Halsey keeps the features on her new album, Manic, largely confined to its interludes, but the project is punctuated by a few more voices. She uses two film samples on the album, borrowing dialogue from 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on album-opener “Ashley” and 2009’s Jennifer’s Body on “killing boys.”
The Eternal Sunshine sample comes from Halsey’s childhood, as Genius contributor tirelessmess breaks down in an annotation:
Meanwhile, dialogue between Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried from the cult 2009 horror-comedy Jennifer’s Body pops up on “killing boys”:
This isn’t the first time Halsey has drawn from dramatic works for her music. 2017’s hopeless fountain kingdom was based on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, as Genius previously broke down:
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