Halsey

Released: August 28, 2020

Songwriter: Halsey

Producer: Halsey

[Halsey]

Thank you. Fuck! Fuck!

I know I've talked a lot tonight, but if you've been to another concert of mine then you may notice that I'm actually talking considerably less than usual.

Usually, by now there's someone in like the sixth row who's like "Shut the fuck up! Stop talking, play your songs! Play 'Closer'"

I'm not fucking playing "Closer." (*Laughs*)

When I was nineteen years old I was living here and um, I know you've heard this story a million times but that's how I got my name, um, Halsey.

And uh, there's one song in particular... there's one song in particular that really defines what it feels like for me to be here, and to play a show here.

And I think you guys might know it.

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.

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