69 Facts About Halsey (singer)

Halsey was on Time annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.

Halsey then parted ways with Capitol in 2023, following a controversy surrounding the release of her non-album single, "So Good" the year prior.

Halsey has two younger brothers named Sevian and Dante.

Halsey played the violin, viola, and cello, before taking up playing the guitar when she was 14 years old.

Halsey grew up listening to Alanis Morissette, Justin Bieber, and Brand New.

Halsey began using drugs soon after, saying her bipolar disorder caused her to become an "unconventional child".

Halsey is kind of like a manifestation of all the exaggerated parts of me, so it's like an alter ego.

Halsey eventually dropped out of community college and was kicked out by her parents, who she said "just didn't agree with a lot of things about [her]".

Halsey became known for a parody of Taylor Swift's song "I Knew You Were Trouble", inspired by Swift's relationship with Harry Styles.

Halsey then wrote a follow-up song about their relationship, which was posted online in early 2013.

Halsey signed with Astralwerks, feeling that they gave her more creative freedom than other labels that contacted her.

Halsey chose Halsey as her permanent stage name because it is an anagram of her first name and is a reference to the Halsey Street station of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, a place where she spent a lot of time as a teenager.

Halsey stated Halsey was the most popular name she used.

Halsey began touring with The Kooks in August 2014 and performed various original songs.

Halsey released her debut extended play, Room 93, on October 27,2014.

Halsey then began work on her debut studio album and performed songs from it at South by Southwest in 2015, where she was the most tweeted-about performer of the night.

Halsey said Badlands is a concept album about a dystopian future society known as "The Badlands", which was a metaphor for her mental state at the time and that each song meant something different to her.

Halsey wrote all of the songs on the album when she was 19, and the album has a number of producers, including then-boyfriend, Norwegian producer Lido.

Halsey was featured on the song "The Feeling" by Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album, Purpose.

In February 2016, Halsey was one of four female performers to partner with MAC cosmetics for their Future Forward line; she released a lipstick named after herself.

On July 29,2016, Halsey was featured as a vocalist on the Chainsmokers' single "Closer", a song she cowrote.

Halsey announced work on her second studio album prior to the release of Badlands, with progress on the record continuing throughout 2016 and 2017.

Halsey collaborated with the band Thirty Seconds to Mars on the song "Love Is Madness", from their 2018 album America.

Halsey was a key advisor on the US version of The Voice in its fifteenth season.

Halsey stated that the song was very personal to her.

On May 17,2019, Halsey issued the single "Nightmare", which debuted and peaked at number fifteen on the US Hot 100.

On September 23,2019, Halsey announced the Manic World Tour, in support of her third studio album.

Halsey released a promotional single, "Clementine", on her birthday, September 29,2019.

In December 2019, Halsey appeared on the Bring Me the Horizon EP Music to Listen To.

On June 25,2020, Halsey announced that her first book of poetry, entitled I Would Leave Me If I Could, was available for preorder.

In January 2022, Halsey wrote and produced a song, titled "So Good".

On June 14,2023, it was announced that Halsey had signed to Columbia Records.

Halsey performed the songs "Ya'aburnee" and "Bells in Santa Fe", from If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power live for the first time.

On June 4,2024, Halsey released "The End", the lead promotional single of her fifth studio album The Great Impersonator, which deals with her health battles.

Halsey performed it at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, embracing more its 1990s aesthetic by creating her ideal "90s garage rock band" alongside Victoria De Angelis on bass, Jazzelle Zanaughtti on synths and Maya Stepansky on drums.

Halsey has said that their musical tastes have been a great influence on her.

Halsey has mentioned the Long Island emo band Brand New as both an influence and a favorite of hers, once changing her biography on Instagram to "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me", a reference to their third album.

Halsey has cited Taylor Swift as a huge reason why she always insists on writing her own music.

Halsey is noted for her distinctive "indie" style of singing, which has garnered controversial feedback.

Halsey writes about relationships with other women in her music as a way of solidifying her bisexuality.

Halsey became most known for her signature dyed blue hair in her early career.

Halsey sparked controversy in 2016 after several fan interactions, some involving the artist kissing underage fans.

In June 2017, Halsey received backlash for collaborating with Quavo, an artist who has made homophobic remarks.

Halsey stated she has never spoken to Quavo, and continued to say that she would not put "a lot of people" in her songs.

Halsey criticized Iggy Azalea for her "complete disregard for black culture".

Halsey criticized Demi Lovato for, in Halsey's view, treating bisexuality as taboo in the song "Cool for the Summer".

Halsey has described herself as an "in-between role model" and an "inconvenient woman", due to her music and style.

Halsey stated in 2017 that although she passes as white, she is a black woman and proud of her heritage.

Halsey was included on Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and appeared on the cover of magazines such as Billboard, Paper, and Playboy.

Halsey has appeared in advertisements for Jeep, Beats Electronics, and ModCloth.

Halsey has been called the "voice of her generation".

Much of her music is labeled as pop, however Halsey has long identified as an alternative artist.

Halsey feels that she can do pop collaborations without being considered a pop artist, similar to Kendrick Lamar.

Halsey said she is only classified as pop because she is a woman.

Halsey delivered a speech to more than 200,000 protesters at the 2018 Women's March.

Halsey met him at a concert by his band The 1975, of whom she said she was a huge fan.

Halsey has said that he was influential when she first started writing music.

Halsey later confirmed that her 2018 song "Without Me" is partially about this relationship.

Halsey dated English musician Yungblud from November 2018 to September 2019, and actor Evan Peters, who is from St Louis, from October 2019 to March 2020.

The couple amicably separated at an unknown date; in April 2023, Halsey filed for primary physical custody of their year and a half old son so she could take him on tour with her, as well as requesting joint legal custody and joint expenses with Aydin.

Since the beginning of her career, Halsey has been open about her health issues.

Halsey was diagnosed with the mental disorder at age 17, and said that her mother has it.

Halsey said that singing and performing helped her manage the symptoms she experiences.

On December 11,2021, Halsey informed fans via Twitter that she was diagnosed with ADHD in high school, and that she assumed she just grew out of it; however, she is medicated for it as a result of seeking mental health treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Halsey was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2016, and went public with it on Twitter.

Halsey chronicled her struggles with endometriosis on the talk show The Doctors in April 2018, where she revealed she was going to freeze her eggs.

Also in 2018, Halsey spoke openly about her endometriosis and the pain it causes at the Blossom Ball, which is run by the Endometriosis Foundation of America.

Halsey has not disclosed what type of surgery she had.

On June 5,2024, Halsey disclosed her diagnoses of lupus and T cell disorder.