The song itself is Haley’s debut use of experimenting with country music, by keeping an acoustic sound throughout her song with a guitar. The video as well keeps up the “southern” aesthetic with her the outfit of others, the fact that she comes into the video with an older Trams-Am car, she walks into a club that is littered with hay, the “group” dance scene is a variation of square dancing, and even her cuts alluded to country style. This is a very interesting move on her part, I believe that country style is almost being used as an "artistic format", which is not wrong, but I saw this with Lil Nas X (in his hit song "Old Country Road). I could kind of predict that probably more people in the hip-pop/ pop field will get on this trend. Country music although it is not bad, is a sound that most young people are put off by, and that means creators have some "content" (because although country music is not bad, it sort of carries a redundant sound).
Another topic to tackle about the song is its meaning, I think it’s a straight forward song about a very public relationship she had with her ex-boyfriend “G-Eazy" (him being one of my favorite rappers) because although he publicly has never admitted it, Halsey has said it many times that he did. This song would not be the first one she would write about him, "Without Me" was a very angry son venting her frustrations. However this new song tends to carry a more sorrowful reflection of their time together, not in detail, but a view from the eyes of a wiser person who can look back and accept what happened.
The song itself is Haley’s debut use of experimenting with country music, by keeping an acoustic sound throughout her song with a guitar. The video as well keeps up the “southern” aesthetic with her the outfit of others, the fact that she comes into the video with an older Trams-Am car, she walks into a club that is littered with hay, the “group” dance scene is a variation of square dancing, and even her cuts alluded to country style. This is a very interesting move on her part, I believe that country style is almost being used as an "artistic format", which is not wrong, but I saw this with Lil Nas X (in his hit song "Old Country Road). I could kind of predict that probably more people in the hip-pop/ pop field will get on this trend. Country music although it is not bad, is a sound that most young people are put off by, and that means creators have some "content" (because although country music is not bad, it sort of carries a redundant sound).
Another topic to tackle about the song is its meaning, I think it’s a straight forward song about a very public relationship she had with her ex-boyfriend “G-Eazy" (him being one of my favorite rappers) because although he publicly has never admitted it, Halsey has said it many times that he did. This song would not be the first one she would write about him, "Without Me" was a very angry son venting her frustrations. However this new song tends to carry a more sorrowful reflection of their time together, not in detail, but a view from the eyes of a wiser person who can look back and accept what happened.