ASCAP Awards: Songwriters Shine

0:00It's May 1st. You're listening to music news today. AI-powered music coverage. I'm Corey with The Story. Halsey just dropped the deluxe edition of their fifth album, The Great and Personator, packing in five fresh, unreleased tracks. Standouts include the pop rock banger Carrie The Weight, premiered live on the Four My Last Trick tour, plus lucid, lessons, nothing, charades, and a. Demo called Afraid of the Dark. They made it clear this completes the full vision for the album cycle. Tying everything together like the perfect final note. The record stems from some heavy personal battles. Halsey faced lupus in a rare T-sale disorder, channeling grief and grit into what they thought. Might be their last project. It hit shells in October 2024 as their debut with Columbia records after splitting from capital. First week sales clocked 100,000 copies, a win in today's streaming world, and fueling their top-grossing tour ever, though Halsey admits. It stings next to old pop star highs. Label tensions ran deep too. They weren't

1:04even clear to record more at first. Still, with sharp wit cutting through the rye motion, this addition locks in Halsey's forward momentum.