Even if you haven’t heard of her, Halsey IS one of the biggest names in music right now. Her new album Manic is coming out next week and she just released the third single from it. It’s called “You Should Be Sad” and while I wouldn’t call it country, it definitely has some Nashville vibes.
Which shouldn’t be surprising because she performed with Lady Antebellum during the CMA Awards and NAILED it. So, she decided to pay tribute to her childhood idol, Shania Twain, in the video for YSBS.
Was so hard not to post 100000 pics of this. I peaked in life here. https://t.co/TqrBcVb5LW
— h (@halsey) January 10, 2020
I didn’t catch the other references at first, but as soon as I saw the leopard outfit I was like, wait a second. Not only did she don the cat print, she also did the bouffant and little black dress.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH GIRL pic.twitter.com/lMFbNX5PED
— ⚣︎TGI࿓✮➄⚄ (@vintecarneiro) January 10, 2020
And she didn’t stop at Shania. She threw in a Carrie Underwood nod with her “Cry Pretty” inspired make up.
YOU SHOULD BE SAD. new song and WILD video dropping on 1/10. Midnight EST. yee fuckin’ haw. pic.twitter.com/xiLll1sKLe
— h (@halsey) January 8, 2020
In fact, the whole song was kind of inspired by Carrie.
Xtina, Gaga, Carrie, and of course Shania, this was one loaded with nods to badass idols of mine. Had the vision to do a “before he cheats” but instead about after he does haha.
— h (@halsey) January 10, 2020
She also wrote the tune after spending a lot of time in Nashville.
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