The Kids Are Alright (album)

## **Singles from *The Kids Are Alright***

1. "Grown"
Released: December 29, 2017
2. "The Kids Are Alright"
Released: January 3, 2018
3. "Happy Without Me"
Released: June 22, 2018

***The Kids Are Alright*** is the debut studio album by Chloe x Halle. It was released on March 23, 2018, by Beyoncé's record label Parkwood Entertainment. The album earned them their first two career Grammy Award nominations for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best New Artist for the 61st Grammy Awards.

## Background

Halle Bailey told *Time* that they've worked on the album since 2015. She explained, "We've been working on this album [...] before our EP, and before our mixtape. We were choosing from a catalogue of over 400 songs, since we were creating every day. But we think of all our songs as our babies, so it's really hard to choose. That's why the mixtape, we put it out there as the album rejects—but we still love those songs. Working on the album, it took a lot of preciseness to figure out what we wanted to include."

Chloe Bailey added about the title, "We're speaking about ourselves as we're growing into young women, telling ourselves we're going to be okay. We'll make mistakes and we'll have obstacles, but we'll overcome them. But then also in a general sense, with this generation and how the world has gone mad and all these crazy things that are left for this generation to handle, it's just proclaiming that we will be alright no matter what, and they shouldn't worry about us."

## Critical reception

AllMusic's Neil Yeung summarized, "a contemporary R&B-pop album infused with deep trap beats. Heavily influenced by former tourmate and label head Beyonce..." Briana Younger of *Pitchfork* wrote, "Throughout the album, they excel when they push their artistry to its limits." She continued that it was a "coming-of-age moment" in terms of their experiences and life in general, and praised their vocals, where she concluded, "it's easy to believe that if God spoke, she would sound like Chloe x Halle." Courtney Smith of Refinery29 noted their exploration of genres, where they "blend[ed] them into a hybrid of influences, making them hard to classify."

*Time* wrote of the album: "That precocious message is heard loud and clear on *The Kids Are Alright*, a haunting meditation on growing up and finding their footing as young women. The duo shines as vocalists and hands-on musicians on the album."

### Rankings

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## Track listing

* H. Bailey
* H. Bailey
* H. Bailey
* H. Bailey
* H. Bailey

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bruner, Raisa (March 23, 2018). "Beyoncé Protégés Chloe x Halle Are Here to Prove That *The Kids Are Alright*". *Time*.
2. ↑ Yeung, Neil (March 23, 2018). "Kids Are Alright Review by Neil Z. Yeung". *AllMusic*.
3. ↑ Younger, Briana (March 27, 2018). "*The Kids Are Alright* by Chloe x Halle". *Pitchfork*.
4. ↑ Smith, Courtney (March 23, 2018). "Chloe X Halle Uplift & Inspire As Powerful Women With Their Latest Album". *Refinery29*.
5. ↑ Fekadu, Mesfin (December 11, 2018). "AP's top 2018 albums: Janelle Monae, Kacey Musgraves, J Cole". *Associated Press*.

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