They didn’t simply f–okay issues up, when you seen, for the “Lilith (Diablo IV Anthem).” In reality, Halsey sounds fairly glad about her collaboration with BTS‘ Suga to advertise the newest installment of the Blizzard Leisure recreation.
“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,” the Grammy nominee tells Billboard of their new tackle the track — which dropped June 5 — off her critically acclaimed 2021 album If I Can’t Have Love, I Need Energy. “Collectively, we have 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 an entire new perspective to the track. Plus, it was simply actually actually cool to do one thing so badass with my pal.”
The remodeling of “Lilith” — which Halsey calls “an thrilling problem” to seize the “essence” of the sport’s character of the identical title — consists of not solely “precise sounds from gameplay all through,” however a brand new verse by the BTS rapper. Halfway via the track, Suga rhymes, “Step out of the second that’s been trapping you in/ All this negativity of hatred and madness/ Don’t dwell on the previous/ It’s time to make a change/ Go searching imagine in what you see/ I’ve returned to hell.”
Halsey, who says they have been “past excited” when Blizzard reached out to her to collaborate on the Diablo IV anthem and music video — which arrived alongside the revamped observe — tells Billboard she “needed to seize the sport’s darkish and immersive” tone. The visible for “Lilith (Diablo IV Anthem)” — which additionally options Suga — was filmed on the Chapelle des Jésuites in Cambrai, France, a setting that fantastically captures the gothic really feel of the sport. The musician added to that tone through the use of their line of about-face make-up to create the search for Blessed Mom Lilith, whom she portrays within the music video.
“Each visible facet of this collaboration — together with my outfit and make-up — was fastidiously crafted to be in tune with the character Lilith,” explains Halsey, who appears each bit the fierce warrior in her leather-based outfit and sword. “The online round my eyes simulates a placenta, which is a part of the Lilith lore in its origin, but in addition the net of viscera that descends from in her character intro for the sport.”
And whereas it was Suga whom Halsey collaborated with this time, the star is down for working with any and all members of BTS. “I might by no means say no to working with any of them, ever,” says the artist, who beforehand collaborated with the group on 2019’s “Boy With Luv,” which peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Scorching 100. “They’re all the time so devoted and dedicated, and so they convey singular expertise to every thing they do. We’re all so busy working on a regular basis, it’s all the time one in every of my favourite components of the 12 months when we have now one thing collaborative occurring, as a result of then we really get to hang around!”
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