Halsey

Halsey

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Halsey
General Information
Birth name	Ashley Nicolette Frangipane
Born	September 29, 1994, 9:26 AM (age 30) Edison, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, producer, make-up artist
Nicknames	Ash
Years active	2012-present
Genres	Pop • rock • electronic • alternative
Labels	Astralwerks, Virgin EMI, Capitol Records (via Universal Music Group), Columbia Records
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Ashley Nicolette Frangipane (born September 29, 1994), known professionally as Halsey, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and make-up artist. Gaining attention from self-released music on social media platforms, she was signed by Astralwerks Records in 2014 and released her debut EP, Room 93, later that year. Halsey uses she/her, they/them pronouns.

Halsey's debut studio album, Badlands, was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA, along with four of its singles. In 2016, they rose to stronger prominence as a featured vocalist on The Chainsmokers' single "Closer", which topped the charts of over fifteen countries and was later certified Diamond in the US. Their second studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, consisted of more "radio friendly" music than their previous releases. It topped the Billboard 200 and featured two US top-20 singles: "Now or Never" and "Bad at Love". Halsey's third studio album, Manic, released in 2020 has been certified Platinum in the US and its lead single, "Without Me", became her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist. Her fourth studio album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, was announced on June 28, 2021.

Halsey has sold 22 million records in the US alone, based on certifications. Their awards and nominations include four Billboard Music Awards, one GLAAD Media Award, a Guinness World Record, a MTV Video Music Award, a Kid’s Choice Award, and a Grammy Award nomination. Halsey is noted for her distinctive singing voice, and her music is usually based on her personal experiences.

In January 2021, they launched their own cosmetics brand called About-Face of which they are the CEO and head make-up artist.

Outside of her career, she has been involved in suicide prevention awareness, LGBTQ+ movements, sexual assault victim advocacy and is a big advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Early life

Young Halsey with her mother & father

Halsey was born on September 29, 1994, and grew up in New Jersey. She is of Italian, Hungarian, and Irish descent on their mother's side and African-American on her father's side. She has two brothers, Sevian and Dante Frangipane.

Growing up, Halsey played the violin, viola, and cello until moving onto the acoustic guitar when she was 14. They have revealed that as a child, they were very into comic books and superheroes. In one of her first interviews, Halsey stated she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder around the age of 17. She was hospitalized for 17 days after she attempted suicide.

In 2012, she graduated from Warren Hills Regional High School in Washington, New Jersey. When she was 19 she had been accepted at the well-regarded Rhode Island School of Design however, she couldn’t afford to go. They were kicked out by their parents after quitting schools leaving them homeless. She had a lot of financial struggles and also a history with drugs after living on the streets for a while. Eventually, they’d go stay with their grandmother who had taught them to play "Memory" on the piano when they were four.

Career (music)

2012 – 2014: Beginning of music career and "Ghost"

Cover art for "Ghost"

Frangipane started writing music when she was 17, and in 2012 she began posting videos to social media sites such as YouTube and Kik, and in particular Tumblr, under the username of se7enteenblack. She gained popularity on the platform after a parody of Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" titled "The Haylor Song" went viral. Moreover, they also released a song called "SOS" which is also about Harry Styles and Taylor Swift's former relationship. Halsey has since apologized for making the songs. During this time Halsey also released a song titled "For Ruby", a charity single to raise money for the five-year-old Ruby Owen fighting a brain tumor. The song raised approx. $45,000 however, Ruby Owen ultimately lost the fight and died in January 2013. Halsey has also auditioned for the X-Factor but was not cast and had planned to release a song called "Tilt You Back" as her first single. While living on the streets, Halsey got invited to a party at a Holiday Inn in Newark where they met a "music guy" who later" introduced her to another "music guy" (presumably Anthony Li) who'd invited Halsey to his house to create a song for a commercial for a yogurt. During that meeting Halsey wrote her debut single "Ghost". On February 3, 2014 Halsey uploaded the song to her SoundCloud account and by around 3 a.m the song went viral and five different record labels had contacted her. The song was charting by morning and Halsey signed to Astralwerks Records, a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and distributed by Capitol Music Group, UMG and EMI.

2014 – 2016: Room 93 and Badlands

Main article: Room 93

Halsey began touring with The Kooks in August 2014 and performed various original songs. Halsey also uploaded "New Americana" to SoundCloud in April 2014. After the massive success of their debut single, "Ghost", the single was re-released by her label on July 28, 2014. Halsey then released her debut EP, Room 93, on October 27, 2014. The EP charted in the lower regions of the US Billboard 200 and at number three on the Top Heatseekers chart. On March 3, 2015, a "1 Mic - 1 Take" version of the Room 93 EP was released. The release features Halsey singing songs from the EP in a recording studio with just one mic. She then began work on her debut studio album and performed songs from the upcoming album at South by Southwest in 2015, where she was the most tweeted about performer of the night. Through March and April 2015, Halsey led a co-headlining tour with Young Rising Sons. She also supported Imagine Dragons on the Smoke + Mirrors Tour during the North American leg between June and August 2015.

Main article: Badlands

Cover art for Badlands

On August 11, 2015 Halsey suffered a miscarriage at her Vevo LIFT performance. They later accredited the miscarriage to her endometriosis. On March 9, 2015 her debut single "Ghost" was re-released once more to promote her upcoming debut album. On July 10, 2015 "New Americana" was officially released by Astralwerks as the album's second single. Her debut studio album, Badlands, was released on August 28, 2015. It peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, and sold 115,000 copies in its first week. The album was a metaphor for her mental state at the time, stating that each song meant something different to their. Halsey wrote all of the songs on the album when she was 19, while production was handled by a number of producers, including then boyfriend, Norwegian producer Lido. As of August 2020, it has sold over 2 million copies in the United States. Four singles have been released from the album: "Ghost", "New Americana", "Colors", and "Castle". Halsey then embarked on their first solo headlining tour, the Badlands Tour, in support of the album. It ended in August 13, 2016 with a sold-out show at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City. On November 9, 2015, Justin Bieber premiered a song titled "The Feeling" which features Halsey and appears on his fourth studio album Purpose. In February 2016 Halsey partnered with MAC cosmetics for their Future Forward line which included a lipstick named after them. In May 2016, Halsey released the song "Tokyo Narita (Freestyle)", produced by her ex-boyfriend and frequent collaborator Lido. The song was a standalone track that served as a promotional single for both her and Lido. In July 2016, Halsey collaborated with 26 other artists on the song "Hands" to pay tribute to the victims of the Orlando Nightclub Shooting. She is also featured on the song "Free Love" which also pays tribute to the victims. On July 29, 2016, Halsey released a song with the American EDM duo The Chainsmokers titled "Closer". The song achieved major commercial success; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 consecutive weeks, topped the charts of 12 other countries, sold more than 15 million units worldwide, and is one of the most streamed songs ever on Spotify. It received a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards. In 2018, the song received a diamond certification by the RIAA for selling 10 million units in the United States.

2017 – 2018: Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

Main article: Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

Cover art for the album

In January 2017, she released the single "Not Afraid Anymore" which appears on the soundtrack of the film . On February 28, 2017 Halsey revealed that she had sent invites to 100 fans in London to hear four new songs off of their next record and mentioned that “we cried”. During June 2015, Halsey had already hinted that they began working on her second studio album. At one of the last shows of her Badlands Tour a short video was shown which ended with the quote “You can find me in the kingdom,” which fans suspected was a hint about the singer’s upcoming music. Following the show Halsey also tweeted the same quote. On March 7, 2017, she announced the title of her next album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom. The album was released on June 2, 2017. Much like their debut album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom is a concept album that revolves around a pair of lovers in a tale based on William Shakespeares Romeo & Juliet and was inspired by her breakup with Lido who helped produce the album. The album also focuses on Halsey's bisexuality and on bisexual characters, featuring songs like "Strangers" which is the first of Halsey's songs to exclusively use "she/her" pronouns. Hopeless Fountain Kingdom debuted atop the Billboard 200 and the Canadian Albums Chart. First week sales in the US were of 106,000 equivalent album units, with 76,000 being pure album sales. Similar to her debut album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Due to the album reaching number one, Halsey became the first woman to achieve a number one album in the US in 2017. The album's lead single, "Now or Never", was released on April 4, 2017. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Halsey's first top-twenty entry on the chart as a lead artist. It also became Halsey's first track as a lead artist to earn Multi-Platinum status; it was certified double Platinum by RIAA. The song also reached the top forty of Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada, and Portugal, and sold 500,000 units outside of the US. To promote the record, Halsey embarked on the Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour, which began on September 29, 2017, her twenty-third birthday, and concluded on September 22, 2018.The second single, "Bad at Love", peaked at number five on the Hot 100, making it Halsey's highest peak as a lead artist at the time. It was certified triple Platinum by RIAA. Two promotional singles were also made available prior to the release of the album: "Eyes Closed" and "Strangers". On December 5, 2017, a collaboration between Halsey and G-Eazy, "Him & I", was released, it peaked at #14 on the US Billboard 100 and was certified 2x Platinum. On January 13, 2018, Halsey was a featured as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live and performed "Bad at Love" and then "Him & I" with G-Eazy. On March 15, 2018, Halsey released "Alone", along with a new version featuring American rapper Big Sean and British rapper Stefflon Don. It reached number 66 on the Hot 100, but was certified Platinum by RIAA and reached number one on the Dance Club chart. Halsey collaborated with Khalid for Benny Blanco's debut single "Eastside", which was released on July 12, 2018, along with a music video discussing various parts of Halsey's life. The song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts of five other countries. It was certified 4x Platinum in the US, and sold over one million units outside the country.

2018 – 2021 : Manic and If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

Main article: Manic

Cover art for Manic

After Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, Halsey was "upstreamed" to Capitol Records from Astralwerks Records. On October 4, 2018 Halsey released "Without Me", her first solo single since "Bad At Love" in 2017. The song is partially about their break-up with abusive ex G-Eazy. The single is their most successful to date. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Halsey's first number-one single as a solo and lead artist, and her second overall, following her feature on the The Chainsmokers' song "Closer" in 2016. The song also reached the top three of eleven other countries, namely Australia, Canada, Hungary, Malaysia, Portugal, Slovakia, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Greece and the United Kingdom. It also reached the top five in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, and Norway. Its music video, directed by Colin Tilley, was released on October 29, 2018. The track was certified 3x Platinum in the United States, 4× Platinum in Australia and Canada, and Platinum in the United Kingdom. Halsey became the eighth woman to achieve multiple number ones on the chart during the 2010s. On January 9, 2019 Halsey released a remix of the song to celebrate it reaching #1. The remix features the late Juice WRLD. On February 9, Halsey again appeared on Saturday Night Live, this time as both host and musical guest. Halsey performed "Without Me" and "Eastside", during "Without Me" she confirmed G-Eazy cheated on her, using an artistic backdrop of places he told her he cheated. During "Eastside", she painted an upside down painting. Her performance was praised, with ratings for the show rising and a younger audience watching. On February 14, 2019, "11 Minutes", a collaboration between Halsey and YUNGBLUD featuring Travis Barker was released, the music video was released to YouTube February 22. In March, Halsey announced that her third studio album would be released in 2019. On March 17, 2019 Halsey released "Nightmare", a pop punk song that was intended to be the lead single of her third studio album. It debuted at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. In April 2019, she and 29 other musical acts were featured on the charity single "Earth", which was released to raise climate change awareness. The music video for "Nightmare" premiered May 17, 2019, the video included clues for the upcoming albums title. On May 8, 2019 and May 9, 2019 Halsey performed Badlands and Hopeless Fountain Kingdom live in full at Webster Hall.

Halsey on the Manic World Tour in January 2020

On September 13, 2019, they released the single "Graveyard", which was accompanied by a music video starring themself and Sydney Sweeney ("Euphoria", "Eveything Sucks!") On September 23, 2019, Halsey announced the Manic World Tour, in support of her third studio album. She released a promotional single, "Clementine", on their 25th birthday, September 29, 2019. In December 2019 she announced that the album had been postponed to January 17, 2020. On December 6, 2019, the songs "Finally // Beautiful Stranger" and "Suga's Interlude" were released simultaneously. On December 27, 2020 Bring Me The Horizon released their third EP on which Halsey is featured on the song "¿". On January 10, 2020 Halsey released the album's third and final single "You Should Be Sad". On January 25, 2020 she again appeared on Saturday Night Live where she performed two songs from Manic, "You Should be Sad" and "Finally // Beautiful Stranger" as well as appeared in a few sketches. Manic was released on January 17, 2020 and marks the first album that is written from Ashley's own perspective instead of being based on a concept from Halsey like previous albums. On February 7, 2020 Halsey released "Experiment On Me" from the soundtrack to the 2020 film Birds of Prey. Halsey also appeared on Kelsea Ballerini's song "The Other Girl" which was released on March 20, 2020. The first leg of the Manic World Tour took place in Europe between February and March 2020. The tour was postponed until it had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A collaboration with Marshmello, titled "Be Kind" was released on May 1, with the music video premiering on June 27, 2020 which was shot in quarantine. In July 2020, Halsey also appeared on the song "Life's A Mess" by Juice WRLD which is featured on his first posthumous album following his death on December 8, 2019. On July 16, 2020, Halsey performed an online True to Pleasure performance for Magnum Ice Cream, they also released their own ice cream with them and became the face of the #TrueToPleasure campaign. In September 2020, Halsey started teasing the five year anniversary of her debut album Badlands. After many cryptic messages were sent by older Twitter accounts used by Halsey to promote Badlands, Halsey finally announced the "return of Badlands" by releasing the live album. It was released on August 25, 2020 and recorded on May 8, 2019 during her concert at Webster Hall. On December 31, 2020, Halsey joined BTS to perform "Boy With Luv" at the Weverse New Year's Eve Streaming Event.

Main article: If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (album)

Cover art for album

Halsey announced their fourth studio album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, on June 28, 2021. The album was produced by Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Halsey revealed the album cover for their fourth studio album, while pregnant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On July 13, 2021 Halsey also announced that there would be a film of the same name which accompanies the album. On May 17, 2022, Halsey embarked on their fourth headlining tour, Love and Power Tour, relating to their fourth studio album, If I can't Have Love, I Want Power. The tour was supported by four openers: Beabadoobee & PinkPantheress for the first half of the tour and The Marías & Abby Roberts for the second half. Wolf Alice was featured as support for the Los Angeles show. The Gulf Shores, New York City, and Milwaukee shows were part of various music festivals. During the show, three chapters were shown: The Capture, Release, and Reflect, with an addition of an Epilogue: Revenge. The tour consisted of 6 legs, beginning with West Palm Beach and ending with Las Vegas. The tour consisted mainly of places in the United States, they also brought the tour to Turkey, United Kingdom (festivals only), Japan, and Canada. The tour ended on September 24, 2022. Although over a year later on June 21, 2023, Halsey performed a series of string ensemble shows in Newark, Hollywood, Gary and Sacramento, which could be considered as part of the Love and Power Tour.

2022 – present: The Great Impersonator

Main article: The Great Impersonator

Cover art for The Great Impersonator

In January 2022, Halsey wrote and produced a song, titled "So Good". When the song was withheld from release due to Capitol Records needing to test the song's "virality", while on tour, Halsey posted a TikTok video criticizing Capitol Records on May 22, 2022, for not being allowed to release "So Good" without an "accompanying campaign or TikTok video to make it go viral." Five days prior, without the approval of Capitol, Halsey played a snippet of her song in a TikTok video. In the days following her post, questions arose regarding whether or not Capitol was going to take legal action against her. Music industry attorney Erin M. Jacobson mentioned in an article by TIME that "it is rare that a label would sue one of its own artists, especially when the label plans to continue working with that artist. Further, using such a short piece of the record could also be seen as a promotional use." Capitol Records eventually conceded on May 31, 2022, amid criticism and scrutiny from a variety of music artists, and set a release date for the song of June 9, 2022. Although some believed that the release controversy was a marketing stunt, Halsey maintained that it was not fake. In 2023, Halsey left Captiol Records and signed with Columbia Records, after the news, Halsey took to Tumblr to post that they were hard at work on music, "There were some restrictions I was under, for a lot longer than it seemed, but they are no longer in the way. I’m sure you can fill in the blanks. I’m always writing aimlessly and lawlessly as you know. But “album mode” is a whole other arena and the games are just beginning." In July 2023, Halsey stated that "As of right now I’m approaching it kinda how I approached manic. No strict genre parameters or anything. Just making what feels good and what hits home :) definitely some of my best songwriting. a lot of life has happened to me since I wrote IICHLIWP". In an Instagram post made two months later, Halsey captioned it "not pictured: me splitting myself in two everyday so that I can give you my deepest wounds (and a handful of perfect joys) for the 5th time in 10 years."

All of Halsey's impersonations

In January 2024, Halsey launched a website called formylasttrick.com, and slowly updated it with clues to the album. Finally, fans received a letter in the mail and it appeared on the site, that Halsey would be releasing a song on June 4. On June 4, 2024, Halsey released "The End", revealing that she got more sick and is receiving treatment. Later on Instagram, Halsey revealed she had been diagnosed with and is battling lupus and a rare T-cell lymphoma since 2022, a lyric video was released June 6, 2024. Halsey shared a series of images in an Instagram post, with one revealing that the song was written around November 2022. On July 26, 2024, Halsey released "Lucky", a music video was released to YouTube, directed by Gia Coppola. On Tumblr, Halsey reblogged a post with a conclusion of what the ending of the video meant, the first idea assuming Ashley reunited with Halsey and is making peace with each other, and then realising that a young version of Ashley actually died, and adult Ashley is spending a lot of time wishing she could return to younger Ashley but can't, because she killed her to become who she is. Later, Halsey took to their Tumblr account, making three posts, to express that they had to go alone to many of their treatments due to losing friendships because of the heaviness or because they were too sick to take from anymore, they conveyed having that feeling again with their fanbase due to negativity they received after sharing personal issues; people who they thought cared, don't care. The posts made headlines, and on August 2, Halsey deleted the posts.

On September 4, 2024, Halsey posted the album's cover art on Instagram and announced that pre-order for the album was now available and that the album will be released on October 25, 2024. On September 25, 2024, Halsey announced the album's official tracklist on her socials as well as new box sets for the album. Starting on October 7, 2024, Halsey released snippets of the songs on the album along with photos and videos of her dressed as different music artists. The artists she would dress as in the posts serve as the inspiration for the song that was teased that day. The songs and one of the artists that inspired them: "Hometown" - Dolly Parton, "Dog Years" - PJ Harvey, "I Never Loved You" - Kate Bush, "Letter to God (1974)" - Cher, "Darwinism" - David Bowie, "Lonely is the Muse" - Amy Lee, "Ego" - Dolores O'Riordan, "Panic Attack" - Stevie Nicks, "Letter to God (1983)" - Bruce Springsteen, "I Believe In Magic" - Linda Ronstadt, "Lucky" - Britney Spears, “Hurt Feelings” - Halsey circa 2015 Badlands album cover, “Letter to God (1998)” - Aaliyah Haughton, “The End” - Joni Mitchell, "Arsonist" - Fiona Apple, "Life Of The Spider (Draft)" - Tori Amos, “The Great Impersonator” - Björk, "Only Living Girl in L.A." - Marilyn Monroe. On October 25, 2024, The Great Impersonator was released, the same day, a digital download became available with the bonus track "Alice of the Upper Class", the next day a new album digital download became available with the bonus track "Nothing", the next day "Lessons" came out with the album, "Charades" and "Afraid of the Dark (Demo)" subsequently came out. Lastly, the Live from Vevo versions of "Panic Attack", "Ego", and "Lonely is the Muse" were made available as a digital download with the album. During release week, Halsey performed live at in Brooklyn (October 25, 2024), Austin (October 27, 2024), and Los Angeles (October 31, 2024).At the Austin show, Halsey announced a headline tour in summer of 2025. The Amazon Music Live show in Los Angeles on October 31, 2024, was eventually live streamed to Twitch and Amazon Prime.

Career (outside music)

Acting

In 2016, Halsey starred in the TV series, Roadies with Machine Gun Kelly. The show is about a road crew that helps with a rock band's major multi-city tour. In 2017, Halsey voiced the character Cindy in American Dad. In 2018, Halsey voiced Wonder Woman in Teen Titans GO! To the Movies. In the same year, Halsey briefly appeared as an awards presenter in A Star is Born. In 2020, Halsey voiced herself in the animation Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?. In 2021, though her own production, Halsey portrayed Queen Lila and Lilith in If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, a film to promote and stand alongside her fourth studio album of the same name. In the same year, Halsey voiced Porsha Crystal in Sing 2. In 2023, Halsey starred in Americana, a film about the lives of local outsiders and outcasts who violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town. Halsey portrays Mandy Starr. In 2024, Halsey had a brief role as Tabby Martin in the third instalment of Ti West's X film series MaXXXine, following X and Pearl. The film follows the main character Maxine Minx, in 1980s Hollywood, Maxine is an adult film star and aspiring actress finally getting her big break. However, as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Los Angeles, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.

I Would Leave Me If I Could and about-face

On June 25, 2020 Halsey announced her first book titled I Would Leave Me If I Could. The collection of poetry was released on November 10, 2020. On November 10, 2020 Halsey's first book, I Would Leave Me If I Could, was published. A poem that was highlighted from the book was called "The Lighthouse", as it made headlines, due to media and some fans assuming it discussed their previous relationship with G-Eazy. He later denied that it could be about him. On Amazon, the book received a rating of 4.8 with over 8,000 reviews, while on Waterstones it received 4.5, Business Insider wrote an article detailing 12 different poems that would later fit into songs.

On January 4, 2021 Halsey launched their own make-up and cosmetics brand called about-face which strives to create multi-dimensional make-up for everyone. She is the founder, CEO and head make-up artist of the brand. Since launching, about-face has created eye liner, eye paint, lip liner, lip gloss, foundation, blush, and eye gloss. about-face partnered with Wildflower Cases, owned by Devon Lee and Sydney Carson. Halsey stated "Partnering with friends who share the same ethos and passions is quite a dream of mine. I’m so excited to launch this about-face x Wildflower phone case with Sydney + Devon. We had so much fun making the case, and wanted to share the free-spirited creativity we all know and love through this collab." about-face also partnered with Live Nation to bring their makeup to festivals and shows. The about-face beauty products have also won on Allure's Best of Beauty list in 2021, 2022, and 2023

Musical influences

Halsey stated that growing up she listened to a big variety of music:

"It’s because I come from a mixed race family—my dad’s black and my mom’s white—so growing up my dad was listening to a ton of old school rap and my mom was listening to a ton of ’90s grunge"

—Halsey

One of her biggest musical influences is American rock band Nirvana. She also mentioned The Cure, Alanis Morissette as big influences while her father listened to The Notorious B.I.G., Slick Rick, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and 2Pac. She Moreover, Halsey called Panic! at the Disco the "band that changed her fucking life" and says that Lady Gaga gave her the "courage to be [her]self" Halsey mentioned a Long Island rock band, Brand New, as both an influence and a favorite of hers. Halsey also accredits Taylor Swift as "a huge reason why [she] always insisted to write [her] own music. Their other influences include Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Marilyn Manson, Beck, Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, The Weeknd, Alex Turner, Bright Eyes, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood and Shania Twain.

Personal life

Health

Instagram story on endometriosis surgery (March 2024)

In 2016, Halsey detailed that she had a miscarriage in 2015, hours before she went onstage for a Vevo LIFT performance. Halsey said that she couldn't cancel the show because it was 3 million impressions, so they put on an adult diaper and performed, citing it as "...the angriest performance that I've ever done in my life." Halsey has bipolar disorder. They were diagnosed with this mental disorder at the age of seventeen, stating that their mother also has it. When Halsey was seventeen she attempted to commit suicide, this led to her diagnosis and a seventeen-day admission to a psychiatric hospital. It was not long after their suicide attempt that Halsey began having success in the music industry. They have stated that singing and performing has helped their manage the symptoms they experience from having bipolar disorder. Despite the struggles Halsey has faced as a result of this mood disorder, they have said that they embraces being bipolar because it makes her "really empathetic". Halsey was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2016 and went public with it on their Twitter account, "Finding out that I had endo was the most bittersweet moment because it meant I wasn't crazy! I wasn't a 'baby!' I had every right to be feeling like the world was caving in. But it was terrifying to find out.". Halsey accredits the miscarriage she experienced in 2015 to her endometriosis, originally stating in 2016 that it was due to her hectic touring schedule. Halsey chronicled their struggles with endometriosis on the talk show The Doctors in April 2018, where she revealed she was going to freeze her eggs. In 2018, Halsey spoke out about her endometriosis once again along with the pain it causes, at the Blossom Ball which is run by the Endometriosis Foundation of America. she stated that, "Sometimes I'm bloated, I'm on an I.V., I'm sick, I'm on medicine, and I'm backstage, terrified that I'm going to bleed through my clothes in the middle of my show." They stated that they wanted to speak out because the media portrays her in perfect physical health when that is not correct. Halsey stated that in the previous year, 2017, she had a surgery to lessen the pain.

In another interview with Rolling Stone, in May 2019, published in June 2019, Halsey stated “I feel like for a normal female performer, she’s like, ‘Fuck, I have my period. I have a show today.’ And for me, it’s like, ‘Fuck, I have my period. I hope I don’t have to go to the hospital.’ ”. In 2019, they got news from their doctor that she no longer had to freeze her eggs, “I was like, "Wait, what did you just say? Did you just say I can have kids?" It was like the reverse of finding out you have a terminal illness. I called my mom, crying.” Halsey stated that she and her assistant Maria joked about a pregnancy pact. On August 14, 2019, Halsey revealed on Twitter that she had quit smoking cigarettes after a decade. On November 18, 2019, Halsey revealed they are gluten intolerant after growing speculation that they were pregnant due to being seen out with their partner's hand on their stomach. November 10, 2020, Halsey released her first book of poetry, I Would Leave Me If I Could., she openly discussed her struggles with sexual assault, mental illness, body image, gender dysmorphia, gender identity. On November 21st, 2020, Halsey found out they were pregnant, and announced their pregnancy in late January 2021. The same month, Halsey broke their metatarsal bones, they posted on their TikTok account how they broke them, followed by a photo of her going to get it treated and wearing a black walking boot. On July 14, 2021, Halsey gave birth to their son, Ender Ridley Aydin, whom they share with their partner, Alev Aydin. The next year, in May 2022, Halsey revealed that their medical issues became severely worse after they got pregnant and subsequently gave birth to their son. Halsey was diagnosed with Ehlers-Dahlos syndrome (EDS), Sjogren's syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). To debunk the claims circling around Twitter that the COVID-19 vaccine caused it, they tweeted-and-deleted that almost everything they were diagnosed with had been there before and had only become more surface level/active because they got pregnant and gave birth. They had just never received any diagnosis. On June 4, 2024, Halsey revealed that she has been dealing with a diagnosis of lupus and a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. On June 7, 2024, Halsey filmed a podcast discussing her health with one of her doctors, the podcast aired August 6. Due to announcing their Lupus and T-cell diagnoses, Halsey talked about dealing with numerous health issues throughout the past 10 years with their doctor, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, and Mary Alice Haney.

Relationships and sexuality

For more details on romantic relationships, see the category Relationships

Halsey with their family, Dante (left), Nicole (bottom), Sevian (right)

Within Halsey's familiar relationships there is their mother, Nicole Frangipane father, Christopher Frangipane, their brothers, Sévian and Dante Frangipane, and their son, Ender Ridley Aydin. Halsey stated in a Call Her Daddy podcast that she had a traumatic childhood growing up and has a complicated relationship with her father but is best friends with her mother. They stated that they had written a song about their father and their relationship for every single album, but before release had been too scared to release it, but due to believing the fifth album would be her last before dying from her illness, made the decision to include it as the fifteenth track. Halsey previously had a dog called Jagger, who passed away in 2021, his death is referenced in "Dog Years". Halsey is openly bisexual. Halsey has dated people of different genders and sexualities. Since 2014, Halsey has confirmed to have dated Lido, Matty Healy, G-Eazy, YUNGBLUD, Evan Peters, and Alev Aydin. Halsey's relationship with G-Eazy was their most publicised romantic relationship, Halsey stated that within the relationship she experienced abuse and cheating. Both artists made songs toward each other after. Halsey became involved with Machine Gun Kelly and G-Eazy's feud, and responded on Twitter towards a situation of a person tauntingly-screaming his name at a show after their break-up. In a Billboard article in 2017, Halsey revealed that she had kissed a girl at a sleep-away camp, where they both worked as counselors. During a music video for a collaboration ("Eastside") with Benny Blanco, it was revealed that the girl was named Lily. Speaking on her bisexuality, In 2017, Halsey was critiqued for being bisexual while publicly dating only men, she responded that it is not possible to please people as a bisexual person, "The only way to be a #True bisexual is to date 2 people at once." In March 2023, during their radio show For The Record, Halsey was questioned about marriage and had said that they may change their feelings on marriage later but they don't want to get married. As of June 2023, Halsey is currently in a relationship with Canadian actor Avan Jogia. In September 2024, Halsey announced that she and Jogia were engaged. In the Call Her Daddy podcast interview, she stated that meeting Avan changed her mind on marriage. In an interview with Advocate in January 2020, Halsey discussed their gender identity and said "I don’t identify as non-binary or gender-fluid. I don’t personally feel like I’m at the point in my life where I’m prepared to identify that way. Will that change? Possibly. I don’t know. But I’ve never felt any reason to change the way that I refer to my gender identity. My gender identity has always been super, super fluid. And I didn’t live in a place that was very forgiving of that. In an Instagram post on February 19, 2021 she talked about how their pregnancy leveled their "perception of gender entirely." On March 13, 2021 Halsey updated their social media biography and announced that their pronouns are she/they. She thanked her fans with an Instagram post the same day, saying “thank u.”

Activism

She is and has been an activist in the past, giving speeches about women's rights and feminism. During the 2016 United States presidential election, Halsey was an avid supporter of Bernie Sanders and urged her fans to vote for him. At the 2018 Women's March Halsey performed a five-minute poem titled "A Story Like Mine", in which they told personal stories of sexual assault and violence throughout their life. She talked about her Endometrisis at the Endometrisis Foundation of America on March 19, 2018. She then made another speech, reading out her poetry at Glamour for Women of the Year Summit on November 11, 2018. Halsey further endorsed Sanders in the 2020 presidential election. After the brutal murder of George Floyd, which sparked the Black Lives Matter movement, Halsey attended several protests for racial justice alongside ex-boyfriend YUNGBLUD. To further cement her support for the movement Halsey launched the Black Creators Funding Initiative on June 12, 2020. The fund helps black creators through donations and by amplifying their art, voices and perspectives, it also provide financial support, resources, and a platform to black creators.

Official Account

• Halsey on Twitter
• Halsey on Instagram
• Halsey on Facebook
• Halsey's Website
• Halsey on Tumblr
• Halsey on TikTok
• Halsey on YouTube

Discography

Main article: Halsey/Discography

Studio albums

• Badlands (2015)
• Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (2017)
• Manic (2020)
• If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021)
• The Great Impersonator (2024)

Extended plays

• Room 93 (2014)

Tattoos

Halsey/Tattoos

Trivia

Halsey/Trivia

Gallery

Halsey/Gallery