The 'Without Me' singer talks about their next studio installment 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' and sets the record straight on the speculations surrounding the album.
- Aug 28, 2021
AceShowbiz - Halsey insists their new concept LP, "If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power", is not a "girl power" album.
The "Without Me" singer says how people expected them to make a collection of songs full of "girlishness" because they were pregnant while making it.
But from the off, they wanted to make clear that, "I'm not a woman," which is why the lead single is called "I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God".
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, the pop star explained, "That juxtaposition was really intentional because I think there's this through-line as well of kind of archetypal femininity, you know what I mean? Which is why everyone's like, 'Oh, it's like this is a girl power album', and I'm like, 'No, it's not.' "
"Also, not for nothing, but the lead single is I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God. It's not a girl power album. From Jump, I'm like, 'I'm not a woman,' you know what I mean? I'm not saying any of that."
"There's no girl power in this album. There's actually no... And that's another thing too, right? Being pregnant, writing this album, people are expecting girlishness, you know what I mean? And any time where I ever talk about womanhood, motherhood, femininity, I'm usually talking about it with a taste in my mouth, you know what I mean?"
"Like go be a big girl, a girl is a gun, all I can taste is the blood in my mouth... All those moments where I am touching on those things are like..."
"I think it probably can be experienced in that way, for some people, because the fact that I made it at all and the way that I made it is kind of like a girl power statement, but the record itself, I guess, it's not that. And so using those sweeter vocal performances were kind of essential."
