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(EP) by American recording duo

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. It was released under Parkwood Entertainment, under exclusive license to

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, on April 29, 2016. The EP was their first official release since being signed by Beyoncé. The EP features their debut single, "Drop". The music video for the single was produced by Shane Brown, directed by Andrew Hines and currently has over six million views on

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. In March 2016,

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introduced Chloe and Halle at the

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, where they performed "Fall" from the EP, alongside Michelle Obama's "This Is For My Girls" and an unreleased track, "Baby Bird". In June, they performed "Drop" at the

Music Foundry in

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, and later in the month at the BET Awards 2016 in

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. In July, they performed songs from the EP as a support act for the European leg of Beyoncé's

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Track listing

Personnel

* Chloe Bailey – vocals (all tracks), production (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5) * Halle Bailey – vocals (all tracks) * Shane Brown – production (tracks 1, 5) * Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis – production (track 2) * Rashad "Hazebanga" Muhammad – production (track 2) * Samir Alikhanizadeh – production (track 3) * Yonatan "xSDTRK" Ayal – production (track 4) * Pierre-Luc Rioux – production (track 4) *

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– mixing (tracks 1–3) * James Krausse – mixing (track 4, 5) * Dave Kutch – mastering (all tracks)

Release history

References

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