Baby Girl

"**Baby Girl**" is the third track off Chloe x Halle's sophomore studio album, *Ungodly Hour*, released on June 12, 2020. The song was written by both Chloe and Halle Bailey, while Chloe produced the song all by herself.

## Background

According to Halle Bailey, "Baby Girl" is a girl empowerment song. She and Chloe wrote the song in Malibu, "We decided for the day after Christmas, we wanted to rent an Airbnb, and we wanted to just go out there with no parents and be by the beach and bring our gear and just create. And I remember at that time I was just feeling a little bit down, and I just needed that pick-me-up. So I started writing these lyrics about how I was feeling, how everybody makes it looks so easy and how everything that you see—it seems real, but is it really? So that was definitely an encouraging, empowering song that we wanted other girls to relate to and play when they needed that messaging—when you're feeling overwhelmed and insecure and you're just like, 'Okay, what's next?' Like, nope, snap out of it. You're amazing."

## Live performance

The duo debuted "Baby Girl" live on December 8, 2020 at a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert for NPR Music. It was also performed at the 2020 on December 10, 2020 at *Billboard* Women in Music, an annual event held by *Billboard* to recognize women in the music industry, where they received the award for Rising Star.

## Lyrics

They make it look so easy

One day, I'm talking to Jesus

Then I was talking to demons, oh

All the sights I've seen

All the sights I've seen

Yeah

Then I step onto the patio

Try to listen to the radio

Try to play up on my Casio

Even try to call my Romeo, ayy

Try so hard to let it go

But today, I'm just feelin' low, oh

Baby girl

Baby girl

It's your world

Baby girl

Do it for the girls

All around the world

Do it for the girls

All around the world, yeah

Full of love, full of love

Full of love, hey, hey

Oh, oh-oh, yeah

You know my nights be teasin'

(Teasin' me, teasin' me, teasin' me)

Every day I gotta please them

(Pleasin' 'em, pleasin' 'em, pleasin' 'em)

While I'm picking up the pieces, oh

All the sights I've seen

But I'm still so clean

Yeah

Then I step onto the patio

Try to listen to the radio

Try to play up on my Casio

Even try to call my Romeo, ayy

Try so hard to let it go

I'm not there, but I'm gettin' close, oh

Baby girl

Baby girl (Oh)

Do it for the girls (Do it for the girls)

All around the world (All around the world)

Do it for the girls (Do it for the girls)

All around the world, yeah (Yeah)

Full of love, full of love

Full of love, hey, hey

Oh, oh-oh, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

So don't you forget about

The little girl that you met now

The one that's in your spirit

She's still got your back, yeah

Don't you let the world take back

All the love that you gave out

This is all our world now

This is all your world now

## **"Baby Girl" credits adapted from Tidal**

### Engineered by:

Assisted by Halle Bailey and Miles Comaskey

## References

1. ↑ "Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle on Apple Music". Apple Music.
2. ↑ "Chloe x Halle: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert". NPR.
3. ↑ "Chloe x Halle Deliver Ethereal Rendition of 'Baby Girl' at Billboard's 2020 Women in Music Event". *Billboard*.
4. ↑ "Credits / Ungodly Hour / Chloe x Halle". Tidal. Retrieved on March 7, 2021.