Halsey (正确发音/?h??lzi/)，1994年9月29日出生于美国新泽西州华盛顿市，美国创作型歌手。
2014年7月，与Astralwerks唱片签约，并发布首支个人单曲「Ghost」；10月27日，发行首张迷你专辑『Room 93』。2015年8月28日，推出首张录音室专辑『Badlands』。2016年7月29日，发行与烟鬼组合合作的单曲「Closer」，歌曲在美国公告牌百强单曲榜取得了连续12周冠军的成绩；12月9日，获得第11届公告牌年度女性奖“最具突破新人”（明日之星）奖。2017年2月10日，为电影《五十度黑》献唱的插曲「Not Afraid Anymore」发行；2月12日，凭借「Closer」获得第59届格莱美奖“最佳流行组合/合作”提名。
『BADLANDS』是新世纪酷女、美国新晋流行电音女歌手Halsey的首张录音室专辑，于2015年8月28日发行。共收入了16首歌曲。
该专辑于发行首周在美国以9万7千张的唱片销量空降Billboard Hot 200专辑榜第二名，并被认证为金唱片，并在加拿大、英国分别以4万和6万的销量认证为金唱片和银唱片。
其中主打第二单曲「New Americana」打进美国公告牌百强榜Top100位，peak60，成为她首支打进公告牌的歌曲。
2016年9月7日在美国认证为白金专辑。2017年2月12日，Halsey通过Instagram庆祝专辑在美国地区更新认证为双白金专辑。
Listen: 「GASOLINE」 – Halsey
「GASOLINE」
Are you insane like me? Been in pain like me?
Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me?
Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me?
Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me?
Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me?
Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me?
Do the people whisper ’bout you on the train like me?
Saying that you shouldn’t waste your pretty face like me?
And all the people say,
“You can’t wake up, this is not a dream,
You’re part of a machine, you are not a human being,
With your face all made up, living on a screen,
Low on self-esteem, so you run on gasoline.”
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
I think there’s a flaw in my code,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
These voices won’t leave me alone,
Well my heart is gold, and my hands are cold,
Are you deranged like me? Are you strange like me?
Lighting matches just to swallow up the flame like me?
Do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me?
Pointing fingers cause you’ll never take the blame like me?
And all the people say,
“You can’t wake up, this is not a dream,
You’re part of a machine, you are not a human being,
With your face all made up, living on a screen,
Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline.”
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
I think there’s a flaw in my code,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
These voices won’t leave me alone,
Well my heart is gold, and my hands are cold.
Halsey showcases not only her vocal talents on Badlands, but also her talent for clarity of expression. In songs like “Gasoline” and “Control,” Halsey turns the focus to herself once again, singing lyrics that show more honesty with her own self than can be attributed to many songwriters. Halsey, who has been open in the press about dealing with Bipolar Disorder, and who has said multiple times that songwriting is a way to cope with whatever is going on in her life, shows the darkest side of her mind in “Gasoline.” Singing out,
Are you deranged like me? Are you strange like me?
Lighting matches just to swallow up the flame like me?
Do you call yourself a f*cking hurricane like me?
Pointing fingers cause you’ll never take the blame like me?
2017年6月2日发布第二张录音室专辑『hopeless fountain kingdom』。
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