Chloe Bailey Receives Mix Reactions For Her Performance Of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”During ABC’s #SOULOFANATION Special Celebrating Juneteenth

This is the second consecutive year ABC News produced a special to honor the history and significance of the Juneteenth tradition. In 2020, ABC News’ primetime special “Juneteenth: A Celebration of Overcoming” was the No. 1 program across the board in its time slot. It is currently streaming on Hulu. “Soul of a Nation” and its respective specials on the year after George Floyd’s murder and observance of Juneteenth are the latest original programming from ABC News, which has a renewed focus on telling diverse stories across the news division.

Chloe Bailey performed Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” on ABC’s ‘Juneteenth: Together We Triumph’ special.

Many on social media believed Chloe Bailey resembled Beyonce during her performance that aired tonight.

https://twitter.com/_____jv/status/1406102100908650497?s=21

Beyoncé found her protégé in Chloe Bailey 🔥🔥🔥🤞🏾🤞🏾

— Chillin’ 🍀 Boy Bye Out Now✌🏾 (@beenchillin__) June 19, 2021

@ChloeBailey just gave me Beyoncé vibes with her rendition of Feeling Good. Great performance! #SoulOfANation ✊🏾

— Tasha Mac Ⓥ 🌱 (@TashaMac523) June 19, 2021

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Others believe it was a let down of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” because they claim it was too sexual.

Chloe Bailey ate that shit 🔥🔥 and she is absolutely gorgeous…however, everything don’t need to be sexual. There’s a time and place. Wrong song. Lol that’s all.

— Margie Rayy (@OchoWantedMe_) June 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/_shamgod/status/1406089222331768833?s=21

I don’t like how Chloe over sexualized this rendition of Nina Simone’s “Feelin’ Good,” like who thought that was ok?!?!?! I hope black Twitter let her have it🙄😂 #SoulOfANation

— Mattea Smith (@MatteaMarie) June 19, 2021

Many like the performance but felt like Chloe was doing a little too much.

https://twitter.com/blkjessrabbit/status/1406081443655266305?s=21

https://twitter.com/burner_lou/status/1406104707857223687?s=21

Idc Chloe Bailey ATE.. just at the wrong table though—baby it’s Nina Simone👀 https://t.co/3ZZgw183sq

— Aisha (@heymeetaisha) June 19, 2021

Wow… of all the ways Nina Simone's, "Feeling Good" could have been celebrated smh #SoulofaNation #abc #juneteenth wildly inappropriate for the song and the moment

— Willis (@AshWillieWillis) June 19, 2021

Nina Simone always supported black womens liberation and she would’ve probably supported Chloe Baileys performance.

Simone said herself said she wanted Black women to be confident, in control, and defining themselves. Chloe Bailey was feeling free while performing her song.

Who knows how Nina Simone would have felt about Chloe Bailey performance? The song is called “Feeling Good” and Chloe Bailey looks like she was having a fun time doing what she loves.

Check out Chloe full performance:

https://youtu.be/prSmIsof6fU