On her forearm, one of HalseyвЂ™s many tattoos reads, вЂњThese violent delights have violent ends.вЂќ ItвЂ™s a line from Romeo and Juliet that reminds her to keep the vices in check. But all that escapist fantasy is fed by gritty reality. On Badlands, HalseyвЂ™s larger-than-life vision combines the synthy darkness of Lorde, the neon-pop chutzpah of Miley Cyrus and the flickering film noir of Lana Del Rey. вЂњSheвЂ™s entirely driven by her vision,вЂќ says Zane Lowe, DJ-programmer at Apple MusicвЂ™s Beats 1, where вЂњNew AmericanaвЂќ was the second-most-played song in July after The WeekndвЂs вЂњCanвЂ™t Feel My Face.вЂќ вЂњYou meet people who want to make art, and then you meet people who have to do it because if they donвЂ™t, theyвЂ™ll go crazy.вЂќДЇirefly 2015: Halsey Explains Why She Wants to Leak Her Own Album (вЂњIt seems like a real place if you forget all the aliens,вЂќ she says.) 28 release on Astralwerks/Capitol Records, HalseyвЂ™s full-length debut, Badlands - which could land in the upper reaches of the Billboard 200 with more than 75,000 equivalent-album units its first week, industry forecasters suggest - is a dystopian concept album inspired by hedonistic hubs like Las Vegas and, curiously, Star Wars planet Tatooine.

вЂњIвЂ™m 20, but I feel 40,вЂќ says Halsey, sporting pink shades and a baseball hat that reads, вЂњI have to get richвЂ¦WeвЂ™re all gonna die.вЂќ вЂњKids I grew up with are going off to college, having threesomes in Вbathrooms and вЂvapingвЂ™ beer, but I went through my sex, drugs, loss and existential confusion phase at 17.вЂќ Steve Aoki, Halsey, Raury & More Give Sage Advice to Their College-Age Selves

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