Halsey Says Record Label ‘Won’t Let’ Her Release New Song ‘Unless They Can Fake a Viral Moment on TikTok’ (Video)
thewrap.comHits Daily Double about the “dehumanizing” experience of recording while pregnant. (She gave birth to her first child shortly before the album came out.)“I found throughout my pregnancy that there was a whirlwind of give and take in regard to my bodily autonomy,” she said in the interview. “… Updating my progression to accommodate execs and investors, making sure the arrival of my child was timely enough that it wouldn’t cost anyone money, was dehumanizing.”In Sunday’s TikTok, Halsey went on to declare that “Everything is marketing, and they are doing this to every artist these days.” “I just want to release music, man and I deserve better tbh,” the video concluded. “I’m tired.”An hour later, Halsey posted a follow-up TikTok in which she appears to be conversing with a male colleague off-camera.
The clip of her face, overlayed with the text “I wish I was kidding lol” shows Halsey listening to the unnamed person as they say, “… the song title, because it would be ‘Halsey’s so good’ and they would get the art on TikTok.
If you’re okay with those things but not announcing the date,” they say, the song can go out “sometime between Monday and Wednesday.”After a pause, Halsey and the person agree that they “hate this” and “it sucks.”A representative for Astralwerks did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment..
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