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Halsey – Don't Play
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“Don’t Play” is the 12th track from Halsey’s sophomore album hopeless fountain kingdom. It is about Halsey moving on from the relationship that she had just been in, being better
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Halsey – Bad at Love
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“Bad At Love” was the fourth single and second music video from hopeless fountain kingdom, Halsey’s sophomore album.
https://twitter.com/halsey/status/891513593317011458
Halsey
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Marshmello & Halsey – Be Kind
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“Be Kind” is an empowering song that questions the motives of a significant other in a relationship. Instead of fully committing to the relationship, the person seems to be
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Halsey – Don't Play (Live from Webster Hall)
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[Spoken] / (Hey) / This album helped me through a really tough time in my life, guys / (Hey) / And it meant the world to me that / (Hey) / You were still here / (Hey, hey, hey
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Halsey – Die 4 Me
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In “Die 4 Me,” Halsey sees regret in a past relationship with an unworthy man. The track follows a complete turnaround from her last June 2022 track “So Good.” Halsey saw
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Halsey – 100 Letters
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“100 Letters” is a pop power ballad describing the story of two lovers who try to work out their failing relationship. The song uses Greek mythology, like the legend of King Midas
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Halsey – clementine
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For the third installment of her 2020 album Manic, Halsey released “clementine” on her 25th birthday. The song’s release date was first alluded to on August 10, 2019, when Halsey
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Post Malone (Ft. Future & Halsey) – Die For Me
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“Die For Me” is a trap-pop banger that features Post and Future lamenting their relationships with untrustworthy women, while Halsey provides a women’s perspective on the bridge
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Halsey – Good Mourning
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“Good Mourning” is a short interlude at the halfway point of Halsey’s sophomore album, hopeless fountain kingdom. It suggests a change within the narrative of the album
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Halsey – Walls Could Talk
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On “Walls Could Talk”, Halsey describes the back and forth arguments she has had with her lover and how long lasting some of them have been. But she also points to the fact they
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Halsey – Without Me
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“Without Me” is the first new song released by Halsey since her 2017 album, hopeless fountain kingdom. The track is directed at her ex G-Eazy after she was “cheated on in front of
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Halsey – Could Have Been Me
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[Verse 1] / Don't wanna live as an untold story / Rather go out in a blaze of glory / I can't hear you, I don't fear you / I live now 'cause the bad die last / Dodgin' bullets with
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Halsey – Hurricane
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“Hurricane” is a darkly produced track about avoiding attachments both to locations and lovers, and forming the appropriate persona.
Originally from Halsey’s first EP, it also
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Halsey (Ft. Quavo) – Lie
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“Lie” talks about the sexual tension between the two lovers. Halsey talks about the dissatisfaction she gets at the end of the night which also hints at the messed up personalities
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Halsey – Ya'aburnee
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“Ya'aburnee,” the final track from Halsey’s fourth album, acts as a love letter to both her partner and her newborn baby.
The title roughly translates from Arabic as “you bury me
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Halsey – Alone
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“Alone” is about a social butterfly at the house party (which is a parallel to the masquerade ball in Romeo and Juilet) referenced in “Heaven in Hiding” and “Strangers”. It is the
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Halsey – 1121
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Halsey explained in an Instagram livestream shortly after the release of If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power that she found out she was pregnant on November 21, 2020, or 11/21.
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Halsey – Easier than Lying
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“Easier than Lying” is the third track from Halsey’s fourth album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. The song was initially featured on the third teaser for the IMAX film
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Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell Williams – Stay With Me
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[Chorus: Halsey] / Hey, it's a mess out there / They can leave, but we don't care / We'll stay, I'm good right here / I been waitin' for you all year / Come play, make a mess right
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Halsey – Ashley
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Halsey opens her third album, Manic with “Ashley” – a title taken from her own name, Ashley Nicolette Frangipane. Fittingly, the song introduces Halsey fans to a new era, an album
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The Chainsmokers (Ft. Halsey) – Closer
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“Closer” is a millennial romance anthem that celebrates youth and heartbreak. It features vocals from singer-songwriter Halsey and Chainsmokers member Andrew Taggart, marking the
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Halsey – Young God
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Halsey mentioned the inspiration for the song and its title on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/halsey/status/635890568929800192
“Young God” could be interpreted as a sequel to “Ghost
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Halsey – Heaven in Hiding
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“Heaven in Hiding” is the 4th track from the deluxe edition of Halsey’s sophomore album hopeless fountain kingdom. It acts as the first person’s perspective of a party, with the
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Halsey – Lilith
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Lilith, the fourth track off Halsey’s fourth album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. Halsey confirmed that “Lilith” was the first song written for the album in a Youtube
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G-Eazy & Halsey – Him & I
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“Him & I” is a “Bonnie and Clyde” track between G-Eazy and his girlfriend at the time, Halsey, who sings the chorus.
The music video for this song was filmed in New York City
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Halsey (Ft. Juice WRLD) – Without Me (Remix)
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Upon “Without Me” passing Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” on the Hot 100 and scoring her first solo number one hit on the chart, Halsey released the remix for the track alongside
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Juice WRLD & Halsey – Life’s a Mess
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“Life’s a Mess” is a promotional single off of Juice WRLD’s first posthumous studio album Legends Never Die. On the track, Juice and Halsey convey their troubles throughout their
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Halsey – I HATE EVERYBODY
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[Verse 1] / I'm my own biggest enemy / Yeah, all my empathy's a disaster / Feelin' somethin' like a scaly thing / Wrapped too tightly 'round my own master / My friends are gettin
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YUNGBLUD & Halsey (Ft. Travis Barker) – 11 Minutes
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“11 Minutes” is YUNGBLUD’S second single of 2019, following “Loner.”
The song features vocals from both YUNGBLUD and Halsey as well as drumming from blink-182’s Travis Barker. The
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Halsey – You should be sad
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One week prior to the release of her third studio album, Manic, Halsey gifted fans with one final single, “You should be sad.” In the country-influenced track Halsey pours out her
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Halsey – So Good
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In “So Good,” Halsey sees love in her partner, who was her friend and proudly expresses her bisexuality. On June 9, 2022, Halsey confirmed that the track wasn’t about an ex-partner
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Halsey & SUGA – Lilith (Diablo IV Anthem)
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“Lilith (Diablo IV Anthem)” is Halsey’s remix to her original August 2021 track, “Lilith.” It follows the same story: a woman being too busy for love and only focusing on work
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Melanie Martinez – Dollhouse
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“Dollhouse” is about a family that appears to be perfect on the outside looking in, yet it’s far from it. It was later revealed that it serves as a prequel to “Sippy Cup,” in which
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Halsey – Roman Holiday
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Halsey speaks of “Roman Holiday” as a nostalgic, autobiographical song motivated lyrically by the film of the same name, as it essentially parallels how she reflected upon her real
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Genius English Translations – Halsey, SUGA & BTS - SUGA’s Interlude (English Translation)
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“Suga’s Interlude” is the third single from Manic, released alongside “Finally // beautiful stranger.” The tracks feature Min Yoongi, who goes by Suga, from the K-Pop group BTS.
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Halsey – I am not a woman, I'm a god
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“I am not a woman, I’m a god” serves as the lead single from Halsey’s fourth album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. Halsey’s work has always been shaped by the duality between
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Halsey – Finally // beautiful stranger
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Following on from “clementine,” Halsey released “Finally // beautiful stranger” alongside “SUGA’s Interlude” as the fourth installment of Manic.
The track narrates her first
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Todd in the Shadows – POP SONG REVIEW: "Closer" by The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
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In Todd’s Pop Song Reviews #111, Todd takes a look at “Closer” – one of the biggest hits of 2016 by one of his least favorite pop acts – and comes to a surprising conclusion.
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Halsey – Trouble (Stripped)
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“Trouble” is the closing track on Room 93, Halsey’s first extended play. It is stripped because the song is a demo version featuring only vocals and piano, pulling back from
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Halsey – Strange Love
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“Strange Love” revolves around the nature of a discreet, yet exploited relationship from Halsey’s past that still haunts her. She stands by her freedom to utilize the subject
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Eminem – Without Me
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The Eminem Show’s lead single shows Eminem’s realization of his importance to the rap game and his claim that it wouldn’t be the same without him.
“Without Me” is recognized to
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Halsey – Nightmare
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“Nightmare,” a song dedicated to young women, is Halsey’s first solo release from 2019, following hit single “Without Me”. Despite “Without Me” featuring on Halsey’s third LP, “
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Halsey – Forever ... (is a long time)
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“Forever … (is a long time)” is the first song from a trio, which Halsey explains as:
Three songs smack in the middle that serve as a transition and are meant to be listened to in
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Halsey – More
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On March 25, 2019, Halsey tweeted about her personal health, particularly her endometriosis. In the tweet she also revealed that she has had 3 miscarriages, one of which occurred
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