On Saturday (May 21), Halsey uploaded a video on TikTok (captioned ‘I’m Tired’) where she calls out her record label over ‘an artistic difference of opinion.’  “Basically, I have a song that I love that wanna release ASAP, but my record label won’t let me.  And my record company is saying that I can’t release it unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok,” Halsey explains.  In the video, Halsey notes that they’ve been in the industry for more than 8 years, and has sold over 165 million records.

 

Halsey continues, “Everything is marketing and they are doing this to basically every artist these days.  I just wanna release music, man. And I deserve better tbh.”

 

In a second video posted to TikTok, Halsey is seen almost speechless when discussing plans for their new single.  A voice off-screen suggested ‘releasing the song title (confirmed ‘So Good’) and putting artwork on TikTok but not announcing the release date.’  With a sigh, Halsey tells the man in the video, “I just hate this.  “It sucks.”

 

 

In a series of tweets which were posted the following night (May 22), Halsey expands on their frustration, “Talked to my label tonight after my tiktok tantrum. They said ‘wow the tiktok is going really strong!’ I was like ok cool so can I release my song now? They said ‘we’ll see!’ tell me again how I’m making this up.  I’ve been minding my own business on tour taking care of my baby. Four albums deep. Coasting. I’m way too established to stir something like this up for no reason or resort to this as a marketing tactic but now I’m in too deep so there’s no going back.”

 

On Monday (May 23), a Capitol Music Group spokesperson responded to Halsey’s claims in a statement that was released to Billboard, “Our belief in Halsey as a singular and important artist is total and unwavering.  We can’t wait for the world to hear their brilliant new music.”

 

Halsey then responded to Capitol’s statement on Twitter saying, “At this point i don’t know what to do because I told the truth about what’s happening and now I STILL don’t have a release date AND some of you think I’m lying about this whole fiasco. so I’m double f—ed lol.  If you have questions, I have answers. I have nothing to hide.”

Read Halsey’s tweets below.

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