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Halsey Wrote Britney Spears a Letter Before Using ‘Lucky’ in New Album

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Halsey requested for permission the old style approach when sampling Britney Spears‘ “Fortunate” for her new album: She wrote the ’90s pop star a letter.

“She was so supportive out the gate,” Halsey says in The Hollywood Reporter‘s unique preview of the most recent episode of the Sauce on the Aspect with Gandhi podcast, out Wednesday. Halsey provides that Spears’ help “shocked” her as a result of “I believed it was gonna take some convincing as a result of I didn’t assume she knew who I used to be.”

Halsey’s new track, “Fortunate,” is the second lead single from her forthcoming album, The Nice Impersonator. It samples Britney’s 2000 track of the identical title.

“I didn’t simply attain out to her chilly, as a result of, what do you do? You don’t simply attain out to Britney Spears,” Halsey continues. “I wrote this actually lengthy letter… simply speaking about her and the way a lot I really like her within the track. And , what I’d been going by means of and what it meant to me. And I’d additionally simply grow to be a single mother, ? So I actually associated to her in that approach as nicely.”

The singer tells Gandhi that she didn’t assume Spears would ever learn the letter, however she did. “I bear in mind getting the decision that was like, ‘You should utilize the track. She loves it.’ And I used to be identical to, is that this occurring proper now? Like, that is loopy. I used to be identical to, shocked. Yeah. It was a very full circle second from 6-year-old me.”

Halsey has spoken about Spears’ affect on her as an artist, saying not too long ago she “was the primary pop star I fell in love with.”

Elsewhere within the podcast, Halsey additionally spoke about her expertise writing The Nice Impersonator whereas battling a number of sicknesses — in current months, the singer has shared particulars of her expertise with lupus, T-cell lymphoproliferative dysfunction, POTS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Sjogren’s syndrome and extra.

“I acquired the sort of sick the place you possibly can’t actually go away your own home,” Halsey says. “Your physique begins to look totally different. You lose your hair prefer it was actually only a fully transformative expertise.”

Because of this, the singer provides, she wrote the album in an area between life and loss of life. “I used to be in that in-between area, ready for solutions from medical doctors for months of like, , not solely may I be not ready the place I get to be a musician anymore, however I don’t even know now if I’m going to get to be anymore. And that was terrifying.”

The singer provides that being a mother made the state of affairs much more tough. “Form of like the best factor on the planet ever occurred to me [becoming a mom]. After which impulsively, a very scary factor occurred to me,” she says. “After which I knew that I needed to begin writing as a result of I knew that that was going to assist me course of what was occurring.”

The Nice Impersonator releases Oct. 25.

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Halsey Says Acting Helped Disconnect From Stage Name, Talks Britney Spears

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Halsey says her latest pivot to performing helped her disconnect from the stage id she inhabits as a singer.

Although her actual title is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, the singer releases music and performs underneath the stage title Halsey. In an interview with Paper, she spoke about her expertise stepping away from the id for her two latest onscreen roles, 2023’s Americana and 2024’s Maxxxine.

“I all the time evaluate Halsey to Gray’s Anatomy, the place all people who did Gray’s Anatomy, I’m certain they cherished it, however after 25 seasons, they’re like, I can’t play Meredith anymore,” the singer mentioned. “That’s type of how I felt about Halsey, which introduced up a fair better existential query: ‘Why do I really feel like I’m taking part in Halsey?’ It’s meant to be only a stage title, not essentially a persona, and I spotted at that time it has type of grown right into a persona, which I by no means actually meant for it to.”

In each movies, the singer is credited as Halsey, moderately than Frangipane, however she performs characters separate from herself.

“Appearing gave me an opportunity to step out of [my singer persona], but in addition it gave me an opportunity to be part of another person’s imaginative and prescient,” Halsey continued. “A lot of what I make, the impetus is on me on a regular basis to be in charge of every thing. It was good exhibiting as much as another person’s set, and my solely job is to serve you in the easiest way that I can and you’ve got the tougher job.”

She additionally mentioned it was enjoyable to study a brand new creative course of. “It was good to be new at one thing, be part of a group and collaborate,” she added. “Being a solo artist is a extremely lonely enterprise. I don’t assume folks notice how lonely it’s. I would definitely take it over being in a band, as a result of I feel I’d be a tyrant.”

Elsewhere within the profile, Halsey additionally spoke about interpolating Britney Spears’ “Fortunate” for her personal new tune of the identical title.

“Clearly I’ll by no means know what it’s like to achieve the magnitude and the monolith of fame and publicity and lack of autonomy that [Britney] skilled in her profession. I’ll by no means know that, however in a approach, there are some parallels,” Halsey mentioned of her connection to the long-lasting singer. “She was the primary pop star I fell in love with and I knew every thing about her, and I used to be in love along with her and I worshiped her. I used to be jealous of her. I believed she had the proper life, as did most of us on the time, and I’ve all the time, by means of each stage of her profession, actually rooted for her.”

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Halsey Responds to Hate From Fans Amid Release of Single ‘Lucky’

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Following Halsey‘s return to music along with her new single “Fortunate,” the singer stated she now “regrets coming again” amid criticism from some followers.

The “With out Me” artist, who’s been battling well being points in recent times, took to Tumblr this week to open up about how they’ve been feeling.

“My very own followers are arms down meaner to me than some other folks on the planet,” Halsey wrote in a prolonged put up. “Not talking for all of you, in fact. Nevertheless it was only a minority that had been terrible to me and now it looks like a majority have solely caught round to chime in sometimes with their opinion of how a lot they hate me or how terrible I’m. it’s onerous to wish to have interaction in an area that’s fully devoid of any kindness, sympathy, endurance; or to be sincere human decency. Particularly after years of hiding from the interactions for worry that this EXACT factor would occur. I don’t know man. I nearly misplaced my life. I’m not gonna do something that doesn’t make me completely satisfied anymore. I can’t spiritually afford it.”

The “Unhealthy At Love” singer continued, “Once I bought sick all I may take into consideration was getting higher so I may come again and be part of THIS once more, however I don’t even know what *this* is anymore and I wish to crawl in a gap and I remorse coming again.”

It wasn’t instantly clear which criticisms she was instantly addressing.

“Fortunate,” launched July 26, interpolates Britney Spears’ 2000 hit music of the identical title. “Halsey beforehand responded to a fan who requested her if she had bought Spears concerned along with her new single. “Sure in fact! I wouldn’t even dream of doing it with out her blessing!” they wrote on the time.

The corresponding music video, directed by Gia Coppola, additionally references the darker aspect of fame as a pop star and attracts inspiration from Spears’ authentic music video.

The observe is anticipated to be included on Halsey’s upcoming, fifth studio album, which comes after the singer revealed their personal battle with critical well being points. “In 2022, I used to be first recognized with Lupus SLE after which a uncommon T-cell lymphoproliferative dysfunction,” Halsey shared in June. “Each of that are at the moment being managed or in remission; and each of which I’ll probably have at some point of my life. After a rocky begin, I slowly bought all the things underneath management with the assistance of fantastic medical doctors.”