Following Halsey’s return to music with her new single “Lucky,” the singer said she now “regrets coming back” amid criticism from some fans.
The “Without Me” artist, who’s been battling health issues in recent years, took to Tumblr this week to open up about how they’ve been feeling.
“My own fans are hands down meaner to me than any other people on the planet,” Halsey wrote in a lengthy post. “Not speaking for all of you, of course. But it used to be just a minority that were awful to me and now it seems like a majority have only stuck around to chime in occasionally with their opinion of how much they hate me or how awful I am. it’s hard to want to engage in a space that is completely devoid of any kindness, sympathy, patience; or to be honest human decency. Especially after years of hiding from the interactions for fear that this EXACT thing would happen. I don’t know man. I almost lost my life. I am not gonna do anything that doesn’t make me happy anymore. I can’t spiritually afford it.”
The “Bad At Love” singer continued, “When I got sick all I could think about was getting better so I could come back and be a part of THIS again, but I don’t even know what *this* is anymore and I want to crawl in a hole and I regret coming back.”
It wasn’t immediately clear which criticisms she was directly addressing.
“Lucky,” released July 26, interpolates Britney Spears’ 2000 hit song of the same name. “Halsey previously responded to a fan who asked her if she had got Spears involved with her new single. “Yes of course! I wouldn’t even dream of doing it without her blessing!” they wrote at the time.
The corresponding music video, directed by Gia Coppola, also references the darker side of fame as a pop star and draws inspiration from Spears’ original music video.
The track is expected to be included on Halsey’s upcoming, fifth studio album, which comes after the singer revealed their private battle with serious health issues. “In 2022, I was first diagnosed with Lupus SLE and then a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder,” Halsey shared in June. “Both of which are currently being managed or in remission; and both of which I will likely have for the duration of my life. After a rocky start, I slowly got everything under control with the help of amazing doctors.”
