Chloe x Halle: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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Abby O'Neill | December 8, 2020
Powerful sister duo Chloe x Halle went all out on this one. Flanked by personal memorabilia supplied by their mother, the Bailey sisters did their best to make this studio performance really feel like a home concert.
As they volley off each other, swapping lead and harmonies, it's amazing to watch how years of practice and innate genetic chemistry have them synced tighter than a SMPTE timecode. "Baby Girl," the second song here, starts with notes reminiscent of Crystal Waters' "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)," and is preceded with Chloe sharing "I know this year 2020 has been absolutely bonkers for all of us. For those moments where you kinda feel less than and you're not good enough ... that's why we wrote this song. ... Whatever happens, we'll be OK. And this is our world." Fusing R&B, soul and pop, backed by a talented nine-piece female band, this performance is surely to delight Chloe x Halle's global fanbase.
SET LIST
"Don't Make It Harder on Me"
"Baby Girl"
"Do It"
"Ungodly Hour"
"Wonder What She Thinks of Me"
MUSICIANS
Chloe Bailey: vocals
Halle Bailey: vocals
Elise Solberg: keyboard
Elin Sandberg: bass
Lexii Lynn Frazier: guitar
Brandi Singleton: drums
Arnetta Johnson: trumpet
Crystal Torres: trumpet
Stephanie Yu: violin
Chelsea Stevens: cello
Marta Honer: viola
CREDITS
Video: Ben Hagerty, Darin Conrad
Audio: Lester Mendoza, Derek Dixie, Stephen Curtain
Director: Ben Hagerty
Camera Operator: Darin Conrad
Editor: Nia Phillips
Creative Direction: Andrew Makadsi
Art Director: Brianna Gonzales
Assistant Art Director: Ian Miyawaki
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Abby O'Neill
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Kara Frame, Maia Stern
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
NPR Music
2 oy oldin
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Mykela Brown
17 kun oldin
Of course it’s for social distancing. Huh?
Mykela Brown
17 kun oldin
They have been quarantined together and that’s why they didn’t wear masks. Or even they could have gotten tested before hand. 🤨
Christy Yu
17 kun oldin
Not sure where to make requests, but would love to hear Pink Sweat$, NIKI, or Bruno Major!
N29sss
24 kun oldin
✨✨✨✨ Can you guys contact Tinashe for a Tiny Desk Concert for her album Songs For You?!!? ✨✨✨✨
Kezia Lolita
25 kun oldin
@dreamergirlbaby ӏӏӏօӏ
Emmanuel Johnn
5 soat oldin
Halle sings effortlessly beautiful buh I feel Chloe does not get the accolades she deserves - strong, dynamic, versatile and grace!!
Alternative Perspectives Llc
8 soat oldin
So angelic a sound, I can hear at least twenty other voices in every song??? Love all ladies in the band too, excellent combination. Uplifting, harmonious, soulful music!!! Love it!!!
pipLaw21
9 soat oldin
Love the feminine energy of an all female band.
TheMidasTouch11
10 soat oldin
*The chloexhalle 30+ fan club entered the chat*
insertslarrygifhere
11 soat oldin
i love it when women.
João Paulo Paz
12 soat oldin
Singing live they're even better than I thought.
Pedro Bahia
12 soat oldin
they really said CONCERT
Tyjana Gist
13 soat oldin
Their connection is like perfect
Paula Christine
13 soat oldin
i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee so bombbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
Cô hàng xóm mất ngủ
13 soat oldin
Imagine if they come back and perform 80/20 and Hazy 🥰🥰🥰
Elder Dias
16 soat oldin
I constantly end up listening to this live again.. I just can't get enough!!
Dorothyakp
18 soat oldin
these girls are going to be BIG. I cant wait!!!
Liyah
21 soat oldin
As y’all shoulddddddddddd 💕
Destini W
21 soat oldin
Why did the band make me cry like that
m m
22 soat oldin
excellent
Lungelo Ngubane
Kun oldin
We love u and tkn u for the amazing vocals and consert 💖💖💖💖🔥🔥🔥😍😍😍
brittney snell
Kun oldin
3:17-3:37 The freaking switch they do here!
officially_jleen
Kun oldin
The last song😭😭😭😭😭😭😭wow wow...... Jesus ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭😭🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
April Tate
Kun oldin
these vocals are literally insane. angels have been sent down to interact with us common folk lol!!!! also halle's vocals from 18:00 - 18:14 OMG
MG Martin
Kun oldin
😭😭That was so beautiful ❤️
Diamond Queen
Kun oldin
I need Chloe’s sweatshirt 😍❤️
Renee Frempong
Kun oldin
They sounds so much like Beyonce to me. There amazing!!!
Dominique B
Kun oldin
Felt chills. That last songs sent me off the rails. Amazing group. Wow, that sister bond is so present.!!!!
BSweets2012
Kun oldin
🙌🏾🙌🏾❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Alysia M
Kun oldin
Ugh, SO GOOD!! Heaven to my ears
cornelious morris
Kun oldin
I love how they smile at each other after they sing together 🥰🥰
cornelious morris
Kun oldin
It’s absolutely amazing how they sound LIVE!!! I cannot wrap my mind around it....there isn’t a single person (excluding BEYONCÉ🥰) who can pull these types of performances off 🅿️
Maddie Pooh
Kun oldin
10:10 I love that parttt🙈
Maddie Pooh
Kun oldin
And 18:00💅🏽
theannete
Kun oldin
all the ladies!! love it
Noma Mpofana
Kun oldin
They have zero contemporaries!!!
Jade
2 kun oldin
I'm not surprised I'm here again
xo taylorxo
2 kun oldin
okay but the fye verse they added to do it though
mistaamazin
2 kun oldin
They a lil awkwardish but love the singing
Jala Hill
2 kun oldin
Hello again since I know this isn’t your first time watching
Jay Smith
2 kun oldin
These chicks can sing!!!!
Pearl Williams
2 kun oldin
I need this put in itunes or summannn cos yassss
Sl101 D
2 kun oldin
This is MAGICAL!!! And that last song was utterly, breathtaking OHMYWORDDD!!😱 I mean those in sync vocals, at the end, transported me to a new world, no joke. I also like how they kept on saying “that was fun” after each song because that’s how music should be, creative. Artists should be testing and mixing vocals not just doing the same old dull stuff, these girls got it, they’re so unique!!
Music Composer
2 kun oldin
Sounds so good
Tracey
2 kun oldin
Halle voice is angelic
Tracey
2 kun oldin
Beautiful & Talented Voices Blessed by God
Paula Haskins
2 kun oldin
WOOOOOOOOOW!!!!! 🤭😳
HIDEORGOCHIC
2 kun oldin
I'm SUPER late to the Chloe X Halle party - but very ecstatic to be here!! Ungodly Hour is an incredible body of work!!
Crustyfl8ke
Kun oldin
Welcome😇😇
ancient vibes
2 kun oldin
3:21 had me stank facing so hard.
Caller 8TEEN
2 kun oldin
This is like my 10th time watching and I hear something new every time... so pretty
lanizz foshizz
2 kun oldin
my favorite performance 💞
MRSBackgroundchick
2 kun oldin
Umm again with the deggum bass!!! Girl WHAT!?!?!? 😩😩😩
Marie Harvey
2 kun oldin
I Love these young ladies they voices are amazing and they spirit is beautiful! Phenomenal young Princesses 👑👑👑😘🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️💕💕
Ikaro Breny
2 kun oldin
eu vivo por ouvir essas duas. tudoooo
Kendra Carmichael
2 kun oldin
They def in my top 5, just amazing
Jackie Online
2 kun oldin
Black women really carry the music industry on theirs back
scarlett dg
2 kun oldin
this performance is just hauntingly beautiful 🤍 i literally watch it every single day! i love both of them so much ofc but Halle is my girl🤍 i always felt so connected/could relate to her, and she's literally living out my dream !! i'm the same age as her and wanted to be a singer eversince i was a kid but instead of being as lucky as she is i was born into a poor and unsupportive family, in a small country nobody knows and i struggle with mental illnesses/suicidal thoughts so...yeah. literally no chance for me :'( oh and ofc i was born average, wasn't blessed with such a breathtaking talent and beauty as she is. she was destined to be a star, she's really really loved by someone up there 🤍☁️ she's like a sister to me, i live vicarously through her. live this dream for me Halle !!!!!! live it to the max for me who never got/will have the chance !! i'm so insanely proud of her and i think i will cry when i'll see her as Ariel 🥺 she's just so special. go change the world Halle, i'll forever support you, thank you for using your gift and luck such an amazing way, thank you for reminding me how singing is my biggest passion and healing me with your music 🙏 may you and Chloe be blessed forever
Amanda DasGupta
2 kun oldin
Chloe OVO IN BLACK Halle OVO with the Girl in Her Shirt OVO
ADonutLegend
2 kun oldin
i cant wait for all this covid stuff to pass so I can hear these girls live
Nariah Nyack-Kaye
2 kun oldin
such incredible talent, i’ll never get over it
Asya Bell
2 kun oldin
I would love to see Beyonce do a tiny desk
Jaquanda Martin
2 kun oldin
Must be awesome to do what you love with someone you love...your first bestie...your sister❤I wish my Sissie and I could sing😂
OG Adriana
2 kun oldin
Still watching everytime this comes up on auto-play.
cosmicmoxa
2 kun oldin
Love this, way cool, Cheers from our space lounge in Finland and USA
Lyana Villanueva
2 kun oldin
Breath taking
Hello World
2 kun oldin
I come back to this daily. At first I was like... they are good, wow I discovered them. Then I start to like their harmony that sounds so beautiful like a 90s music sung in choir. Now I hear the melodies and I'm addicted to them!!! I need more! ♡.♡ a new fan of these young, awfully talented, baby sisters!
p0ppysmic13
2 kun oldin
Halle's "HI.." is the most beautiful hi ive ever heard 😭😂
Pink Marmalade
2 kun oldin
They're so incredibly talented 💕
JV C
3 kun oldin
They are so next level! Vocals always on point & mesmerizing 🔥🔥🔥🔥
the girl with a plethora of problems
3 kun oldin
I have rewatched this like 16 times
saucy nonchalance
3 kun oldin
my heart breaks when i watch these two
Eunice Alexandria Perez
3 kun oldin
in celebration of the new ungodly hour, i'm listening to this
Kra Zy
3 kun oldin
🏹❣️
CHELSEA DENISE
3 kun oldin
PERRRFFFEEECCCTTT! Somehow, I am always MORE and MORE AMAZED and entertained each time I see and hear them! Blessed blessings! LOVE!
Rajeevi Prabhakar
3 kun oldin
This is literally heaven
home9dog2blue
3 kun oldin
Chloe got so much EXTRA SOUL IN HER SINGING VOICE. Like she was just freestyling and be playing around and it sounded IMPECCABLE. i swear this is gonna be the Outkast of neo-soul and R&B. Only on their 2nd album. Time for 3 more classics til their contract is up with Parkwood. Im with them as an act. And if they go Indy 👉I STAN WITH CHLOE x HALLE👈 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Black poh
3 kun oldin
All the bands omg they look soooo happy🤩🤩
Sean K Music
3 kun oldin
98848497473893th time listening to this and I still can't breathe! ❤️
Mildred Williams
3 kun oldin
This sounds fantastic!!!
LS Perry
3 kun oldin
yall soooooooooooooo cool
LS Perry
3 kun oldin
i like yall songs so good halle and chole I like yall i'm a fan(LS PERRY DAUGHTER!!!!!!!
Ashleigh Stephenson
3 kun oldin
I got goose bumps on that last song my goodness they sang it beautifully.
thebee83
3 kun oldin
Their vocals+the band+the set=supernatural phenomenon ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
savannah_mar
3 kun oldin
Will I ever be able to get over this??? The full female band?? I'm too enamoured right now
Virgel Torres
3 kun oldin
OMG! This is the first time that I actually listened to their music and dang, the way they switch from head to chest voice is sooooooooo flawless. I think I'll be listening to them all the time from now on.
Bongiwe Gwala
4 kun oldin
Love it
Audrey Jackson
4 kun oldin
Wow. Y’all really violently snatched my edges, and then didn’t even have the decency to continue doing so for at least an hour 🤦🏾♀️😂 Toooo nice with it. This set was beyond amazing!!!
Marcella P. Grayer
4 kun oldin
Love love the ALL FEMALE BAND🥁🎹🎸🎻👠
Marcella P. Grayer
4 kun oldin
These Sistas are awesome!!💕and the harmonizing is EVERYTHING!!!😁🥰🎼🎼🎤
Charlie V.
4 kun oldin
I CAN'T BELIEVE I BEEN SLEEP
Rhianne
4 kun oldin
the last song took me OUTTTT OMG the talent, I am crying, I---
Kez
4 kun oldin
your ears have been blessed
Érika Azevedo
4 kun oldin
Leaving these time stamps for myself later: 0:33 Don’t Make It Harder On Me 4:20 Baby Girl 8:05 Do It 11:49 Ungodly Hour 15:38 Wonder What She Thinks of Me
tlove21
4 kun oldin
I don't know, but I am loving what I am hearing. It's like the past and the future combined in the present.
Kim Krienke
4 kun oldin
WOW!!!! Talk about sleeping on talent. I only listened to these beautiful girls yesterday and I am hooked. I want to be fun like Chloe and slick like Halle. They are such a vibe.
Kim Krienke
4 kun oldin
WOW!!!! Talk about sleeping on talent. I only listened to these beautiful girls yesterday and I am hooked. I want to be fun like Chloe and slick like Halle. They are such a vibe.
RanMusi Music
4 kun oldin
This gave me so much life
Ava Gibson
4 kun oldin
That was a full 19 minutes of goosebumps. I loooove these two 💓
Javan Jackson
4 kun oldin
Chloe: sneaker GAMME Halle: OooooooooooWooo Ooo
Yzenn Neto
4 kun oldin
this is literally the definition of heaven and paradise, im so in love with them
Tiana Brown
4 kun oldin
oh I'm too late on this
Fy
5 kun oldin
wonder what she thinks of me was majestic
lauren nicole
5 kun oldin
these are by far the most powerful and talented young women i’ve ever seen. they don’t even have to try.
Lizzie Vanderveen
5 kun oldin
i know they probably will but i hope they never break up
Kyla Graves
5 kun oldin
Their voices are Angelic
YourLocalBrownie
5 kun oldin
4:16 thank me later🤍