Halsey Unveils ‘Lucky’: Stream It Now

Halsey’s so lucky, she’s a star! The singer dropped her latest single, “Lucky,” on Friday (July 26).

The song interpolates Britney Spears’ 2000 hit, “Lucky,” an ode to the lonelier side of fame. “I’m so lucky, I’m a star/ But I cry, cry, cries in my lonely heart, thinking/ If there’s nothing missing in my life/ Then why do these tears come at night?” Halsey sings in the chorus, adding her own twist on the track.

Halsey teased the song earlier this month with an Instagram snippet of the song’s recognizable chorus. “When I was 5, it always felt like Britney was singing directly to me,” they wrote over the video rocking pink hair and a t-shirt that says “Lucky” across the front. “24 years later, these words hit different. love you forever.”

According to the “Closer” singer, Spears was fully on board with the track being repurposed and interpolated. “yes of course!” they wrote on X Thursday (July 18) when asked by a fan whether the “Toxic” musician had been involved.

Halsey’s upcoming fifth studio album will follow 2021’s If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The About-Face Beauty founder dropped a few singles in the three years since, including 2023’s “Die 4 Me” and 2022’s “So Good,” both of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. 

Listen to Halsey’s “Lucky” below.