Halsey is channeling a lot of musical inspiration into her new album, Great impostor.
On her social media accounts, Halsey has shown off her musical transformation into many of her idols. In a post on her Instagram account, she shared that Dolly Parton was one of the musical inspirations for the album and that she inspired the track “Hometown”.
“GREAT MODEL #1: queen DOLLY PARTON!!!!!! TRACK 9: HOMETOWN,” she captioned the post.
The next day, Halsey introduced music icon PJ Harvey. The singer is said to have inspired the song “Dog Years”, the third track on this album. Great impostor.
“THE GREAT MPERSONATOR #2: PJ HARVEY TRACK 3: Dog Years. One of my absolute favorite songs on the album, inspired by one of the most influential artists of my life,” Halsey post caption.
Halsey quickly followed that up by impersonating “Running Up That Hill” songstress Kate Bush, who inspired her most recent single “I Never Loved You.”
“THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR #3: KATE BUSH TRACK 10: I NEVER LOVED YOU. This song is so profound. And it comes out tomorrow, October 10 at 9am PST / 12pm EST,” she captioned the post.
For her most recent diatribe, Halsey took on Cher, who inspired her song “Letter to God.”
“THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR #4: CHER TRACK 4: LETTER TO GOD (1974). The undisputed queen. One of my favorite Cher songs, Dark Lady, was a #1 hit in 1974. To date is still number 1 in my heart,” she shared.
Great impostor was announced earlier this year. This will be Halsey’s fifth album and releases on October 25.
“I made this record in the space between life and death. And it feels like I’ve been waiting forever for you to get it. I’ll wait a little longer. I’ve waited a decade already,” she said. album announcement.
Halsey has previously detailed her health troubles over the past few years. Last month, she shared a video of herself at the hospital, where she shared that she had epilepsy.
Also, on SheMD podcast from August 6, Halsey spoke about her battle with the autoimmune disease, lupus.
“I have lupus and sometimes Lupus has other complications. A few years ago, I announced that I had Sjogren’s Syndrome, which is actually a condition that often accompanies Lupus. Because Lupus is a condition autoimmune condition so sometimes it can suppress your immune system to the point where you have a T-cell disorder,” she said.
Halsey went on to say that the disease caused her to lose a lot of weight.
However, she shared in an Instagram post that she is feeling better and “more grateful than ever to have music to look forward to.”
Halsey previously released the songs “Ego” and “Lucky” on the project. The latter samples Britney Spears’ iconic hit from the early ’00s.
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