Released: August 28, 2020

Songwriter: Halsey

Producer: Halsey

[Halsey]

(*Laughs*) Um, I wrote this album when I was 19 years old. And uh, I was going through a really tough time when I wrote it, um. You guys showed me that there's so many people who are going through the same things that I was going through. And this album was really important to me because when I wrote this album, I was so confident in myself, I knew who the fuck I was. I was 19 years old and I said, "Don't belong to no fucking city, Don't belong to no fucking man, man."

But I was so wrong, because I uh, I was going to forget who I was, and I was going to find her again, and then forget who I was, and then find her again, and forget her and find her and forget her and find hеr and forget her and find her... And I'vе learned to stop being so hard on myself for changing and for growing and for learning. (*Sighs*)

I don't usually like giving a ton of advice during my shows because I mean, what the fuck do I know that you don't know? (*Laughs*) I'm a, I'm a disaster. Um, but if I do give you one piece of advice right now, I want to remind you that if you lose yourself, it is never too late to find yourself again. That when you stumble upon the person that you used to be, they will be so happy to see you.

Halsey

Halsey is the stage name of New Jersey singer Ashley Nicolette Frangipane. It is an anagram of her first name and reference to the Halsey Street subway stop and street in Brooklyn where she used to live. The bio on her website

I am Halsey. I will never be anything but honest. I write songs about sex and being sad."

Halsey was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was 17. This has greatly influenced her creative process from the start of her career. Songs like “Control” and “Gasoline” explicitly delve into her psychological and emotional battles. Manic, Halsey’s third album and arguably her rawest and most emotionally vulnerable, was written in a fully manic state rather than a depressive one.