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She starred on the Freeform show Grown-ish alongside her sister, Halle, for four seasons, in which they played sisters and college athletes. While that show deals with some grown-up topics, Episode 1 of Swarm, “Stung,” sees Bailey’s character Marissa in more mature and adult scenarios alongside her boyfriend Khalid, who is played by Damson Idris.
But don’t ask Bailey about any sex scenes. She doesn’t want to talk about that. Instead, she focuses on what being a part of Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’ latest creation has meant to her. Bailey has been in the spotlight since she was a little girl as part of the R&B duo Chloe x Halle with her sister. They have since ventured into doing their own projects, and Bailey will be releasing her debut solo album In Pieces on March 31. The singer is familiar with fandoms and the way artists and fans interact with each other online. Aside from having firsthand experience with online stans, she is also signed to Parkwood Entertainment; that company is owned by Beyoncé, the inspiration for the fictional pop star character of Ni’Jah on the show. Bailey says she only met Fishback a couple of times before they started shooting the show but calls those two weeks she spent filming with her and Idris “the best time of my life.” Ensuring that the bond between Dre and Marissa feels genuine and authentic was key to making this story work; it also had to show how beautiful, and at times detrimental, some family ties can be. And they nailed all of it. “As Marissa was trying to rip away from her sister because she knew how toxic the codependency was, she was just transferring it to Khalid, Damson’s character,” Bailey says. “She hasn’t learned how to internalize her emotions on her own. She never really knew where she belonged emotionally.”
Neither did Dre, who takes matters into her own hands after seeing how Khalid and the world have treated her sister. “That’s why I feel all of the anger that she felt, not only toward Khalid but to all of the people online talking mess about her sister,” Bailey says. “She’s like, ‘OK, I’m fighting for my sister till death do us part. You don’t fuck with my sister.’ I feel like in a way, that was her apology for how things were left off with them.”Prime Video's new drama Swarm has got people talking, though perhaps not for the reason anyone might expect.The psychological horror series follows Dominique Fishback's Andrea "Dre" Greene, a music fan who becomes increasingly obsessed with her favorite singer and who will go to greater, darker lengths to gain her favor.
Swarm was created by Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, and it features a graphic sex scene with star Chloe Bailey (who plays Dre's sister Marissa) and Damson Idris (Marissa's boyfriend, Khalid) which drew a lot of attention to the show.
