To explore Halsey’s You Should be Sad, is to look into how a break-up was resolved without bitterness.The official music video introduces Halsey in a westernized style bikini, complete with cowboy hat. As that character, she enters a country western bar filled with a variety of appealing people. This denotes moving forward, an independent step out of the past relationship while simultaneously entering the field of future potential.
When the opening scene is accompanied with the words “Got no anger, Got no Malice/Just a little bit of regret.” This verse releases bitterness, transmuting it into a silent sorrow. The second line alludes to wasted potential --both in the relationship and in the individual who she parted from. In fact the line of regret provides an element of foreshadowing, when Halsey delves into the Pre-Chorus, “You’re not half the man you think you are, and you can’t fill that hole inside of you with money, drugs, or cars.”
There’s also a political moment that shares poignancy with the line “I”m so glad I never had a baby with you.” This scene is the one in which Halsey appears as Lady Godiva against a golden sun. When in silhouette the image is reminiscent to Native American images, paintings and the colours there in. Were the sun red, the image would also hearken of Eastern faith which sits as a subtle element in the back of the viewers mind.
The excerpt, as a whole, suggests the man she’d been with had yet grown into his potential. While she holds faith in these adult word views, the “Broken man” still wants to play in the world of emptiness --pursuing things only he values; this alluded to with “You can’t love nothing unless there’s something in it for you.”
Resolution of the piece comes in the gentle admonishment, or chastisement, she gives the other party. She informs them politely that they should be sad about their wasted potential. Only then, by acknowledging it through sorrow, instead of rebellious anger, will they be able to recognize and, possibly, come in to that potential.
To explore Halsey’s You Should be Sad, is to look into how a break-up was resolved without bitterness.The official music video introduces Halsey in a westernized style bikini, complete with cowboy hat. As that character, she enters a country western bar filled with a variety of appealing people. This denotes moving forward, an independent step out of the past relationship while simultaneously entering the field of future potential.
When the opening scene is accompanied with the words “Got no anger, Got no Malice/Just a little bit of regret.” This verse releases bitterness, transmuting it into a silent sorrow. The second line alludes to wasted potential --both in the relationship and in the individual who she parted from. In fact the line of regret provides an element of foreshadowing, when Halsey delves into the Pre-Chorus, “You’re not half the man you think you are, and you can’t fill that hole inside of you with money, drugs, or cars.”
There’s also a political moment that shares poignancy with the line “I”m so glad I never had a baby with you.” This scene is the one in which Halsey appears as Lady Godiva against a golden sun. When in silhouette the image is reminiscent to Native American images, paintings and the colours there in. Were the sun red, the image would also hearken of Eastern faith which sits as a subtle element in the back of the viewers mind.
The excerpt, as a whole, suggests the man she’d been with had yet grown into his potential. While she holds faith in these adult word views, the “Broken man” still wants to play in the world of emptiness --pursuing things only he values; this alluded to with “You can’t love nothing unless there’s something in it for you.” Resolution of the piece comes in the gentle admonishment, or chastisement, she gives the other party. She informs them politely that they should be sad about their wasted potential. Only then, by acknowledging it through sorrow, instead of rebellious anger, will they be able to recognize and, possibly, come in to that potential.