Halsey performs throughout Halsey: For My Final Trick Tour on Could 12 in Phoenix.
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No two nights of Halsey‘s wondrous For My Last Trick Tour have been the identical. Because the reside run started in Could, the musician has switched up the setlist with shock songs in each metropolis. Some cities obtained two songs, whereas others obtained three and typically 4. Some welcomed particular company, like Amy Lee and Lauren Jauregui. However for his or her bodybuilding trick, Halsey premiered the at the moment unreleased music “Carry the Weight” in Salt Lake Metropolis on Tuesday, June 24.
The pop-rock file is pushed by propulsive guitars as Halsey sheds the burden of the previous. “I by no means know when to stop it/I’ll tear all of it to the bottom and settle for my defeat/You received’t resolve when it’s completed/No you don’t get to take that from me,” they sing. “I may run away if I need to/I’m not gonna keep however I would like you to know/ I’ve been okay since I misplaced you/You simply made a mistake and I would like you to go/Simply give me a break, how way more can I take?/This heavy feeling’s obtained me feeling we obtained carried away/I don’t wanna carry the burden.”
Followers have identified lyrical parallels to the Manic opening observe “Ashley,” on which Halsey sings: “Other than my beating coronary heart/It’s a muscle, however it’s nonetheless not sturdy sufficient to hold the/Weight of the alternatives I’ve made.”
“Carry the Weight” is the second new music Halsey has premiered since releasing their most up-to-date album, The Great Impersonator, in October. The primary, the blaring punk rock file “Safeword,” arrived in February with a decidedly NSFW video. Each songs lean into the themes of perceptual distortion that Halsey explored throughout the album.
“Go inform your mates that I’m totally different/Gown up the story with lies and I’ll guess they’ll agree, since you’re all the time the sufferer/No, I don’t care the way you describe me,” they sing on “Carry the Weight.” “It’s all the time your world we reside in/All of your delusion and fantasy setting the scene/And by the point you’re forgiven, no you received’t even acknowledge me.”
The For My Final Trick Tour will proceed in Ridgefield, Washington, on June 26, after which Halsey may have three exhibits remaining — however loads extra tips.
From Rolling Stone US.