A new version of the song "Castle" was released as the album's fourth single to promote the feature film The Huntsman: Winter's War. The third single from the album, "Colors", was released on February 9, 2016, and became the albums most streamed track on Spotify it also became the albums best selling track worldwide. The album was preceded by the release of two singles: "Ghost", which was also a rereleased single, and "New Americana", which peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Halsey's first appearance on the chart. The album was further promoted by Halsey's debut headlining world tour, The Badlands Tour. It was also certified Gold in several countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Badlands found success in many countries outside of the United States it reached the top ten of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Netherlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Belgium, and Portugal. The album was eventually certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 115,000 copies, 97,000 of that estimate being pure album sales. The album was described by Halsey as lacking a "proper radio hit". Norwegian producer Lido was one of the main producers on Badlands. Halsey wrote every song on the album when she was 19, while production was handled was handled by a number of producers. Musically, Badlands is primarily rooted in electropop, alternative pop, and synth-pop, and features industrial music undertones. It was released on August 28, 2015, by Astralwerks. Album DescriptionBadlands (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Halsey. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Ultimately, it's all of Halsey's seemingly contradictory elements brought together that lend Badlands such a fascinating topography. There's also something angry, literate, and youthfully defiant about Badlands that brings to mind the sneer of Garbage's Shirley Manson. On "New Americana," their vocals double-tracked like the children's chorus on Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall," they sing, "We are the new Americana/High on legal marijuana/Raised on Biggie and Nirvana." Interestingly, while their noir-ish, older-than-their-years image has drawn comparisons to contemporaries like Lana Del Rey and Lorde (and yes, there are similarities) musically, they have more in common with male-fronted acts like New York's X Ambassadors, merging dark, electronic indie with the rhythmic bump and lyrical flow of R&B. They also have a knack for singling out little generational touchstones that lend their songs an anthemic quality.
As they proclaim on the taut, slow-tempo jam "Hold Me Down," "My demons are begging me to open up my mouth." Thankfully, Halsey consistently brings a strong sense of self to their content at every turn, musing with blithe emotion about their sexuality and creative independence. On "Castle," they sing "I'm headed straight for the castle/They've got the kingdom locked up/And there's an old man sitting on a throne they're saying, 'I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut.'" Of course, it's clear from the start of Badlands that keeping their mouth shut is the last thing Halsey plans to do.
However, underneath that icy landscape, Halsey burns with a feminist confidence, spitting out lyrics with their soulful voice that sounds like Björk with vocal fry. It's a goth throwback that brings to mind Danny Lohner's work with Nine Inch Nails. On the surface, Badlands is all chilly atmosphere, thanks to a bevy of thick bass tones, pulsing synthesizers, and rattlesnake percussion loops. music is still apparent, though they did collaborate here with a handful of like-minded producers including Lido, the Futuristics, and Son Lux, who helped flesh out their highly personal songs into even more dramatic, sonically dense recordings. Buy the album Starting at £8.99Īn internet phenomenon, New Jersey's Ashley Frangipane, aka Halsey, parlayed their over 16,000 YouTube subscribers into a record deal with Astralwerks at age 18, a deal based primarily around their moody, synth-heavy single "Ghost." Two years later, Badlands finds the 20-year-old budding pop sensation delivering a set of songs that sound a lot like that fateful first single.
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