Halsey has made a behavior of deftly bouncing between genres currently and their newest tune isn’t any exception. The singer dropped the roiling, rocking single “Lonely Is the Muse” on Thursday (Aug. 15), a pointed, lacerating broadside towards those that’ve tried to place them in a field and revenue from exploiting her physique and soul.
“I all the time knew I used to be a martyr and that Jesus was one too/ However I used to be constructed from particular items that I discovered methods to unscrew/ And I can all the time reassemble to suit completely for you/ Or anyone that decides that I’m of use,” they sing on the ominous refrain of the tune co-written with Stuart Worth (Madonna, Dua Lipa) and produced by Austin Corona, Wyatt Bernard and Brandon Buttner.
The tune additionally seems to take intention at those that would belittle and gaslight the singer, as within the first verse, which posits a situation of years spent “changing into cool,” solely to have somebody “make a decade of my efforts disappear” within the snap of a finger. The second verse takes equally arduous intention at those that would cut back their success and artistry to the sum of their physique components, whereas casually noting that others have banked successes off of Halsey’s artistry. “So, whеre do I’m going within the course of whеn I’m simply an equipment?/ I’ve impressed platinum information, I’ve earned platinum airline standing,” Halsey howls over turbulent guitars and funereal drums. “And I’ve mined a pair diamonds from the tales in my head/ However I’m lowered to only a physique right here in another person’s mattress,” they proceed.
After dropping the poppy Britney Spears-interpolating “Fortunate” final month, the third single from the singer’s upcoming fifth album is a return to the grinding, industrial-inspired sound of their collaboration with 9 Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on 2021’s If I Can’t Have Love, I Need Energy. Halsey launched the primary single, the confessional acoustic “The Finish,” which hinted at struggles with among the severe medical points she’s battled over the previous few years.
Based on a launch, Halsey previewed the tune throughout their headlining set at Budapest’s Sziget Pageant and Helsinki’s Circulate Pageant final week, in addition to at a secret membership present at Koko in London on Wednesday night time (Aug. 14). At press time a launch date for the singer’s upcoming album — their first underneath a brand new contract with Columbia Information after parting methods with longtime label Capitol –has not but been introduced.
Hearken to “Lonely Is the Muse” under.
