Here's the news peg that broke our group chat: Strung, the new Blumhouse psychological thriller hitting Peacock on June 26, 2026, doesn't just cast one music star in a horror movie. It casts two. Chart-topper Chloe Bailey AND Grammy winner Coco Jones are both in it. The horror gods are greedy and we love them for it.

Directed by Malcolm D. Lee and written by Alan B. McElroy, Strung premiered at the 30th American Black Film Festival on May 27, 2026, and also stars Lynn Whitfield, Anna Diop, Lucien Laviscount, and Romy Woods. Tyler Perry and Jason Blum produced. That's a lineup, not a cast list.

Ranked: 5 Singers Who Became Scream Queens (And Why 'Strung' Just Stacked TWO of Them)

So naturally, we ranked the singer-turned-scream-queen pipeline. The top entry is reported fact. Everything below it is loud, internet opinion. Fight us in the comments.

The Ranking

  1. Chloe Bailey (the reigning queen) — In Strung she plays Layla, a violinist tutoring for a wealthy, enigmatic family. And this isn't her first scream: she was already in Prime Video's Swarm (2023) and The Exorcism (2024). She's been quietly building a horror resume while everyone watched the Billboard chart. Officially crowned.
  2. Coco Jones (the rookie with a Grammy) — The Bel-Air star and Grammy winner is joining the genre via Strung, and pairing her with Chloe in the same film is the kind of casting that makes a movie an event before a single frame leaks. Opinion: she's going to be terrifyingly good and we have zero evidence yet, only vibes.
  3. The "voice is already scary-good" tier — Editorial take, not a press release: there's a whole lane of singers whose stage presence translates straight into screen tension. A trained performer knows how to hold a silence, land a stare, and make a room go cold. Horror is basically a concert with worse lighting.
  4. The crossover we're manifesting — Pure wishlist energy here. Give us the artist you'd LEAST expect in a slasher and watch them eat. The genre rewards people who aren't afraid to look unhinged on camera, and singers spend their whole careers doing exactly that.
  5. You, in the comments, about to tell us who we forgot — We already know. We can feel it. Scroll down and ruin our day.

Bottom line: Strung isn't just another Blumhouse drop. It's a flex. Two music stars, one psychological thriller, streaming June 26 on Peacock. The singer-to-scream-queen pipeline is officially open for business, and the line out front is getting longer.

Ranked: 5 Singers Who Became Scream Queens (And Why 'Strung' Just Stacked TWO of Them)