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Post by Kurt on Jun 28, 2021 16:46:37 GMT -5
Promo kicked off today for Halsey's fourth album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. A song, presumably the lead, is being teased, along with a billboard for the album.
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Post by kimberly on Jun 28, 2021 16:49:12 GMT -5
very Machiavellian, that title. I like it. excited for the sound of this considering "Nightmare" remains her best song thus far.
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Post by Au$tin on Jun 28, 2021 17:10:19 GMT -5
Omg are we finally getting the would be album of "Nightmare"?!?! Fuck me up, Halsey!
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Post by Choco on Jun 28, 2021 22:25:36 GMT -5
Excited!
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Post by Caviar on Jun 28, 2021 22:49:56 GMT -5
Can she top "Nightmare"??
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Post by spiritboy on Jun 29, 2021 10:49:18 GMT -5
Nightmare is easily the worst thing she has released so i'm probably gonna hate this.
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Post by Fears in the Fire on Jun 29, 2021 19:29:16 GMT -5
Nightmare is easily the worst thing she has released so i'm probably gonna hate this. Ikr nightmare is so bad… idk how it gets so much praise That said I enjoyed manic for the most part especially you should be sad and I hate everybody, so I’m excited for new music |
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Post by suzcruz7 on Jun 29, 2021 20:10:08 GMT -5
Nightmare is definitely polarizing. I see it get a lot of love but also a good amount of hate. I'm with the former crowd for sure so I'm excited for more rock.
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Post by narp on Aug 27, 2021 10:17:43 GMT -5
Impacts Alternative radio on September 7, 2021.
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 27, 2021 10:28:16 GMT -5
This is actually really good and fits the format? Color me surprised.
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Post by altguy on Aug 27, 2021 11:04:05 GMT -5
You will see MANY alts adding this next week
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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Aug 27, 2021 11:39:49 GMT -5
Surprised they are sending this and not I am not a woman I'm a god. This is one of my favorites in the album so here's to hoping it does well.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Aug 27, 2021 19:02:14 GMT -5
Wow a Halsey-NIN collaboration is definitely not something I'd ever expect to see. Halsey is an artist that I often find uninteresting/annoying, but I do think she has potential to be an artist that I do really like in the right setting. And this track is actually really good, very shoegaze-y but with a strong pop hook, and I like the multiple phases, it is a well-structured song. Think I'll actually have to give this new Halsey album a listen.
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Post by Clode on Aug 28, 2021 17:49:31 GMT -5
One of my favorite songs from Halsey’s new album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. I could see this song become a decent sized hit on Alternative with just the right push from their label.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Aug 28, 2021 23:27:55 GMT -5
I wanna recall her charting a song on Alt that mentions twinkies? with that out of then way, I hear a strong type of Alternative melody here. Alternative and Pop melodies differ in the atmospheric ups and downs. The "shoegaze' vibe is also very prominent The continuous guitars here are making a fan out of me.
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Post by Chuckles, The Silly Piggy on Aug 30, 2021 4:54:50 GMT -5
I wanna recall her charting a song on Alt that mentions twinkies? with that out of then way, I hear a strong type of Alternative melody here. Alternative and Pop melodies differ in the atmospheric ups and downs. The "shoegaze' vibe is also very prominent The continuous guitars here are making a fan out of me. I think you're thinking of Tove Lo's "Stay High". Similar voice, though. It's unfortunate New Americana didn't smash, and honestly? If New Americana came out in 2021, it'd probably smash. Halsey was one of the first modern-day female alt acts to make waves in the 2010s, she helped pave the way for women in Alt to do well. And then she went pop, lol... Although now that she's working with NIN, the Alt sound is most definitely back! |
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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Aug 30, 2021 16:33:29 GMT -5
I like most of Badlands Halsey but New Americana was and still is a mess lol.
If anything from that album deserved a shining star moment it would be Colors, Roman Holiday, Drive, or Ghost.
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Post by suzcruz7 on Aug 30, 2021 20:03:51 GMT -5
This is one of my favorites from the album, and it's still growing on me.
Also I second the fact that "Colors" deserved so much better. Great song and it had that crazy music video too lol.
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Post by altguy on Aug 31, 2021 13:33:28 GMT -5
As forecast, having a big add day @ alt. She’s a star who has consciously made an alt record. Rare smart move by alt programmers
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 31, 2021 14:29:51 GMT -5
I'm glad that she's going back to her sound that I recall from "Badlands." I couldn't even make it through "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom" back when it was released and I thought "Manic" was decent. She has lots of talent and I'm glad Alt fans and programmers are noticing it with this push.
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Sept 2, 2021 23:58:03 GMT -5
one of my favorites off the new LP.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Sept 3, 2021 6:30:08 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
0 48 HALSEY You Asked For This 133 0 133 0.193
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Post by Trent on Sept 4, 2021 1:09:06 GMT -5
I would’ve much prefer ‘Easier Than Lying’ over this. It wasn’t a bad choice It just lack some punch.
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 4, 2021 14:37:30 GMT -5
Don't hear a lot of Nine Inch Nails in this, but do hear some Castle with a harder tinged edge (the hand around the throat).
Generally like Halsey tunes, particularly Nightmare...but didn't like New Americana. It doesn't have the dark edges that Nightmare did, but vibing with what she's doing here.
The House approves of this one and expects this will be an alternative hit.
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Sept 5, 2021 13:03:24 GMT -5
To be honest, mid on IICHLIWP but it's still a good song. Would much prefer honey or Easier than Lying be the single pushed
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Sept 7, 2021 7:32:36 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
85 40 HALSEY You Asked For This 273 39 234 0.352
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Post by GrinningLikeADevil on Sept 8, 2021 7:28:27 GMT -5
This is probably one of my least favourites from the album, like others have said I’d have preferred “Easier Than Lying” or “Honey”, but I’m still rooting for Halsey to get an alt hit.
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Post by JessieLou on Sept 8, 2021 16:57:57 GMT -5
Never thought I'd say this about a Halsey song but I LOVE this.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Sept 9, 2021 4:55:24 GMT -5
Top 30 on Alternative:
59 30 HALSEY You Asked For This 365 79 286 0.457
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Post by Chuckles, The Silly Piggy on Sept 9, 2021 5:49:31 GMT -5
In an interesting turn of events, it seems like Canada's Alt stations are choosing "I am not a woman, I'm a God" over this song at the moment.
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