In 2016, Halsey co-performed withthe Chainsmokers on their single "Closer", which topped the charts in the US and ten countries, also receiving 14× platinum certification by the RIAA. Her second studio album,Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (2017) embodied a more "radio-friendly" sound and debuted atop theBillboard 200, while its singles "Now or Never" and "Bad at Love", both entered the top 20 of theBillboard Hot 100—the latter peaked within the top five. Her 2018 single, "Eastside" (withBenny Blanco andKhalid), found continued success and peaked within the top ten. Later that year, she was moved toCapitol Records.
Halsey's third studio album,Manic (2020), became her best selling album worldwide. Its lead single, "Without Me" topped theBillboard Hot 100, receiveddiamond certification by the RIAA, and yielded her furthest commercial success as a lead artist. Her fourth album,If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021), moved away from her previous sound in favor of a darkerindustrial sound to generally positive reception. She then parted ways with Capitol in 2023, following a controversy surrounding the release of her non-album single, "So Good" the year prior.[5] After signing withColumbia Records, Halsey's fifth studio albumThe Great Impersonator followed in 2024. By 2020,Billboard reported that her albums had sold over one million combined units, and received over six billion streams in the United States.[6][7] Aside from music, she has been involved insuicide prevention awareness,sexual assault victim advocacy, andracial justice protests.[8]
Early life
Ashley Nicolette Frangipane was born inEdison, New Jersey, on September 29, 1994,[9] the daughter of Nicole and Chris Frangipane. Her parents dropped out of college after her mother discovered that she was pregnant with her.[10] Halsey's mother works as anemergency medical technician (EMT),[11] while her father manages a car dealership.[12][13] Her mother is of Italian and Hungarian descent, whereas her father is African American with some small Irish ancestry. She has two younger brothers named Sevian and Dante.[10] She played the violin, viola, and cello, before taking up playing the guitar when she was 14 years old.[14] She grew up listening toAlanis Morissette,Justin Bieber, andBrand New.[15][16] Throughout her childhood, her family moved frequently, as her parents worked many jobs. By the time she became a teenager, she had enrolled in six schools.[17] She was raisedCatholic.[18]
Frangipane was bullied at school,[13][19][20] and a suicide attempt at the age of 17 led to her being hospitalized for nearly three weeks. Following this, she was diagnosed withbipolar disorder, with which her mother was also diagnosed.[21][22] Halsey began using drugs soon after, saying her bipolar disorder caused her to become an "unconventional child".[17] At age 17, she became romantically involved with a man who was 24 and resided nearHalsey Street station inBrooklyn, from which she took herstage name. She said, "That's where I first start[ed] writing music and where I started to feel like I was a part of something bigger than my town in middle of nowhere New Jersey. Halsey is kind of like a manifestation of all the exaggerated parts of me, so it's like an alter ego."[23] In 2012, she graduated fromWarren Hills Regional High School inWashington, New Jersey.[24]
After graduating, Frangipane enrolled in theRhode Island School of Design, but she withdrew due to financial hardship and instead attended community college.[10] She 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]". Soon after, she lived in a basement inLower Manhattan with a group of "degenerate stoners" she knew through her then-boyfriend.[25] When she was not living there, she occasionally lived in one of New York's many homeless shelters, and she considered prostitution as a way to make money.[26][27] When describing this period of her life, she has said, "I remember one time I had $9 in my bank account, and bought a four-pack ofRed Bull and used it to stay up overnight over the course of two or three days, because it was less dangerous to not sleep than it was to sleep somewhere random and maybe get raped or kidnapped." She would occasionally stay with her maternal grandmother during this time.[10]
Frangipane started writing music when she was 17, and in 2012, she began posting videos to social media sites such asYouTube andKik, and in particularTumblr, under the usernamese7enteenblack.[28] She became known for a parody ofTaylor Swift's song "I Knew You Were Trouble", inspired by Swift's relationship withHarry Styles. She then wrote a follow-up song about their relationship, which was posted online in early 2013.[29][30] In early 2014, Frangipane went to a party and met a "music guy" who asked her to collaborate on a song with him because he liked her voice. The result, a song about her ex-boyfriend, titled "Ghost", was posted by Frangipane onSoundCloud several weeks after it was recorded. Within hours, the song gained online popularity and she was subsequently contacted by several record labels, with the song eventually charting and going on radio. She signed withAstralwerks, feeling that they gave her more creative freedom than other labels that contacted her.[10]
Following this, Frangipane played numerous acoustic shows in different cities under severalstage names.[31] She chose Halsey as her permanent stage name because it is ananagram of her first name and is also a reference to theHalsey Street station of theNew York City Subway inBrooklyn,[32] a place where she spent a lot of time as a teenager.[33] She also stated Halsey was the most popular name she used.[34] Having written poems for years, Halsey began writing more serious songs as a way to promote them. Music became her "confessional approach" and a form of therapy after the difficult life she had endured.[10] Halsey began touring withThe Kooks in August 2014 and performed various original songs.[35] She released her debut extended play,Room 93, on October 27, 2014.[36] The EP charted in the lower regions of the USBillboard 200 and at number three on theTop Heatseekers chart.[37]
Halsey then began work on her debut studio album and performed songs from it atSouth by Southwest in 2015, where she was the most tweeted-about performer of the night.[38] She embarked on a co-headlining tour withYoung Rising Sons in March, and in June, she became the opening act forImagine Dragons during the North American leg of theirSmoke + Mirrors Tour (2015).[39]
Halsey's debutstudio album,Badlands, was released on August 28, 2015. She saidBadlands is aconcept album about adystopian 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.[40][41] She wrote all of the songs on the album when she was 19, and the album has a number of producers, including then-boyfriend,Norwegian producerLido.[42] The album was described by Halsey as not having a "proper radio hit".[26] It received positive reviews from music critics,[43][44] with Joe Levy ofRolling Stone citing Halsey as a "new Tumblr popstar with a knack for sticky imagery".[45]Badlands debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the US, selling 115,000 copies in its first week, of which 97,000 were pure album sales.[46] The album found success in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, where the album debuted in the top three.[47][48][49] It was further promoted by Halsey'sBadlands Tour (2015–16), and her spot as the opening act for select dates ofThe Weeknd'sThe Madness Fall Tour (2015).[50]
Badlands was certified two-times Platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for U.S. sales of 2,000,000 units.[51] Four singles were released from the album: "Ghost", "New Americana", "Colors", and "Castle", all of which were certified Platinum in the US.[52] The latter three singles achieved minor commercial success: "New Americana" reached number 60 on the USBillboard Hot 100,[53] "Castle" was rerecorded for the soundtrack of the 2016 filmThe Huntsman: Winter's War.[54] "Gasoline" was not released as a single and was only included on the deluxe version ofBadlands, but became one of the album's most popular tracks and was certified Platinum in the US.[52]
Halsey was featured on the song "The Feeling" byJustin Bieber for his fourth studio album,Purpose (2015).[55][56] The song was not officially released as asingle, though it entered the top forty of theBillboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold in the US and Silver in the United Kingdom.[57] In February 2016, Halsey was one of four female performers to partner withMAC cosmetics for their Future Forward line; she released a lipstick named after herself.[58] The senior vice president and group creative director of the company, James Gager, said, "It feels like a great thing to be able to support artists who are breaking through but aren't necessarily at the top top, to push them forward."[59] In May 2016, Halsey released the song "Tokyo Narita (Freestyle)", produced by Lido.[60][61] The song was a standalone track that served as apromotional single for both her and Lido.[61] In July 2016, she collaborated with 26 other artists for thecharity single "Hands", which was a tribute for the victims of thePulse nightclub shooting.[62][63]
On July 29, 2016, Halsey was featured as a vocalist onthe Chainsmokers' single "Closer", a song she also cowrote.[64][65] The track achieved major commercial success: it topped theBillboard Hot 100 for 12 consecutive weeks, topped the charts of 12 other countries, sold more than 15 million units worldwide, and is one of themost streamed songs on Spotify.[66] The officiallyric video for "Closer" was released onYouTube on July 29, 2016, and has since garnered over two billion views.[67]Billboard magazine noted Halsey's solo verse as a favorable part of the song, and the song earned her aGrammy Award nomination forBest Pop Duo/Group Performance.[68][69]
Halsey announced work on her second studio album prior to the release ofBadlands, with progress on the record continuing throughout 2016 and 2017.[70] In January 2017, she released the single "Not Afraid Anymore"; it appears on thesoundtrack of the filmFifty Shades Darker (2017).[71] "Now or Never" was released on April 4 as the lead single from her second studio album.[72] The song debuted at number 52 on the USBillboard Hot 100 and later peaked at number 17. It was certified 2× Platinum by theRIAA.[73] "Now or Never" also reached the top 20 of Australia and Malaysia, and sold 500,000 units outside of the US.[74][75] Two promotional singles were also made available prior to the release of the album: "Eyes Closed" and "Strangers"'.[76]
The record,Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, finally came out on June 2.[77] It consisted of more "radio friendly" songs in comparison to her previous work, which she attributed to her desire to prove she was "more than capable" of creating "radio-ready" music.[78] Much like her debut,Hopeless Fountain Kingdom is a concept album that revolves around a pair of lovers in a tale based onRomeo and Juliet; the project was inspired by her breakup with Lido.[79] The album also focuses on Halsey's bisexuality and on bisexual characters.[80][81][82]Hopeless Fountain Kingdom debuted atop theBillboard 200 and theCanadian Albums Chart. First-week sales in the US were of 106,000 units, with 76,000 being pure album sales. Similar to her debut,Hopeless Fountain Kingdom was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[83] Due to its rise to number one, Halsey became the first woman to achieve a number one album in the US in 2017.[84] To promote the record, Halsey embarked on theHopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour, which began on September 29, 2017, her twenty-third birthday.[85] The artist also performed surprise DJ sets at Emo Nite in Los Angeles in 2017.[86]The second single fromHopeless Fountain Kingdom, "Bad at Love", was released on August 22. The song peaked at number five in the US, which made it her highest peak as a lead artist at the time.[87] It was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA, and sold more than 300,000 records outside the US.[88][89][90] In December, Halsey's collaboration with then-boyfriendG-Eazy, "Him & I", was released, and later peaked at number 14 on theBillboard Hot 100[91] and achieved a 2× Platinum certification by the RIAA in the US.[92] The song also reached the top ten of 13 other countries' charts.[93] Halsey also collaborated with the bandThirty Seconds to Mars on the song "Love Is Madness", from their 2018 albumAmerica.[94]
On January 13, 2018, Halsey was featured as a musical guest on the American television variety showSaturday Night Live, where she performed "Bad at Love" and "Him & I", with G-Eazy.[95] On March 15, she released "Alone", together with a new version featuring American rapperBig Sean and British rapperStefflon Don. It was released as the third and final single fromHopeless Fountain Kingdom, and a music video came out in April.[96] "Alone" was certified Platinum by the RIAA and reached number one onBillboard'sDance Club chart, though it only peaked at number 66 on theBillboard Hot 100.[88][97] Halsey sang withKhalid onBenny Blanco's debut single "Eastside", which was released on July 12, along with a music video discussing various parts of Halsey's life.[98][99] The song peaked at number nine on theBillboard Hot 100 and topped the charts of five other countries.[100] It was certified 2× Platinum in the US, and sold over one million units outside the country.[101] Also in the same year, she appeared in two films: she voicedWonder Woman inTeen Titans Go! To the Movies, and cameoed as herself inA Star Is Born, directed byBradley Cooper.[102][103][104] Halsey was also a key advisor on theUS version ofThe Voice in itsfifteenth season.[105]
After the release ofHopeless Fountain Kingdom, Halsey was "upstreamed" toCapitol Records, Astralwerks' parent company.[106] Her debut single on the label, "Without Me", was released on October 4, 2018.[107][108] She stated that the song was very personal to her.[109][110] On October 29, the official music video for "Without Me" was released, featuring a "G-Eazy lookalike", following their second breakup.[111] This song went on to become Halsey's most successful single as a lead artist to date, becoming her first solo number-one single on theBillboard Hot 100. It topped the chart for two non-consecutive weeks and remained in the top five for 22 weeks.[112] It also reached the top three of the UK, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Ireland. The song has been certified 9× Platinum in the US,[113] 2× Platinum in the UK,[114] 8× Platinum in Australia,[115] and 9× Platinum in Canada.[116] Due to "Without Me" reaching number one on theBillboard Hot 100, Halsey became the eighth woman to achieve multiple number ones on the chart during the 2010s.[117]
The singer made several releases and collaborated with various artists during the first several months of 2019, including a remix of "Without Me", featuring American rapperJuice WRLD on January 9,[118] the song "11 Minutes" withYungblud (featuringTravis Barker) on February 14,[119] with the accompanying music video released on February 22,[120] and the song "Boy with Luv" with Korean boy bandBTS on April 12, the music video for which became the most–viewed music video within its first 24 hours onYouTube, with 74.6 million views.[121] On April 19, she and 29 other musical acts were featured on theLil Dicky song "Earth", acharity single aboutclimate change awareness.[122]
On February 9, Halsey again appeared onSaturday Night Live; this time, she was as both host and musical guest.[123] Her performance was praised, with ratings for the show rising and a younger audience watching.[124] In March, she announced that her third studio album would be released in 2019.[125] The album is titledManic, and was eventually released on January 17, 2020.[126] On May 17, 2019, Halsey issued the single "Nightmare", which debuted and peaked at number fifteen on the US Hot 100.[127] On September 13, 2019, she released the single "Graveyard".[128] On September 23, 2019, Halsey announced theManic World Tour, in support of her third studio album. The first leg of the tour took place in Europe between February and March 2020.[129] She released a promotional single, "Clementine", on her birthday, September 29, 2019.[130] On January 25, 2020, she again appeared onSaturday Night Live, where she performed two songs fromManic: "You Should Be Sad" and "Finally // Beautiful Stranger". She also appeared in a few sketches.[131]
In December 2019, Halsey appeared on theBring Me the Horizon EPMusic to Listen To.... The band's vocalist,Oli Sykes, later teased additional collaborations;[132] one of them was revealed a month later to be the Oli Sykes andJordan Fish-produced[133] song "Experiment on Me", from thesoundtrack of thesuperhero filmBirds of Prey (2020), which was released on February 7, 2020.[134] A collaboration withMarshmello titled "Be Kind" was released on May 1,[135] with the music video premiering on June 27.[136] On June 25, 2020, Halsey announced that her first book of poetry, entitledI Would Leave Me If I Could, was available for preorder.[137] The same year, she also released her first live album,Badlands (Live from Webster Hall), on August 28.[138]
On August 27, 2021, Halsey released her fourth studio album,If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, with little prior promotion.[139] Produced byNine Inch Nails membersTrent Reznor andAtticus Ross,[140] it received critical acclaim.[141] Leading up to the album's release, a companion film of the same name was screened at selectIMAX theaters;[142] it was later released onHBO Max on October 7.[143] The album was further supported by the single "I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God".[144][145]If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power debuted at number 2 on theBillboard 200 chart and would become certified Gold by the RIAA in February 2023, but due to a lack of a hit single, had a shorter stay on the charts than her previous albums.[146][147]
In January 2022, Halsey wrote and produced a song, titled "So Good". When the song was withheld from release due to Capitol needing to test the song's "virality", Halsey posted aTikTok video criticizingCapitol Records on May 22, 2022, for not being allowed to release "So Good" without an "accompanying campaign or TikTok video to make it go viral."[148][149] Five days prior, without the approval of Capitol, Halsey played a snippet of her song in a TikTok video. In the days following her post, questions arose regarding whether or not Capitol was going to take legal action against her. Music industry attorneyErin M. Jacobson mentioned in an article byTIME that "it is rare that a label would sue one of its own artists, especially when the label plans to continue working with that artist. Further, using such a short piece of the record could also be seen as a promotional use."[150] Capitol Records eventually conceded on May 31, 2022, amid criticism and scrutiny from a variety of music artists, and set a release date for the song of June 9, 2022.[151] Although some believed that the release controversy was a marketing stunt, Halsey maintained that it was not fake.[152] Many news outlets commented on the increasing nature, and problem, of pressures for TikTok virality on musicians by record labels.[153][154][155][156]
On February 24, 2023, Halsey released "Die 4 Me". The song is an updated and extended cut of Halsey's verse on thePost Malone song "Die For Me".[157][158] On April 15, 2023,Variety announced that Halsey and Capitol Records had parted ways.[147][159] On June 14, 2023, it was announced that Halsey had signed toColumbia Records.[160] On June 21–22, 2023, Halsey performed two string ensemble shows inNewark, New Jersey, atNew Jersey Performing Arts Center, performing an orchestra version of some of her discography.[161] She performed the songs "Ya'aburnee" and "Bells in Santa Fe", fromIf I Can't Have Love, I Want Power live for the first time. In partnership with Hard Rock Live, she scheduled three more orchestra shows, June 24 inHollywood, Florida; June 30 inGary, Indiana; and July 2 inWheatland, California.[162]
On June 4, 2024, Halsey released "The End", the lead promotional single of her fifth studio albumThe Great Impersonator, which deals with her health battles.[163] On July 26, 2024, she released "Lucky" as the official lead single of the album. The song samplesBritney Spears' 2000single of the same name.[164] She has appeared as Tabby Martin inMaXXXine, the third film of theX trilogy.[165] Halsey released a third single, "Lonely Is the Muse" on August 15. The song describes efforts to avoid being defined by others and exploited.[166]
On September 6, she released a fourth single, "Ego", alongside a video clip, which she wrote and directed, playing a double role in it where the characters try to kill each other.[167][168] She also performed it at the 2024MTV Video Music Awards, embracing more its 1990s aesthetic by creating her ideal "90s garage rock band" alongsideVictoria De Angelis on bass, Jazzelle Zanaughtti on synths and Maya Stepansky on drums.[169] The album was released on October 25, 2024.[170] In order to reveal the album's different covers, she organized a hunt of clues an campsules with items reminding of different decades around major cities in the world for her fans to find.[171] She also announced in the beginning of October that she would impersonate a different celebrity and release a snippet of a song that they have inspired through her Instagram account.[172]
Halsey creditsDolores O'Riordan as her major vocal influence, saying "Dolores O'Riordan was a massive influence for me. I grew up listening tothe Cranberries with my mother and learned so much about having an unconventional singing voice. Dolores taught me how to use my voice in a manner that was emotive, even if I wasn't classically skilled... Her voice was beautiful to me. And she was a fierce badass trailblazing woman in the rock landscape... Always an inspiration to me...".[193]
Halsey has said "There's plenty of musicians that I love and respect, but I think that I'm the most inspired by cinema."[194] Filmmakers who have influenced her includeQuentin Tarantino,Harmony Korine, andLarry Clark.[194]
Halsey's music focuses on her personal experiences and telling a story.[214] She writes about relationships with other women in her music as a way of solidifying her bisexuality.[215]
Videos and stage
The biggest influence on her live performances isAdam Lazzara, the frontman ofTaking Back Sunday;[216] she noted, "One of the most inspiring things I've ever seen is watching [Taking Back Sunday] live and watching Adam use that microphone as a prop and I thought yep, I'm gonna do that."[179]
In her early career, Halsey drew criticism for allegedly calling herself "tri-bi" in an interview, due to her beingbiracial,bipolar, andbisexual. In a 2016 interview withRolling Stone, she criticized the label as a trivializing way to describe her.[217] Halsey became most known for her signature dyed blue hair in her early career.[218] She sparked controversy in 2016 after several fan interactions, some involving the artist kissing underage fans.[219]
In June 2017, Halsey received backlash for collaborating withQuavo, an artist who has made homophobic remarks. She stated she has never spoken to Quavo, and continued to say that she would not put "a lot of people" in her songs. She criticizedIggy Azalea for her "complete disregard for black culture".[220] She also criticizedDemi Lovato for, in Halsey's view, treating bisexuality astaboo in the song "Cool for the Summer".[221]
Halsey has described herself as an "in-between role model" and an "inconvenient woman", due to her music and style.[222][223] She stated in 2017 that although she passes as white, she is a black woman and proud of her heritage.[224][225][226][227] She was included onForbes'30 Under 30 list, and appeared on the cover of magazines such asBillboard,Paper, andPlayboy.[228] She has appeared in advertisements forJeep,Beats Electronics, andModCloth.[229][230][231] At other times, she has been described as a feminist icon.[232] She has also been called the "voice of her generation".[233] Her relationship withG-Eazy gathered significant media attention due to rumors of drug use, arrest, cheating, and G-Eazy's feuds with other artists.[234][235]
Much of her music is labeled as pop,[236] however Halsey has long identified as analternative artist. She feels that she can do pop collaborations without being considered a pop artist, similar toKendrick Lamar. She said she is only classified as pop because she is a woman.[237] In 2019, she called herself "the anti-popstar" and stated she does not care how people identify her music, as long as it connects with them.[238]
Activism
During the2016 presidential election, Halsey was an avid supporter ofBernie Sanders and urged fans to vote for him.[239] In July 2016, she and 26 other artists were featured on thecharity single "Hands", which was a tribute to the victims of thePulse nightclub shooting.[62][63] During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Halsey further endorsed Sanders on March 11, 2020, urging fans to vote for him via social media and a promotional video collaborating with the Sanders campaign.[240]
As a result of her own attempted suicide at age 17,[10][241] Halsey took part in the mental health andsuicide prevention awareness campaign called "I'm Listening", which was hosted by radio networkEntercom and broadcast live on September 10, 2017.[242]
Halsey identifies as afeminist.[232] Following the2017 Women's March, she sent out a tweet that promised to donate one dollar toPlanned Parenthood for every retweet it received.[243] She ended up donating $100,000 to the organization.[243] Halsey delivered a speech to more than 200,000 protesters at the2018 Women's March.[244][245] Instead of a traditional speech, she performed a five-minute poem titled "A Story Like Mine", in which she told personal stories of sexual assault and violence throughout her life.[244] Her personal narrative included accompanying her best friend to Planned Parenthood after she had been raped, her personal account of sexual assault by neighbors and boyfriends, and women sexually assaulted by Olympic physicianLarry Nassar.[246] She completed her speech by requesting all—"Black, Asian, poor, wealthy, trans, cis, Muslim, Christian"—sexual assault victims to listen and support each other.[246] AJ Willingham ofCNN opined in a headline that "Halsey's Women's March speech moved people around the world."[247] In March 2018, Halsey protested alongside numerous other celebrities atMarch for Our Lives inWashington, D.C.[248] In May 2018, she criticizedIvanka Trump overTwitter, complaining that she was too relaxed while her father, then-presidentDonald Trump, hurt immigrant children.[249]
In November 2018, Halsey performed at theVictoria's Secret Fashion Show alongside numerous other artists,[250] but in December she criticised the company for its lack of inclusion oftransgender models in its various shows, stating, "as a member of the LGBT+ community, I have no tolerance for a lack of inclusivity. Especially not motivated by stereotype."[251][252] Later that month, she performed her hit song "Without Me" onThe Voice and was criticized for "sensually" dancing with backup dancerJade Chynoweth. Many perceived the backlash ashomophobic, including Halsey herself who defended the performance.[253][254] In a January 2019 interview withGlamour, she advocated for a stronger presence of women in music.[255] In April 2019, she and 29 other musical acts were featured on thecharity single "Earth", which raisesclimate change awareness.[122] In May 2020, Halsey, alongsideYungblud, joinedprotests in Los Angeles forracial justice in the wake of themurder of George Floyd.[8]
In June 2020, she launched The Black Creators Fund, founded to provide financial support, resources, and a platform to black creators.[256]
Personal life
Halsey is openlybisexual.[215] Prior to her music career, she dated a woman.[257] In March 2021, she announced that she uses both "she/her" and "they/them" pronouns.[258]
Relationships
Halsey dated English musicianMatty Healy until 2015.[259] She met him at a concert by his bandThe 1975, of whom she said she was a huge fan.[260] She has said that he was influential when she first started writing music.[259][260] From 2015 to 2016, she dated Norwegian producerLido, who helped produceBadlands and inspiredHopeless Fountain Kingdom.[261] In 2017, she and American rapperG-Eazy had a relationship. They had met at a party that year and found musical common ground for their collaboration "Him & I", which discussed their love and lifestyle.[262] They broke up in July 2018, though their relationship was on-and-off-again until ending that September.[263] She later confirmed that her 2018 song "Without Me" is partially about this relationship.[264] She dated English musicianYungblud from November 2018 to September 2019,[265] and actorEvan Peters, who is fromSt. Louis, from October 2019 to March 2020.[266]
In July 2021, Halsey's son with Turkish-American screenwriter Alev Aydin was born.[267][268][269][270] 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.[271] The two co-parent, with Halsey also requesting that Aydin have reasonable visitation rights and the ability to make health and education decisions for their son.[271]
In 2023, Halsey and Canadian actorAvan Jogia began dating.[272][273] In September 2024, she announced that the couple were engaged.[274]
Health
Since the beginning of her career, Halsey has been open about her health issues. In 2015, she said she is "just this fucked up stoner kid who made it".[10]
Halsey hasbipolar disorder. She was diagnosed with the mental disorder at age 17, and said that her mother also has it.[275] At that age, she attempted suicide, which is what led to her diagnosis and a 17-day admission to a psychiatric hospital.[276][10] Not long after her suicide attempt, she began having success in the music industry. She said that singing and performing helped her manage the symptoms she experiences.[277] Despite the struggles she has faced as a result of this mood disorder, she said that she embraces being bipolar because it makes her "really empathetic".[275] On December 11, 2021, Halsey informed fans viaTwitter that she was diagnosed withADHD in high school and that she assumed she just grew out of it; however, she is now medicated for it as a result of seeking mental health treatment during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[278][279]
Halsey was diagnosed withendometriosis in 2016 and went public with it on Twitter.[280][281] She attributes amiscarriage she suffered in 2015 to her endometriosis, originally stating in 2016 that it was due to her hectic touring schedule.[282][276][283] Only hours after she realized she was having a miscarriage, she went on stage to perform during a tour because she did not want to hurt her career by missing a performance.[284] She chronicled her struggles with endometriosis on the talk showThe Doctors in April 2018, where she revealed she was going to freeze her eggs.[282]
Also in 2018, Halsey spoke openly about her endometriosis and the pain it causes at the Blossom Ball, which is run by theEndometriosis Foundation of America.[285] She said at the event, "Sometimes I'm bloated, I'm on an IV, I'm sick, I'm on medicine, and I'm backstage, terrified that I'm going to bleed through my clothes in the middle of my show."[285] She told the event's attendees that she wanted to speak out about her condition because the media often portrays her as having perfect physical health despite her health struggles.[285] In January 2017, she underwent surgery in an attempt to lessen the pain caused by the condition.[286] She has not disclosed what type of surgery she had.[276]
Gasoline, Hold Me Down, Castle, Haunting,The Feeling (cover), Roman Holiday,Drive, Ghost, Is There Somewhere, Hurricane,Coming Down, New Americana, Colors Pt. II, Colors
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