Halsey

Released: August 28, 2020

Songwriter: Halsey

Producer: Halsey

[Halsey]

Uh, you guys are, you guys are batshit crazy.

So, I just wanna tell you guys something. I try really fucking hard, every day, to be the person that you guys believe that I am. And, it's not easy all the time. Sometimes I fuck it up, and I, I make mistakes.

But I want you to know before I leave you that, um, every single time that I'm on this stage all I can think is, I have absolutely no idea why you picked me.

And sometimes, I look at other musicians, I look at my peers, I look at my idols and I think to myself, wow, they are made of some kind of stardust that I am not madе of and never will be madе of.

But it's times like this when I get onstage in a baggy fuckin' Pearl Jam t-shirt ... I've got nothing but my band, and some lights, and I know I'm not hitting every fuckin' note, and I know that I'm running out of breath, and I know that I'm talking far too much... and you guys fucking cheer anyway. I fucking love you. Thank you.

You know what that means, right?

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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