Halsey premieres new “rock song” at Sziget 2024 and teases London “surprise”
Halsey previewed a new “rock song” at Sziget Festival 2024 on Thursday, and is now teasing a “surprise” in London next week.
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The new song played over the soundsystem between Halsey’s main set and encore at the Budapest festival on August 8, with fans later sharing a snippet of the song on social media.
“For every Halsey pop song, there’s a Halsey rock song. I feel like I should be able to do both,” she is reported to have said by way of introduction for the song.
Check out the first taste of the song below:
New Halsey song, teased at Sziget pic.twitter.com/pgmEyCU8zG
— ali (@Justdip) August 8, 2024
“For every Halsey pop song, there’s a Halsey rock song. I feel like I should be able to do both”
— ali (@Justdip) August 8, 2024
Now, Halsey is also teasing something special for next week. Posting on X, she wrote: “London I have a surprise for you next week. Don’t miss out.”
The post also includes a link to a WhatsApp group, which fans are encouraged to message. Those who do will be invited to join a Halsey Community channel.
london i have a surprise for you next week. don't miss out ✮https://t.co/Utn4Oo9Lid
— h (@halsey) August 9, 2024
The same Hungarian festival set also saw the singer play her latest single, the Britney-sampling ‘Lucky’, for the first time ever. Find footage of that below.
She recently said she was “really nervous” about clearing the sample on the song, and said she “shared everything” with the singer throughout the creative process.
It came after Spears appeared to claim that she felt “harassed, violated and bullied” by her new ‘Lucky’ video.
In a since-deleted post, Spears threatened legal action against Halsey and called her “downright cruel”, adding: “I didn’t know an artist like her and someone I looked up to and admired would illustrate me in such an ignorant way by tailoring me as a [superficial] pop star with no heart or concern at all.
“I have my own health problems which is why I took down my IG account yesterday. I will definitely be putting it back up to show I CARE.”
However, Spears later walked back her statement on X/Twitter, writing: “Fake news !!! That was not me on my phone !!! I love Halsey and that’s why I deleted it!!!”
In response, Halsey said: “I love Britney!!!! I always have and always will you were the first person who ever made me realise what it means to feel inspired. And you continue to inspire me everyday.”
Halsey has also teased that her new album will be “all over the place” and “full of experimentation”.
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