"Hurricane" is a song performed by Halsey. It is the first and only promotional single off of her debut EP Room 93 and was released on October 11, 2014 through Astralwerks Records. It is also featured as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of her debut album Badlands.
A live version of the song is featured on Badlands (Live From Webster Hall), which was released on August 28, 2020.
Background[]
In Halsey's commentary for the Room 93 EP, Halsey explained the meaning of the song:
- "Hurricane, mmm…is like the trippy song, I love this song. When I play this live, I like close my eyes and zone out super hard and kinda like for get that I’m on stage cause it’s so dreamy. It’s about a girl that kinda like falls for this guy who is gonna make things hard on her and is gonna take advantage of her, but she kinda ends up turning it around in the end and she says: 'I’m a wanderess/I’m a one night stand/Don’t belong to no city/Don’t belong to no man.' So it’s kinda like her response to him, saying like you know, you can think you got me all you want, but I don’t belong to anyone but me. And umm you know I talk about Brooklyn, Brooklyn’s my place. That’s where Halsey comes from, Hurricane is a very special song to me and I love it."
- —Halsey via Spotify[1]
Official versions[]
- EP/Album version - 3:43
- Arty remix - 3:44
- 1 Mic 1 Take - 3:45
- Live From Webster Hall - 4:23
Cross-references[]
- The song was inspired by the book The Wanderess by Roman Payne.[2]
- The credits of Halsey's debut album Badlands end with the words "The boy who lives behind bricks, HFK" which is both a reference to the "Hurricane" lyric: "Where a boy lives behind bricks" and her sophomore album.[3]
- The song is referenced in "Gasoline": "Do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me?" Moreover, the song is also interpolated while Halsey sings the lyric.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
There's a place way down in Bed Stuy
Where a boy lives behind bricks
He's got an eye for girls of eighteen
And he turns them out like tricks
I went down to a place in Bed Stuy
A little liquor on my lips
I let him climb inside my body
And held him captive in my kiss
[Pre-Chorus]
And there's a storm you're starting now
And there's a storm you're starting now
And there's a storm you're starting
[Chorus]
I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand
Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man
I'm the violence in the pouring rain
I'm a hurricane
Ha ah ah, ha ah ah, ahh
I'm a hurricane
Ha ah ah, ha ah ah, ahh
I'm a hurricane
[Verse 2]
I went down to a place in Brooklyn
Where ya tripped on LSD
And I found myself reminded
To keep you far away from me
[Pre-Chorus]
And there's a storm you're starting now
And there's a storm you're starting now
And there's a storm you're starting
[Chorus]
I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand
Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man
I'm the violence in the pouring rain
I'm a hurricane
Ha ah ah, ha ah ah, ahh
I'm a hurricane
Ha ah ah, ha ah ah, ahh
I'm a hurricane
[Bridge]
He says, "Oh, baby, beggin' you to save me
Though lately, I like 'em crazy
Oh, maybe, you could devastate me
Little lady, come and fade me"
[Chorus]
I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand
Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man
I'm the violence in the pouring rain
Come and fade me
Come and fade me
I'm a hurricane
Music video[]
A music video for the song was released on October 16, 2014 and was directed by Alex De Bonrepos.
Trivia[]
- This is Halsey's only music video to not feature the singer herself.
References[]
| Badlands | ||
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2015 • Astralwerks Records | ||
| Songs | ||
| Standard | 1 Castle • 2 Hold Me Down • 3 New Americana • 4 Drive • 5 Roman Holiday • 6 Colors • 7 Coming Down • 8 Haunting • 9 Control • 10 Young God • 11 Ghost | |
| Deluxe | Hurricane • Colors Pt. II • Strange Love • Gasoline • I Walk the Line • Is There Somewhere • Empty Gold • Trouble • You(th) | |
| Cut | Garden • Great Big Feeling • Honesty • Wolf | |
| Artist(s) | ||
| Halsey | ||
| Tour | ||
| Badlands Tour | ||
External Links[]
- Chords of this Song at tabfan.com