- Oh my gosh, I can't watch this.
Every time I see these videos, they make me cry.
Hey, I'm Halle Bailey,
and today I'm doing "The Breakdown" with Cosmopolitan.
I think watching my performances back,
it's truly an interesting experience
because on one hand, you're really proud of yourself
and the work that you did,
and you're like, "Wow, this turned out great,"
and then on the other hand, you're like,
"My voice sounds funny."
"Why is my hair like this right here?"
And you're like, critiquing yourself,
so it's like a bittersweet thing, but I love it.
Yeah.
(Halle laughs)
(techno music playing)
- The music edit, that's funny. I love it.
Filming "The Little Mermaid"
was definitely very, very physical for me.
I mean, I did three months of stunt training and rehearsals,
in the harness and also in water with synchronized swimmers,
just to get the beautiful graceful swim that Ariel has.
So it was definitely a lot of intensity on my body,
but it was so cool, 'cause I was really strong back then.
That was three years ago.
♪ Part of that world ♪
(orchestra playing)
So this clip here,
I was so excited to be able to sing
with this beautiful orchestra.
It was an 100-piece orchestra,
my first ever experience getting to do that
and sing these songs that I've known and loved for so long,
so it was really special.
They moved me to tears for sure, 'cause their playing,
it's just so beautiful,
you feel like you're listening to a dream.
- She's like me!
("Part of Your World" playing)
She's like me.
- Why can't we see her face?
- [Mom In Video Offscreen] They're about to show it,
keep watching.
(Kids gasping)
- She's Black! She's Black!
- Yeah, every time I see these videos, they make me cry.
I mean, I love seeing the beautiful families
come together and react that way.
It makes me feel so happy and so embraced and so proud.
And I'm just so grateful that they get to see themselves.
Oh, there's too many to count.
I, I have so many favorites that I just love. (laughs)
- Today, our teacher talks about a place called Africa.
She say our mamas come from queens over there.
That means that we...
royalty.
- Yeah. Wow. What is it like filling the shoes
of these big roles for me?
I think it's a really beautiful experience for me
and a transformative time because, you know, I...
I consider myself a musician, a singer first.
So this world is kind of new for me, this acting world.
And suddenly to be thrown into these beautiful places
of stories that I've known and grown up with my whole life
is really exciting because I feel like I'm able to paint
a beautiful picture of a character that's lived in my heart
for a long time.
With "The Color Purple," I was more than excited
to join, especially hearing that it would be
a beautiful musical adaptation where I get to incorporate
my love of music.
I actually got to write an original song
for the film as well.
So I just can't wait, 'cause it's just a combination
of all the things that I love,
and these stories that matter so much to us.
- Listen sweetie, if I were an empathetic human being,
I would tell you that maybe you need to try
and figure out your feelings and see what you really want,
because until you do, neither you nor Luca
will be able to move on, okay?
But I'm dead inside.
So can you figure it out so we can go back
to this voter registration hell that Anna's thirsty ass
has roped us into before...
- I see Luca. "Grown-ish" is so funny.
We had a blast when we did "Grown-ish" and I feel like Sky
is very close to who Halle is as a human being.
I felt like I could just be myself. (giggles)
I think TV is different than shooting movies
because it feels, I think it feels less serious in a way,
like movies, well, at least the two I've done now,
have been, the ones that I've done have been
very kind of big overwhelming feature films.
TV just feels a bit more simple and easy and fun.
- [Announcer] Please welcome Grammy-nominated sister duo,
and Atlanta Natives, Chloe and Halle.
♪ God shed, God shed his grace on thee. ♪
♪ And crown... ♪
- Singing with my sister is my favorite thing ever
to do in life. This moment was so fun for us.
We were so nervous, but we had a great time.
What was the most unexpected thing
was just how nervous we were.
I mean, not really unexpected, 'cause we get nervous a lot,
but I think because that was the Super Bowl, we were like
oh my gosh, this is, we can't mess it up.
♪ Baby, I get sick of you. ♪
♪ Sick of you, sick of you. ♪
♪ You're that same old tune. ♪
♪ I don't ever wanna hear you again. ♪
♪ Why are you here? I'd like to skip. ♪
- Yes, this was, it's so funny looking at it.
I haven't watched it in so Long.
"Drop" was our very first single that we released together
and it held such special memories in my heart.
I remember we were like, feeling like bosses on the set.
We were like, okay. Yeah. (laughs)
Yeah, having our hair braided together
was like such a really cool time for us.
It was a beautiful style that this beautiful woman
named Kimmy came up with and you know,
it was cool weaving it all together.
- Hi, I'm Chloe. - And I'm Halle.
- I'm 13 years old. - And I'm 11.
- And we'll be singing "Best Thing I Never Had" by Beyonce.
♪ What goes around, comes back around, hey (my baby) ♪
♪ You're hurt, boohoo, oh, did you expect me to care? ♪
♪ You don't deserve my tears. ♪
♪ I guess that's why they ain't there. ♪
- Oh my gosh, I can't watch this.
So this is...
This is the, one of our first covers
my sister and I did, "Best Thing I Never Had,"
which is so cringey when I watch it,
but it's honestly one of the videos that gave us
the ability to do what we do today. (laughs)
My sister and I would post a lot of covers
to a lot of Beyonce songs.
I think I was like 12
and Chloe might've been like 13 and a half.
And then she shortly after discovered us and who we are
and then decided to take us under her wing.
So this video is the reason why we have our careers going
on today, so even though it's laughable to watch,
I'm like, you know what? Those girls were something.
Thank you so much for checking out "The Breakdown."