I feel like I’m seeing more and more of this in even bigger artists. I feel like Billie Eilish’s first album fits better on a playlist with like Bjork and Massive Attack than say Britney Spears, Taylor Swift is selling massive units doing a more indie type thing, and the opening track to Olivia Rodrigo’s album sounds like Muse. I think there’s been a bit of a sea change in pop music, too, that anyone who has that 90s mindset is missing. Not everything, but a lot of things, Halsey included, have jumped out at me as of late where I’ve been like “this is top 40?” I think it’s an interesting time in music and it makes sense to me this is happening now. Not everyone has to like it, of course, but it should also be viewed for what it is, which we don’t know yet. But the trends seem more favorable than not.
It's a good thought. On the flipside, maybe the environment that made 90s music great (favoring "alternative" music) are coming back in fashion. It could be the powers that be are tapping back into the "alternative" vein because 2000s/2010s pop music is played out? And coincidentally, that alternative bent is more dark, more tapping into the disenfranchisement of what's currently going on in the world than what has occurred over the last two decades.
Some reputable spots showing that a Spotify Exclusive LP of this went up a little too early (and have been pulled down for now) with the code TEMP0824364 and a release date of August 31.
I hope this is okay...
I went ahead and bundled the contents of the iichliwp instagram, the billboard teaser from Halsey's twitter, and the 2 sound clips from the lxxxxp.com website. "sound.mp3" and "17seconds.m4a" were grabbed directly from the website source code. The billboard teaser is the source .mp4, not the .m4v; .aac audio remuxed to .m4a using ffmpeg:
https://mega.nz/folder/L44HkYJC#4lK1Bg8Gh_VIPQPlJchl2g
That's probably just a placeholder; Aug 31 is a Tuesday. Albums come out on Fridays worldwide now.
There's a site now with a countdown:
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (loveandpower.com)
wouldve flopped already 3 albums in. And if its out in Aug for sure then this album has been a thing for a lot longer than even that blurb in May. You have to put your vinyl orders in almost a year in advance to get it on time now. So dont sleep on the pre orders cause youll have to wait til next year on a new variant.
I just saw an Instagram story from Halsey that she is ready to drop her baby. I feel sorry for her, this is going to be tough handling being a new mother and a new album cycle. I imagine the LP was begun and THEN she got pregnant not the other way around, it makes me wonder when this whole project was begun
Read a theory on the Halsey Reddit that this could be a visual album (something to do with one of the accounts following IMAX)
lol, so an entire record label, management, pr etc cant hold down the fort whenever the time comes that Halsey has to give birth and then subsequently take care of a newborn? There arent going to be any mandatory tv appearances or performances coming up so I think everythings going to be fine. Think youre underestimating how this was all planned out and that a pregnancy ( for a person who has had prior difficulties with conceiving ) is somehow an obstacle to overcome when promoting forthcoming music. Lets ask Beyonce and Adele how that went and things sure worked out didnt they.
Not directed at anyone or any comment in particular...but do we have to speculate on her decision to have a child?
I'm looking forward to this record, but this video is pretentious as hell so far.
How much more of this video do we have to watch before we get the cover art?!?!? Geez...I like museums and art but this is non-sense.
...maybe she's lost?
This is pretty tedious. We get that you're pregnant and having all the feels. Just show the artwork already.
Edit - I guess there will have to be boob and censored boob cover variants for different retailers.
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Well, that was certainly....something.
When she made this announcement of the artwork reveal one of her fans said ‘are you going to make us watch you paint for 7 hours like last time’, so it sounds like something she does! And clearly they do do that
Interesting cover art. But where's the release date and info?
I'm guessing we'll get a release date in the next bit, but you'd think they'd at least put it in the damn video. Frustrating.