Halsey, Lonely is the Muse | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 90^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Lonely is the Muse” performed by alternative pop singer/songwriter, Halsey.

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 90^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Lonely is the Muse” performed by Halsey.

“I spent years becoming cool / And in one single second, you / Can make a decade of my efforts disappear.” Damn, that sucks, Halsey (Ashley Frangipane).  What doesn’t suck, however, is “Lonely is the Muse”, a highlight from the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter’s fifth studio album, The Great Impersonator.  She continues singing in the dramatic first verse, “I’m just waiting at the bar / And you rip open all my scars / By saying something like, ‘Didn’t know you were here.’” Once again, damn, that stings! Halsey captures the excruciating pain soundly in this gem co-written with Stuart Price. Austin Corona, Wyatt Bernard, and Brandon Buttner produced this dark, angsty alternative rock cut that shows a different side of Halsey.

In the second verse, Halsey cites her accomplishments yet laments the fact she’s “…Reduced to just a body / Here in someone else’s bed.” The chorus and post-chorus mark the most memorable moments from “Lonely is the Muse.” The lyrics continue to live in the ‘dark’ with Frangipane confirming her status as a martyr (“Always knew I was a martyr / That Jesus was one too”). The lyrics are poetic to the nth degree. She adds in the bridge, with the utmost drama:

“And when you’re done, you can discard me

Like the others always do

And I will nurse my wounds until

Another artist needs me new

And I will always reassemble to fit perfectly in view.”

By the end (outro) of “Lonely is the Muse”, Halsey is at her most angst-laden, with the dynamic musical accompanying fueling the fire.  This is one of the best songs of Halsey’s career, hands down 🤘! Four minutes of greatness!

Halsey // The Great Impersonator // Columbia // 2024

Halsey, Lonely is the Muse: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 90 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Columbia; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]