Singers Halsey and Alanis Morissette have teamed up to deliver a heartfelt ode to the hardships of love with Alanis’ Interlude. The song is a cry out to a world where it remains a struggle to be a member of the LGBT+ community. The lyrics portray the feelings of a girl who loves both men and women alike, and struggles to keep her relationship with a female lover hidden from the world. Halsey sings that although thoughts of “beautiful loves and beautiful thighs” keep her up at night, she lives “...for loving in the light”. This inner turmoil of craving love but dreading having to keep your lover a secret is a sad reality faced by many people in same-sex relationships.
When I hear the lyrics of Alanis’ Interlude I can feel the conflict of emotions in Halsey and Alanis’ voices- a portrayal of a deep and aching pain that sits at the core of the LGBT+ community. While the song has echoes of sadness and longing, it also has a melody of hope. The world is changing, and every year more people are “tired of all these labels”. It shouldn’t matter who you love. Whether you love men, women, both, or neither- you shouldn’t have to keep your feelings a secret and hide them from the world.
When artists release songs like Alanis’ Interlude or come out as a fellow member of the LGBT+ community, it gives me great hope. I feel that the world really is changing for the better and that someday songs like this will just be a reminder. They will be something that we can look back on and appreciate how far we have come, when we finally live in a time where people are free to follow their hearts without fear.
Singers Halsey and Alanis Morissette have teamed up to deliver a heartfelt ode to the hardships of love with Alanis’ Interlude. The song is a cry out to a world where it remains a struggle to be a member of the LGBT+ community. The lyrics portray the feelings of a girl who loves both men and women alike, and struggles to keep her relationship with a female lover hidden from the world. Halsey sings that although thoughts of “beautiful loves and beautiful thighs” keep her up at night, she lives “...for loving in the light”. This inner turmoil of craving love but dreading having to keep your lover a secret is a sad reality faced by many people in same-sex relationships.
When I hear the lyrics of Alanis’ Interlude I can feel the conflict of emotions in Halsey and Alanis’ voices- a portrayal of a deep and aching pain that sits at the core of the LGBT+ community. While the song has echoes of sadness and longing, it also has a melody of hope. The world is changing, and every year more people are “tired of all these labels”. It shouldn’t matter who you love. Whether you love men, women, both, or neither- you shouldn’t have to keep your feelings a secret and hide them from the world.
When artists release songs like Alanis’ Interlude or come out as a fellow member of the LGBT+ community, it gives me great hope. I feel that the world really is changing for the better and that someday songs like this will just be a reminder. They will be something that we can look back on and appreciate how far we have come, when we finally live in a time where people are free to follow their hearts without fear.