Manic is the third studio album by American singer Halsey, released on January 17, 2020, through Capitol Records. It includes the songs "Graveyard", "Clementine", "Finally // Beautiful Stranger", "Suga's Interlude", "You Should Be Sad", and her 2018 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Without Me". It features guest appearances by Dominic Fike, Alanis Morissette, and Suga of BTS. Halsey will promote the album on her upcoming third concert tour Manic World Tour.
Background and sound
In March 2019, Halsey announced that her third studio album would be released in 2019 and that she wanted it to be "perfect". The standalone single, "Nightmare" , released on May 17, 2019, was originally intended to be the lead single from the album. A scene in the music video for “Nightmare” showed Halsey holding a newspaper reading "MANIC" and another scene where she holds a sign reading "H3 / AI / 10--2019", with the actual day not shown, which some speculated as a hint that the album would be released in October 2019. However, it was released on January 17, 2020.
During a question-and-answer session on August 7, 2019, she stated that the album is "less dystopian fantasy world" and that it reflects her current worldview. In her Rolling Stone cover story, Halsey stated that her upcoming record is a sampling of "hip-hop, rock, country, fucking everything — because it’s so manic. It’s soooooo manic. It’s literally just, like, whatever the fuck I felt like making; there was no reason I couldn’t make it".
She revealed the album title on her social media on September 12, 2019, along with an official link to a website with the album title. The website contained a livestream of the singer painting the album cover. The album is set to have 16 tracks on the standard edition.
She revealed the tracklist on December 3, 2019 and went live on Instagram shortly after to discuss the album and answer fan questions. During the live she stated that the album is very personal in which saying, “I feel like you guys have really given me the chance this year to express myself more and be myself in a way that I don’t know if I’ve really felt like I have been able to since my first album”. She also stated that fans would get to meet a part of her that she’s been really excited to show. When asked what her favorite song is, she said that the most personal one is “More”, and not being able to pick just one, she listed some of her favorites which include, “I Hate Everybody”, “929”, “Killing Boys”, and “Dominic’s Interlude”.
The album was revealed to have three features including Dominic Fike, Alanis Morissette, and Suga of BTS. Halsey describes them as “People who really represent different parts of my psyche and different parts of my personality in so many different ways”.
Manic is a "busy album" and a "raw and honest look into Halsey’s head and heart", which shows the singer "exploring everything from Lilith Fair folk guitar to South Korean rap". Its sound has also been described as a "smattering of electro-pop, sparkly ballads, hip-hop, twang, and ‘90s alt rock". Lyrically, it deals with the singer's struggles with bipolar disorder (previously known as manic depression).Manic is the third studio album by American singer Halsey, released on January 17, 2020, through Capitol Records. It includes the songs "Graveyard", "Clementine", "Finally // Beautiful Stranger", "Suga's Interlude", "You Should Be Sad", and her 2018 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Without Me". It features guest appearances by Dominic Fike, Alanis Morissette, and Suga of BTS. Halsey will promote the album on her upcoming third concert tour Manic World Tour.
Background and sound
In March 2019, Halsey announced that her third studio album would be released in 2019 and that she wanted it to be "perfect". The standalone single, "Nightmare" , released on May 17, 2019, was originally intended to be the lead single from the album. A scene in the music video for “Nightmare” showed Halsey holding a newspaper reading "MANIC" and another scene where she holds a sign reading "H3 / AI / 10--2019", with the actual day not shown, which some speculated as a hint that the album would be released in October 2019. However, it was released on January 17, 2020.
During a question-and-answer session on August 7, 2019, she stated that the album is "less dystopian fantasy world" and that it reflects her current worldview. In her Rolling Stone cover story, Halsey stated that her upcoming record is a sampling of "hip-hop, rock, country, fucking everything — because it’s so manic. It’s soooooo manic. It’s literally just, like, whatever the fuck I felt like making; there was no reason I couldn’t make it".
She revealed the album title on her social media on September 12, 2019, along with an official link to a website with the album title. The website contained a livestream of the singer painting the album cover. The album is set to have 16 tracks on the standard edition.
She revealed the tracklist on December 3, 2019 and went live on Instagram shortly after to discuss the album and answer fan questions. During the live she stated that the album is very personal in which saying, “I feel like you guys have really given me the chance this year to express myself more and be myself in a way that I don’t know if I’ve really felt like I have been able to since my first album”. She also stated that fans would get to meet a part of her that she’s been really excited to show. When asked what her favorite song is, she said that the most personal one is “More”, and not being able to pick just one, she listed some of her favorites which include, “I Hate Everybody”, “929”, “Killing Boys”, and “Dominic’s Interlude”.
The album was revealed to have three features including Dominic Fike, Alanis Morissette, and Suga of BTS. Halsey describes them as “People who really represent different parts of my psyche and different parts of my personality in so many different ways”.
Manic is a "busy album" and a "raw and honest look into Halsey’s head and heart", which shows the singer "exploring everything from Lilith Fair folk guitar to South Korean rap". Its sound has also been described as a "smattering of electro-pop, sparkly ballads, hip-hop, twang, and ‘90s alt rock". Lyrically, it deals with the singer's struggles with bipolar disorder (previously known as manic depression).false2025-11-08 09:02:30Manic20202020-01-172020-01-1748Hip HopPop138966233427723638cc9-6a45-4536-943d-8d48f6dccc593377f3bb-60fc-4403-aea9-7e800612e06050e1fb42-ac14-4487-a58d-ed5c847f701d/media/data/media4/Music/Halsey/Manic/folder.jpgHalseyHalseyAshley Nicolette Frangipane (IPA: FRAN-jih-PAH-nee; born September 29, 1994), known professionally as Halsey ( HAWL-zee), is an American singer and songwriter. Noted for her distinctive singing voice, she has received several awards including three Billboard Music Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, an American Music Award and nominations for three Grammy Awards. She was included on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.
Halsey was born and raised in New Jersey. Gaining attention from self-released music on social media platforms, she signed with Astralwerks in 2014 to release her debut extended play (EP), Room 93 in October of that year. Her debut studio album, Badlands (2015) was met with critical and commercial success—debuting at number two on the Billboard 200. It received double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), likewise with its singles "Colors", "Gasoline" and "New Americana", the latter of which became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100—at number 60.
In 2016, Halsey co-performed with The Chainsmokers on their single "Closer", which topped the charts in the US and ten countries, while receiving 14× platinum certification by the RIAA. Her second studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (2017) embodied a more "radio-friendly" sound than her previous efforts; it peaked the Billboard 200, while its singles "Now or Never" and "Bad at Love" both reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100—with the latter peaking in the top five. Her 2018 single, "Eastside" (with Benny Blanco and Khalid), found continued success and peaked within the top ten. Later that year, she was moved to Capitol Records.
Halsey's third studio album, Manic (2020), became her best selling album worldwide. Its lead single, "Without Me" peaked the Billboard Hot 100, received diamond certification by the RIAA, and remains her most commercially successful song as a lead artist. Her fourth album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021), moved away from her previous sound in favor of a darker industrial sound; described by Halsey as "the album [she] always wanted to make", it was produced by Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and received generally positive reception. She then parted ways with Capitol in 2023, following a controversy surrounding the release of her non-album single, "So Good" the year prior.
In 2020, Billboard reported that Halsey has sold over one million albums and received over six billion streams in the United States. Aside from music, she has been involved in suicide prevention awareness, sexual assault victim advocacy, and racial justice protests.