Halsey Splits From Capitol Records

variety.com:

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Halsey and Capitol Records are going their separate ways, spokesperson for both the artist and the label confirmed to Variety Saturday. “After eight great years the decision to leave Capitol is bittersweet, but we are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans,” said Halsey’s managers, Anti-Pop’s Jason Aron and Anthony Li, in a statement. “Everyone at Capitol poured their hearts and souls into helping Halsey achieve their dreams and present their music to the world,” the record company said in its own statement. “We are incredibly proud of all we accomplished together, and wish Halsey the very best in all their future endeavors.” The severance comes about a year after Halsey took a dispute with the record company public on social media, which seemed to end peacefully at the time.

The artist was believed to have been negotiating an exit strategy with Capitol during recent months. The star has not mentioned any news related to the separation on social accounts, as of this writing.

The news was first reported early Saturday by Hits. Halsey’s grievances with Capitol went very public in 2022, when the artist was putting out a new track, “So Good.” Halsey took to social media to complain that the label was declining to put the fresh song out unless the artist would concoct a TikTok campaign around it.

Eventually, a detente seemed to have been reached, with “So Good” hitting DSPs as Capitol issued a conciliatory statement. For Halsey, things reached a boiling point in May 2022, as they wrote that the song and a music video for it had been finished for more than a month, but claimed the label wouldn’t go ahead with releasing the single