Halsey stunned followers on Friday (Sept. 15) after they revealed that they’re onerous at work on their fifth album, the primary file below a brand new contract with Columbia Information.
“not pictured: me splitting myself in two on a regular basis in order that I may give you my deepest wounds (and a handful of excellent joys) for the fifth time in 10 years,” the singer wrote alongside an image through which they’re standing in entrance of a portray in an extended black skirt and black crop prime.
At press time Halsey didn’t present any further data on the album’s launch date or monitor record and the accompanying pic submit principally featured what gave the impression to be scenes from the 28-year-old “So Good” star’s personal life.
The snaps included an image of a spider in an online, a bunch of younger males with their skateboards on the roof of a constructing, a dish of pasta, footage from an unnamed live performance, a snap of somebody packaging dried flowers, a couple of selfies, a brief video of Halsey laying on a sofa and laughing whereas watching The Final Airbender animated movie (like the opposite movies, it had no sound) and an image of an elaborate LEGO home.
Halsey signed a brand new recording contract with Columbia Information in June after parting methods with their longtime label dwelling Capitol Information after eight years. They launched their first 4 albums on Capitol, courting to their 2015 debut, Badlands, on its Astralwerks imprint. Capitol additionally launched 2017’s Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, in addition to 2020’s Manic and 2021’s collaboration with 9 Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, If I Can’t Have Love, I Need Energy.
The break with Capitol got here a 12 months after Halsey appeared to name the label out for not releasing their single, “So Good,” till, “they will faux a viral second on TikTok.” In Might, Halsey wrote on Tumblr that they had been “onerous at work” on new music.
Halsey re-worked her If I Can’t Have Love music “Lilith (Diablo IV Anthem)” with BTS‘ Suga as a part of the most recent installment of Blizzard Leisure’s Diablo IV online game in June. On the time, she advised Billboard, “Collaborating with Suga on a mission that revolves round our mutual admiration for darkish mythology has been a longstanding dream of mine. ‘SUGA’s Interlude,’ our earlier collaboration, whereas introspective, is fairly whimsical in tone. Collectively, we had been capable of infuse the anthem with intricate narratives that embody a wider vary of feelings I wouldn’t have been capable of inform with out him. He added a complete new perspective to the music. Plus, it was simply truthfully actually cool to do one thing so badass with my pal.”
Try Halsey’s new album tease beneath.
