head to toe in fabric, there were people who only saw her trying to sell sex. Instagram user @che_gotthejuice complimented Hailey on sounding amazing, but only before expressing her wish “everything wasn’t so sexualized” and advising her to just sing. Instagram user @itspressure21 wondered “Why can’t she ever just be normal…like does everything have to be so sexual?” Then, there was Instagram user @bella_thaa_beauty who commented she “can do without the over sexualizing the song.”
