Halsey says her current pivot to performing helped her disconnect from the stage identification she inhabits as a singer.
Although her actual title is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, the singer releases music and performs below the stage title Halsey. In an interview with Paper, she spoke about her expertise stepping away from the identification for her two current onscreen roles, 2023’s Americana and 2024’s Maxxxine.
“I at all times evaluate Halsey to Gray’s Anatomy, the place everyone who did Gray’s Anatomy, I’m positive they cherished it, however after 25 seasons, they’re like, I can’t play Meredith anymore,” the singer mentioned. “That’s sort of how I felt about Halsey, which introduced up a good larger existential query: ‘Why do I really feel like I’m enjoying Halsey?’ It’s meant to be only a stage title, not essentially a persona, and I noticed at that time it has sort 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, reasonably 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 accountable for all the pieces. It was good exhibiting as much as another person’s set, and my solely job is to serve you in one of the best ways 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 neighborhood 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 track 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 manner, 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 all the pieces about her, and I used to be in love together with her and I worshiped her. I used to be jealous of her. I assumed she had the right life, as did most of us on the time, and I’ve at all times, by means of each stage of her profession, actually rooted for her.”
