Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - NINE INCH NAILS FAN REACTS!! 

In her interviews she explained how a lot of her songs were about her baby, and how she was pretty much trying to heal all her past traumas before her baby was born and that’s why a lot of the songs talk about “daddy issues, being a fraud” and such. She’s calling herself out. It’s a very HEALING album, I just LOVE it. It’s deep/meaningful and enough grungeyness for my emotional/dark self hah.

As someone who has been a fan of hers for the last 7 years, this is by far my favorite album of hers. Trent and Atticus did a FANTASTIC job on this album between the piano, synths, industrial sound, and some of the songs that don’t have any of that. The production and engineering of this album is the best there’s been on her music in my opinion.

as a fervent Halsey fan since Room 93, “Darling” is probably one of her least typical songs. I feel she’s always expressed herself in a vulnerable way but it rarely is it so stripped back. Her cinematic, ethereal alt, pop-punk/pop-rock filter has always been somewhat present as almost an armour between Halsey and Ashley. That song (imo) is the most pure track on any of her albums (and yes i’m including More). In my eyes it wasn’t for her fans but she chose to share it with us anyway which is a beautiful thing. It is for her baby, and by extension herself.

⭐️TiMe sTaMPs ⭐️ 🗣Intro: 0:00 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦The Tradition: 0:15 🔔Bells in Santa Fe: 2:50 🥺Easier than Lying: 5:10 🔮Lilith: 7:08 🔫Girl is a Gun: 9:00 😈You asked for this: 10:37 🤱Darling: 13:05 🤰1121: 15:05 🍯Honey: 16:30 🌬Whispers: 17:06 💃I am not a woman, I’m a god: 18:28 ⛵️The Lighthouse: 20:26 🦄 Ya’aburnee: 22:10 💛Yw💛

Halsey has some great lyrics but this is also a fantastically produced album. The only disservice this album has is such a fantastic opening that on my first listen I kept wanted to go back to those first 3 tracks. Definitely get overly that after the first couple listens. Oddly, you say Darling is what you expect from Halsey when i'd say the opposite! Halsey plays with a lot of alterantive, rock, pop and R&B sounds with only one of two stripped back songs like this in her discography. She has a great cadence in her vocal, great flow and is a fantastic live performer.Know you've heard some Halsey tracks but would be interesting to see you react to her other albums as Halsey does play with a lot of different genres and has some great lyrics.

Trent and Atticus have said that they formed all the songs around the melodies and lyrics that Halsey wrote and sent over, with a few changes of course. Just goes to show that her song writing ability and conceptual vision, was able to stand up with 2 of the industry’s finest producers 🙌🏼

Halsey's lyrics reference all of her other albums, like "I want a fist around my throat" and "Cry so hard I choke" are in reference to Castle's "Now my neck is open wide, begging for a fist around it. Already choking on my pride, so there's no use crying about it". And her love songs are about her baby that she suffered 3 miscarriages to have

“Ya’aburnee” is an Arabic expression used for someone you love and very commonly used by mothers to their children. It literally translates to what Halsey mentions in the song, “[i hope] you will bury me before I bury you” because the person cannot stand living in a world without the other.

I’ve always been a fan of Halsey, her darker songs were always my favorite, Control for example. This album is like a fucking dream come true. Bells in Santa Fe, the Lighthouse, Tradition, 1121 (which happens to be my birthday 😂), Lilith, I Am Not A Woman I’m A God, Whispers are the stand outs for me. I want to watch the film she made to accompany the album but it’s not on any streaming services yet, it only went to IMAX theaters. I really hope she stays with this sound, it’s incredible.

So glad you reviewed this! I've always liked Halsey but felt like she was just scratching the surface... It's great to see such an artistic collaboration. Fingers crossed Trent and Atticus continue producing more pop albums!

Never paid her music any mind, never my kind of thing, but now I'm absolutely obsessed with her, and this album. It's absolutely stunning from beginning to end. I just want more! Never wanted this album to end 🖤

Lilith was the first song she wrote for this album. Honey was written when Halsey's younger brother asked her about her writing process and she wrote this song, later on she and her manager realised it was a banger so they added it to the album. 1121 is the date she found out she was pregnant with her son, she thought she had COVID. Ya'aburnee is arabic and it translates to "You Bury Me" a decleration of one's hope they'll die before there partner. Darling is a lullaby to her son. You asked for this relates to her wanting to be a mother for so long. Halsey's way with lyrics is *chefs kiss* *Punksey was born with this album*

The sound of this album transported me to my teen years listening NIN's "With Teeth", great work from Halsey, Trent and Atticus. Without a doubt, one of the best albums in this year so far.

Whispers is a Masterpiece! what an album, so Power and honest

This whole project, as i believe she's said, is about the horrors and traumas surrounding pregnancy and motherhood. In that sense, i think Ya'aburnee (which translated from Arabic means, "may he bury me"), is the perfect closing track for a record that is in a way dedicated to her newborn son. Love this reaction though, great to hear the perspective from a NIN fan. You should give her previous record Manic a listen if you haven't already!

I had never really listened to her. I've always been a NIN fan. This album is the best thing I've heard in years. I really hope they do another together. Lighthouse is amazing. I want a longer version, a couple more verses. That said, as it stands the song could be sung from the perspective of a woman murdered and tossed into the sea or from the perspective of a Siren luring sailors to their death. Love it.

Her giggle at the beginning of this girl is a gun 🖤

I really wasn't expecting to see you react to this, but I'm very happy that you are! It's definitely one of my favorite albums of 2021.

as a massive Halsey and NIN fan myself, this album is a dream.

Halsey has always written with depth, from Badlands

The Tradition and Lighthouse are two of halsey's best songs

This is my favorite Halsey album, and I’ve been ride or die since before she dropped.

1121 is my favourite track of the album. Definitely getting some Evanescence vibes throughout the track.

I just want to acknowledge “Darling” had guest guitarist Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac playing guitar. Also “Honey” had Dave Grohl on drums.

This is the sort of album that has taken over my mind and the songs that I wasn't that interested in on first listen I LOVE now. I've been playing it on repeat since it came out.

as a Halsey fan is so interesting to see how NIN fans reacts to the album because you are not familiar with halsey's music and im not familiar with NIN music either so it was surprising for almost everybody ... it was amazing to see halsey working with people she admired so much and who she wanted to work for so long. Also it's interesting how you can identify the undertones as "classic NIN" because as I said I'm not familiar with NIN music and now I think they're geniuses. Halsey's lyrics were one of the first things that made me fell in love with her music when I listened to Badlands, they have such a brutal and honest way to write about how they feel and their struggles that sounds almost poetic and heartbreaking... for us fans to see her struggle with her reproductive health and thinking that she could never have a baby or even a family and seeing now in 2021 that she has everything she ever dreamed of makes songs like Darling, 1121 and Ya'aburnee so sad but at the same time so fulfilling after all she'd been through. This album felt like the right thing for Halsey and as a fan I couldn't be happier. I throughly recommend you to listen to her previous albums :) thank you for this review.

It's interesting hearing your take which is more production and sound focused. I often think of Halsey as being distinctive through her lyrics- the sort of brutal twists of poetic honesty being the hallmark, and being able to sing in pretty much any genre. So I often read Halsey albums as more of a cohesive thing, the progress of the narrative with the music influencing the tones and flavours. I really enjoy this album, at first I was more taken with the same tracks as you but after a few listens I've come to really love listening to the album as a complete piece and those other tracks have really grown on me- though Lighthouse is still my favourite. I feel like you might find Manic an interesting album to check out from Halsey (if you haven't checked it out as a whole piece). I'm not sure it would be 100% your flavour musically but it's the first album they wrote not as a concept album but about theirself- also the one You Should Be Sad is on- and there are some real lyrical stunners on there. She said she writes her songs designed to be listened to multiple times to pick out the true depth. I'd be interested to see if you, like me, find a first listen of a Halsey album is usually good but around the third or fourth listen it becomes something else as a complete project. Enjoyed your take on this. Also I feel like you would probably enjoy a live Halsey show- her concert feels was more rock and has some great haunting moments and atmospheric creation with a lot of good heavier sound. (Plus they're a highly professional performer I was stunned.)

I didn’t know nine inch nails were involved until I heard the first song I’m like shit this is some NIN shit. Lol 😂 and then saw how involved he was I was like awww shit 90s gothic punk is back. I love this album! Great lyrics production and collab. It’s like the Aaron Jack and Taylor gel. NIN and Halsey belong together

Big halsey fan, not sure why she gets so much hate. Her music quality is great, but if you've only heard her radio hits I guess I'd understand.

AHHHHH YES YES YES THIS IS WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR!! found you for your reaction to The Weeknd albums and was hoping you’d react to Halsey as well. YAYYY ❤️

This was the first album I’ve run on repeat for over a decade (NIN fanboy and love Halsey songs, so bit of a given), was worth the wait (was so excited to hear about the project early summer). Great reaction vid, think it’s what I looked like on first listen myself (except I did stand with two hands to “bow down before the one I serve”!

Your understanding of music is impeccable. I love seeing you pick apart those details that us producers, songwriters, and vocalists think nobody will notice. I'd love to watch you react to my work just because of how meticulous I am about the production - almost as psychotically as Trent, haha.

i would love to know what you think of the lyrics in this album looking at it from a motherhood perspective, i think it's really smart how she managed to make it so that a lot of them worked both with her speaking to her child and with her speaking to herself/a lover... but i gotta say that hearing them knowing she was writing with pregnancy/motherhood/infertility in mind make these hit a lot harder.. i always feel goosebumps at "please don't leave, don't leave me in the shape you left me"

yay i've been waiting for this reaction for so long😁😁

As a fan of Halsey since ghost era, I’m so proud of her growth as an artist. Her lyrics always got substance and her music is just good overall.

did we all expect Bells In Santa Fe to have a massive beat drop half way through!? it has so much dramatic music and so much build up it was crazy to hear no beat drop, although i do like the transition from the all of "this is" to easier than lying

Im a massive NIN fan, my little sister loves Halsey. When i heard that she had worked with Trent and Atticus on this I immediately needed to check it out. Total the Fragile vibes from it (easily my favourite and in general a masterpiece of work). Would love to see more pop artists lean right into their influences like this. Great content mate 10+

Great reaction!! You should check out “People Disappear Here” from the extended version of this record. It’s amazing. Possibly my favorite song off the record.

YESSS!! Was waiting for it🔥😍😍🖤

as a halsey fan i LOVED this album! so interesting to hear you break down the technical parts that make the songs so great

I really wish she would drop the movie that goes with the album it adds so much depth to the meaning of the music.

I absolutely LOVE this album. I've been a fan for years but this is by far my favourite album. Girl is a Gun is very left field, but its a lot like her old stuff but still stays true to the themes. Always dreamed of a rock album and this exceeded my expectations tenfold.

Love this!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do the last album “MANIC” One of my all time favourite album, rollercoaster of an album!!!! Peace!

This is the first time I’ve watched one of your videos so I’m not super aware of your general taste and music experience but I gotta say from another long time NIN fan (I started listening to them way too young at like ten years old back in the 90s lol) you have said basically all the same things I have felt about this album. Picking up on all the same little nuances and moments. It was really fun to watch! I’ve listened to this album several times now and man some of the songs just really sink their teeth into you!

I’m a fan of your Lana videos and I just got into this album so it’s nice to see your reaction! I love it for sure.

As soon as he said "The Fragile " was one of his favorite albums..I subscribed and smashed like 👍

I'm glad you liked 1121. Probably my favorite off the album.

The first time I listened to this album on the day it came out, I was just blown away! I knew that Trent and Atticus were producing it and I thought that will be interesting, but the end result was just crazy good, since the release its been on my top listened list every month!

Yes sir been waiting

Yes!! Was wondering if we were ever gonna get this reaction!

Her last album was great too, I aren’t a huge fan of her but my girlfriend had it on constantly grew on me loads

I've been a borderline Halsey fan for a while now but this album really won me over. I don't even have a good knowledge of NIN and mostly know Trent from his soundtracks, but now I know I've got to dig back into their catalogue. This is nearly a perfect record for me, though. Highlights are Bells in Santa Fe, I Am Not A Woman, and Lilith.

Happy to see you react to this! I'd say thsi album is easily Halsey's best work. Production is brilliant as well. Great reaction, keep it up!!

This reaction video was everything I wanted it to be. You’re the best.

Such a great album! Definitely thought it's gonna be decent beforehand, but completely blew me away as soon as I listened to it the first time! Caught me off guard for sure!

It took me a whole year to get into her album but I am truly obsessed, it’s so good.. it’s insane.

Finally someone who respects the lighthouse 👏🏼👏🏼❤️ this album is a 10/10 for me!

You should listen to all her albums!

As an og 90s NIN fan, this is the sequel to Downward Spiral I have been waiting for.

This álbum is a marterpiece, perfect collab👑❤️‍🔥

This album has been on repeat since it’s release. It’s so goood. Musically and lyrically, really love Halsey

Halsey has a Poets Soul and it's beautiful.

Yooo! Fragile is my favourite NIN album, in my top 5 albums of all time. You should do a video on it

awesome! glad to see a NIN reaction to this. I enjoyed the album it makes me crave a new how to destroy angels album so bad.

As a fellow Nine Inch Nails fan, I’ve been excited to hear your reaction and really enjoyed it! Feel the same as you on most tracks, especially for Whispers and The Lighthouse. I hadn’t listened to Halsey too much before, but I enjoyed some of her tracks from Hopeless Fountain Kingdom and massively respect her love and creativity for concept albums. I was really excited for this album when I heard Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are producing and it didn’t disappoint for me. It’s nice to have this sound back - the industrial, the punk, alternative and just general rock sound. Also “The Fragile” album is actually my favorite album from Nine Inch Nails, too. So many tracks from there that I love like “The Mark Has Been Made”, “The Fragile”, “We’re in This Together”, “The Day the World Went Away” and “Where Is Everybody?” Always glad to hear someone love that album, too.

i've recently gotten into punk, pop rock, nu metal etc but something about Darling hits so hard, all the songs on this album were extremely well written

I got very Placebo mixed with A Perfect Circle vibes and I am in love with the transitions; Simply eargasmic

Man, nothing makes me happier as a music lover than seeing another person jamming and grooving to one of my favourite artists. I honestly had no clue that there was Nine Inch Nails influence in this album (tbh though, I can't recall if I've heard any of their songs, probably have). Listening to the whole album from start to finish is both a feat and strangely dark yet whimsical journey. I typically focus more on the hidden, covert meanings behind lyrics, and consider how well they meld with the instrumental mood and tone, but I'm curious to hear it while under the influence of some Mary Jane. I tend to hear more, nearly inperceivable, layers within the music that way (btw, hopeless fountain kingdom, especially heaven in hiding and don't play, it seriously incredible while stoned). Overall, it's a brilliant release, Halsey has evidently matured as a person: spiritually, emotionally, and especially vocally. Their voice sounds much more controlled and stronger in this than previous albums (not dissing the first 3, they're amazing albums)

if you want to see some more lyrical depth from her defiantly listen to manic. the lyrical content in that album is outstanding

I absolutely love that you let the songs keep playing to hear how they transition into each other

this is the very first halsey album i listened in full to and i was in awe of how good this was. hope they make more music like this! *ps toxic fans/stans let’s not disrespect their past works :)*

Not at all what I expected from a Halsey record, but definitely a welcomed listen! Glad to see artists expand their own sounds to different genres, it makes me appreciate them much more

I come back to this album review from time to time to remember how much I love NIN 💕

I was never a Halsey listener previously, but upon learning whom produced it, i gave it a listen. Two weeks later, I am very into this album, it’s EXCELLENT. Multiple listens highly recommended so it seeps into your bones. My favourite album of 2021 so far, 9/10. PS - Have you listened to Deafheaven’s new album (“Infinite Granite”)?

Same favorite songs. LOVE the album. Can hear Trent in almost every single song.

Would love to see you react to some current shoegaze! Outlander - sundowning, nothing - the great dismal, whirr - feels like you, just to make a few suggestions!

you can also go look up the personnel on this album, it’s full of surprises.

Yeeeeahhh, i wanted you to react to this masterpiece so badly!

i love this album so deeply

The lighthouse to me is the end of the story and ya’aburnee ( probably misspelled it ) feels like the credits where you wind down and process everything.

I love this. Halsey is an amazing lyricist, sometimes her music is a hit or miss for me, but her lyrics always hits.

I don’t know Halsey’s other work so I thank Trent and Atticus for introducing me to her because she seems like a genuinely cool person. Not sure if her music is my cup of tea in general but this album is definitely a top 3 of 2021 for me.

I really admire the respect you have for music, whether you like it/get it or not.

The album is a masterpiece. Hasley’s greatest work to date.

I love Halsey, but I LOVE TRENT REZNOR! I had this exact reaction. It's so perfect.

I also love the fragile and have been listening to halsey’s new album and think is pretty good!

YESSS THE BIGGEST NIN FAN ON THE INTERNET 😹🖤🖤 I thought of u immediately when I found out he produced this album

Girl is a gun is such a banger💜🖤

I LOVED YOUR REACTION

easier than lying and the lighthouse yes we all vibe exactly like this

My daughter's favorite artist Halsey melts with her 90's NIN moshpit Mama, it's beautiful!

This album is so satisfying.. so Trent and so powerful

You asked for this is very Sky Ferreiraish which I love

The fragile is my favorite nin album by FAR

So glad you liked it ! It's her best album so far

If you haven't, you should check out the Saul Williams album that Trent produced a while back. It's called the Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, and it's fantastic as well.

Best album of the year, so bad ass🙌🏻🤘🏻

also there’s a fantastic bonus track called “people disappear here”, which you might dig. I personally think it beats lots of tracks on the album. you can find it on RU-vid.

12:13 yessss finaly someone picked up on the best lyric of the album

Seeing this on tour was INSANE. It was amazing and the best night of my life.