Halsey part ways with Capitol Records

Halsey and Capitol Records are parting ways, a spokesperson for the artist and label confirmed to < em>Variety Saturday.

"After eight great years, the decision to leave Capitol is bittersweet, but we are thrilled to 'exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans,' Halsey's managers, Jason Aron and Anti-Pop's Anthony Li, said in a statement.

"Everyone at the Capitol poured their hearts and souls into helping Halsey achieve her dreams and to showcase his music to the world,” the record label said in its own statement. "We are incredibly proud of all we have accomplished together and wish Halsey the best in all of her future endeavours."

The breakup comes about a year after Halsey went public with a dispute with the record company over the social media, which seemed to be ending peacefully at the time. The artist reportedly negotiated an exit strategy with Capitol over the past few months.

The star hasn't mentioned any news related to the separation on social accounts, as of this writing. < /p>

The news was first reported early Saturday by .

Halsey's grievances with Capitol became very public in 2022, when the artist was releasing a new track , " So good." Halsey took to social media to complain that the label was refusing to release the new song unless the artist cooked up a TikTok campaign around it. Eventually, a detente seemed to have been reached, with "So Good" hitting DSPs as Capitol issued a statement of conciliation.

For Halsey, things came to a boiling point in May 2022, as they wrote that the song and a music video had been over for over a month, but claimed the label wouldn't go ahead with releasing the single "unless they could fake a viral moment on TikTok ... Basically, I have a song that I love and want to release ASAP. But my label won't let me. Fans have taken to their own social media accounts, condemning Capitol for having allegedly delayed the release of the song.

On May 31 of last year, Capitol used its social media to post an open letter to Halsey, writing, “Halsey we love you and are here to support you. We are committed to a release of "So Good" on June 9, 2022... We are an artist-focused company that encourages open dialogue. We have nothing but a desire to help each of our artists succeed, and hope that we can continue to have these critical conversations."

The label did not add "...in private" to this last statement, but may well have, in the wake of continued tweets from fans of Halsey slamming the label. In any case, the artist took a lighter tone in a handful of related posts from then on, leaving Capitol out as they wrote to followers, “Now I can start using TikTok again to my true plan: to use sorcery to take over the world. … Thank you for following this fiasco. I hope you like the song."

Halsey's latest track to be released, "Die 4 Me", a solo version of a song which they previously cut as a duet with Post Malone, was released on February 23. It didn't have much of an impact, marking an inauspicious end to a relationship that once yielded great results and saw Halsey rise to pop stardom.

Halsey's four albums reached No. 1 or No. 2 on the Billboard 200. first three, "Badlands", "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom" and "Manic" were all certified double platinum.

The artist's latest album, released in August 2021, "If I Can't Have Love , I Want Power,” produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, found a newfound favor in Halsey among critics and other tastemakers, though it did not produce the same commercial results as the previous three. reached the Variety Top 10 Albums list for 2021, among other accolades, but after a No. 2 launch on the Billboard 200, without a hit single, it had a short stay on the charts albums.

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