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Lead Single ‘Now Or Never’ Certified GOLD
Announces The Late Show With Stephen Colbert & The Today Show Summer Concert Series Performances Next Week
Arena Tour With Support From PARTYNEXTDOOR and Charlie XCX This Fall
2 JUNE 2017 (Toronto, ON) – Today, GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum alternative pop artist Halsey releases her second full-length album, hopeless fountain kingdom via Astralwerks/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. hopeless fountain kingdom, which Halsey executive
produced alongside Benny Blanco, Greg Kurstin, Lido and Ricky Reed,
features guests such as Quavo, Lauren Jauregui and Cashmere Cat.“Halsey could write down what was in my refrigerator and somehow make it feel poetic,” says Benny Blanco, who produced the lead single ‘Now Or Never’. “She has the ability to make you both smile and cry at the drop of a hat and make it feel effortless all at the same time.”
To date, ‘Now or Never’ has amassed over 81 million Spotify streams and 22 million cumulative YouTube/VEVO views and has become Gold certified in Canada. ‘Eyes Closed’ followed, generating 9.2 million Spotify streams. Meanwhile, “Strangers (feat. Lauren Jauregui)” just began captivating listeners last week and stirred up a groundswell of support from Elle, Spin, Billboard, and more. See below for full tracklisting.
Following performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and the Billboard Music Awards, Halsey takes the stage on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert June 8 and The Today Show Summer Concert Outdoor Stage June 9.
hopeless fountain kingdom unfolds on the road this fall with Halsey’s eight-week headline tour including five Canadian dates with PartyNextDoor and Charli XCX as support. For every pair of online tickets purchased, fans will have access to redeem one physical copy of the new album hopeless fountain kingdom. In the meantime, the making of the album was energizing.
“[Halsey] has a strong point of view and she really puts a lot of thought and care into her lyrics,” says producer Greg Kurstin.” I found writing with her inspiring.”
“I had no idea how incredible of a writer [Halsey] was before we met,” notes producer Ricky Reed. “She would come in and describe some kind of crazy visual scene for me to soundtrack: ‘I am picturing Jimi Hendrix solo-ing in a Roman Cathedral, light pouring through the stained glass, but he’s in, like, a Hawaiian shirt.’
“I feed off that kind of crazy inspiration,” Reed continues. “So I would build the track off her vision and by the time I was finished she would have the poetry to match. She’s brilliant and a living legend to me.”
Halsey first stormed the pop culture kingdom in 2015 and took her spot on the throne as her full-length debut BADLANDS crash-landed at #1 on the Nielsen Soundscan Alt Chart and #3 on the Overall Albums Chart and earned a Gold-Certification. She sold out arenas everywhere and garnered a 2017 GRAMMY® nomination in the category of “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” for “Closer,” her seven times platinum mega-hit with The Chainsmokers. Her reign continues with hopeless fountain kingdom.
TOUR DATES:10/3 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
10/4 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
11/11 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
11/14 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
11/15 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
TRACKLISTING:
Standard:
- The Prologue
- 100 Letters
- Eyes Closed
- Alone
- Now Or Never
- Sorry
- Good Mourning
- Lie (feat. Quavo)
- Walls Could Talk
- Bad At Love
- Strangers (feat. Lauren Jauregui)
- Devil In Me
- Hopeless (feat. Cashmere Cat)
- The Prologue
- 100 Letters
- Eyes Closed
- Heaven In Hiding*
- Alone
- Now Or Never
- Sorry
- Good Mourning
- Lie (feat. Quavo)
- Walls Could Talk
- Bad At Love
- Don’t Play*
- Strangers (feat. Lauren Jauregui)
- Angel On Fire*
- Devil In Me
- Hopeless (feat. Cashmere Cat)
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