Wait A Second! - Halsey Reaction - Colors 

“you were red and you liked me 'cause I was blue, but you touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky and you decided purple just wasn't for you” might be the BEST ever written lyric of all time fight me

“everything is grey, his hair, his smoke, his dreams” she hinted that it was an older man with grey hair. when you’re young things are very black and white but he has experience so things are grey for him. masterpieces are torn or frayed at the edges because they’re old and have traveled a lot. the more things you go through the more damage you take over time, but no matter how old you get, a masterpiece is still a masterpiece. i thinks the blue comes more from her perception of him and their relationship on a whole. she sees him as very cool toned, calm and mature vs her red passionate youth. when you mix blue and red you get purple and he decided he didn’t want all that trouble so she was left sad and blue and he was left devoid of all the colors she brought into his life.

Halsey and the mom both like the same guy (the dad), and the younger guy likes Halsey even though she likes his dad 😂 (I think I said that right). Blue is ethereal and color of the sky and ocean, which is “unexplored” and mysterious in a way, but calming at the same time. Unattainable in a sense because everyone likes someone they don’t/can’t have. She’s watching the color fade to gray eventually, as the excitement and vibrancy of the relationship and connection fade away.

Halsey often says this is one of their favorite songs they’ve ever written. It was originally a poem she wrote as a teenager and at 19 years old she turned it into a song. The line “you were red and you liked me bc I was blue. but you touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky, but you decided purple just wasn’t for you” that’s one of her fav lines she’s ever written she’s said a lot.

Okay so the music video doesn't have much to do with the actual song. Colors is about Matty Healy, the singer from the 1975. Matty's mom was on a TV show and she struggles with depression. Matty and Halsey dated in like 2013-2014 ish. The song is about drug addiction. Matty was addicted to drugs (i think mainly heroin). When she says she "hopes he makes it to the day he's 28 years old" is that she hopes he doesn't join the 27 club (the age lots of celebrities die). He's "spilling like an overflowing sink" like he is going further into his addiction and his words are spilling and messy and can't control them. "dripping like a saturated sunrise" "ripped at every edge"; he's coming undone. He's devoid of color as the drug addiction is ruining him and his dreams. Don't pay too much attention to how the colors switch between people a lot. But basically "decided purple just wasn't for you" shows that when you're in a relationship, you rub off on each other and change. He changed her and he didn't like the person he created. It's also interesting bc he's red which symbolizes passion, lust, anger, intensity, etc and it slowly leaches from him. He gets covered in blue (her) as he slowly lets his addiction take him. So he's really grey with spots of blue on him bc of her. Bc she'es trying to be there for him. Idk if any of this made sense. I def left a lot out and i typed really fast lol.

Ah you can’t rate Halsey songs on one listen. They’re confusing as hell at first because there are so many layers of symbolism. It takes time to parse and process her poetry, but she’s a goddamn genius.

Halsey is one of the most powerful writers, fight me She has a unique way of describing the emotions and expressing them When you actually understand the meaning it's mind blowing

its actually suspected that the song is about her relationship with matty healy from the 1975 (who is very much alive).....but that's an interesting take too

This song is about her relationship with Matty Healey singer from the band 1975

Halsey loves Taylor and was definitely inspired by the song Red, she said.😊

Yes purple is the mix of red and blue. 😂😂😂

Welcome to the insane poetry of a Halsey song. Don’t worry, no one gets it all the first listen! Her lyrics are insane. Insanely good! Looking forward to another one!

Over the channel "English Teacher KP" she did an analysis of this song and she goes more depth, and it's incredible to me how much we take for granted. The lyrics deserve more than a 7 in my opinion! I would like Suffi to watch her video and see if he changes his mind about it or not. I'll be waiting for more Halsey reactions! I love that 3 queens were named in the video! Halsey, Taylor and Selena! ❤

“You were red and you liked me 'cause I was blue, but you touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky and you decided purple just wasn't for you” is an original poem Halsey (Ashley her real name) wrote and posted in her tumbler few years back before she was even discovered. She was accused of plagiarism without them knowing that it was actually hers. It was graceful how she address that said issue before. Love your videos. Was a silent watcher this whole time. Sorry for subscribing late.

This song is about Matty Healy (the lead singer of the band The 1975) who Halsey was briefly with in like early 2010s. Matty struggled with addiction to heroine and cocaine for a long time which obviously caused Halsey a lot of distress. Matty is also an avid atheist and nihilist which explains Halsey’s lyrics alluding to spirituality and death. Side note: Please please please consider checking out The 1975. They are my favorite band. Their sound can be a bit avant- guard at times but their lyrics are NEXT LEVEL.

I found you recently while bingeing Bo Burnham reactions, and I just want to say how much I adore your commentary as opposed to other reaction channels. Your demeanor is so chill and your analysis is always so in depth and thoughtful! Keep up the good work!

This song was written about her relationship with Matty Healy lead singer/main songwriter with The 1975 whose mother is actress/presenter Denise Welch hence that line in the song. You should really do some The 1975 reactions - they have amazing songs and Mattys lyrics are genius

I saw that you just reviewed this 2 months ago. You have SO many Halsey songs to listen to. You have to react to You Should Be Sad, Without Me, Nightmare, and I Am Not A Woman I’m A God. Also Bad At Love and 100 Letters from Hopeless Fountain Kingdom too. Such great songs! You’re about to fall down the Halsey rabbit hole! Buckle up and enjoy the ride. You’re in for a treat!

Yessss more Halsey! She is my all time celebrity crush 😍 and I love a lot of her songs, (not all) but a lot! 🔥

You cracked me up on this one. Sometimes artists just have fun with the vids and they don't express the original meaning of the song.

I always felt like this was about depression.

can't wait to see your reactions to the classics (80's and earlier) songs that many people requested and voted on spreadsheet, there's a lot of great bands and artists in there you must check out

I cant blame her tough, the dad is pretty attractive hahaha

You're always so thoughtful and try to truly comprehend what the song or the video is about, I admire you for that, wish there were more people like you :) Also, if nobody ever tells you, you are HOT

it's her best song ughhhh

This song is about Matty Healy of the 1975 halsey confirmed. She said she got his approval so he wouldn’t sue them lol. She dated him and has multiple songs about him. His mom was on a tv show, he has a little brother, he had a gray streak in his hair. Blue pills - I was prescribed oxy for awhile and my pills were blue. She hopes he makes it to 28 because a lot of famous celebs died of drug overdose at 27 years old.

i recommend you to react to the live acoustic performance of this song from the billboard women in music 2016, that version is much better and more emotional, her voice is wonderful there

I always assumed the blue guy is different from the grey guy in the lyric, cause the blue guy is younger than 28 but the grey guy has grey hair idk.

This always sounded like a Taylor Swift song to me, especially the talking part bridge.

10+ … There’s a lot unpacking that song, but you have to listen to it more than once

Ooh 😮 I like the ranking system! Cool 😎

Who els is waiting for lana del rey ride. Reaction 😂

And she says I hope you make it to the age of 28 because he was a musician and there’s a curse of musicians dying at 27. Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy, Winehouse, etc.

I agree

I love you are loving her Her song called "You asked for this" its amazing if you want a recomendation Also still waiting for your reaction to "Ride" by Lana

I really hope you want to keep listening to Halsey after your next one!😊 no one told you to listen to Halseys biggest song Without Me. The music video is perfection and got a G-Eazy look alike because the song is about him.

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It made me laugh

They way she mentioned pills wasn't about drugs, it was about medicine and it also was a little hint that he is much older than her cause he needs them for his health

I really like that you rank the songs! Do it on every song! I don't agree with you at this song,cause I love Halsey and every song of hers,every one is 10! But I really like your opinion! Do some Justin Timberlake, especially Mirrors and Suit and Tie!!!

Everyone is mentioning the 1975 because of the topic of the song but honestly you really should delve into their work. You would enjoy it, they are really good and have the same kind of wordplay lyrics that Halsey & Taylor have.

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blue might represent youngness? and grey an older person. i'm not sure but i think it makes sense

"i could get tired of the song" me 8 years after first hearing it 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

This one is only my favorite song of halsey way back I think this was on her 2015 album

ok im new here and idk how you decided which song you will react on, but you definitely need to react on without me by halsey if you are only reacting on singles. imo her singles aren't the best representation of halsey and her talent so you should definitely check out her albums. her last one was banger

When she said blue she was talking about his eyes 👀

I always thought it was both of them. The son is blue, his hands his eyes his jeans and the dad is grey, his hair, his smoke his dreams. The son is filled with drugs and she hopes he’ll make it to 28 years old. And the dad was red and liked her cause she was blue but decided purple wasn’t for him. In the video you get the idea the dad rejected her for his wife so she clung to the son who then found out about his dad and she lost them both. Now: as far as why it’s relatable. If you don’t see the video you can make the leap that everything was blue with him because he wasn’t happy hence the drug abuse etc. Then he began to “lose his color” when she looked at him everything becoming gray, his hair, his smoke his dreams. She says “ now your so devoid of color you don’t know what it means” so lyrically it could be one man and people can relate to that man that drifts further away from you and loses that brightness you originally loved about him.

So this song is about Matt Healy from the 1975 if you have ever listened to them!!

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Red and blue make purple, red and yellow make orange and yellow and blue make green lol

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listen to "back to you" by selena

The video and the song are two different concepts.

You NEED to watched the stripped version of this song! I actually prefer it to the original

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Blue represents drugs and how because she is near him she is covered in the drugs and how he liked her because she didn’t do drugs but because she touched him she turned purple meaning she started doing drugs

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Hlw

the lyrics are so much like Red cuz Halsey is a fan of Taylor

Red + Blue = Purple

Dude you are still in the blue

Oxy 30s were called blues on the street... this song is about depression and addiction...red is scorpios... blue is libra.. together they were purple.. toxic..IMO the video is allegory..

The video has nothing to do with the lyrics. She is singing about his depression pills(blue). Everything becomes grey. He is void of color/emotion. She’s talking about how those pills make everything mute. How do you choose between a world of grey , but survives or a world of color so deep that you feel too much and end it!!!

I feel like this react was a little late 😅

Too much Lana del Rey makes you think that everyone on every songs are dead. Been there, done that