Released: October 16, 2020

Words always beat like a drum in my brain.
Every laugh and scream layered in perfect harmony.
I always knew I'd spend my whole life hearing the voices on the street like a song.
And that street and that song became my home for a while.

I went at it alone...I crawled inside the kickdrum in the belly of the New York City subway.
I spent hours and days searching the faces in the crowd for answers.

I found my name in the signs and my motivation in the lights.
I filled my chest with the colors and sounds and storiеs I collected.
And then onе day, my pen hit the paper.
My fingers sliced by strings
My lips brushed the microphone
And I exploded.

Soak up the richness around you, every detail, and never give in. And maybe one day, you'll explode too.
Be a king.

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.