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3am by Halsey

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Halsey

3am

Release date: 17th January 2020

From Manic
Track 8
3:55
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About This Track

The eighth track on 'Manic', released in January 2020 through Capitol Records, arrives as the aftermath of the preceding 'I HATE EVERYBODY'. Halsey catalogues the small hours spiral of drunk-dialling every contact in her phone, chasing validation through a screen when physical connection leaves her isolated. The chorus loops the title hour and the compulsive scrolling through numbers, preferring even empty digital noise to silence. The production leans into the restless loop of late-night overthinking, Halsey crediting her own self-sabotage and the exhausting weight of identity questions her past partners couldn't navigate. The bridge sharpens into frustration, the plea to pick up the phone cutting through the la-la refrain. A fragment of a voicemail from John Mayer closes the track, a deliberate segue into the album's commercial breakthrough 'Without Me', the first person to predict its success offering a thread between the two moments.

"3am" is a track by Halsey, from the album Manic, released 17th January 2020. The track is 3:55 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Halsey.

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Halsey

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Lyrics

3am

Darling, I've just left the bar
And I've misplaced all my credit cards
My self-preservation and all of my reservations
Are sittin' and contemplating what to do with me, do with me
Think I took it way too far
And I'm stumblin' drunk, getting in a car
My insecurities are hurtin' me
Someone, please come and flirt with me
I really need a mirror that'll come along and tell me that I'm fine
I do it every time
I keep on hanging on the line
Ignoring every warning sign
Come on and make me feel alright again
'Cause it's 3 AM
And I'm callin' everybody that I know
And here we go again
While I'm runnin' through the numbers in my phone
And yeah, I'll take fake moans and dial tones
Let 'em spill right down the microphone
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
And every night I wanna live in color through a white-blue screen
I got a technicolor vision going vivid in my white-blue jeans
I know it's complicated 'cause everyone that I've dated
Says they hate it 'cause they don't know what to do with me, do with me
Know that my identity's always getting the best of me
I'm the worst of my enemies and I don't really know what to do with me
Yeah, I don't really know what to do with me
I keep on hanging on the line
Ignoring every warning sign
Come on and make me feel alright again
'Cause it's 3 AM
And I'm callin'  everybody that I know
And here we go again
While I'm runnin' through the numbers in my phone
And yeah, I'll take fake moans and dial tones
Let 'em spill right down the microphone
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
I'm reckless, treat it like a necklace
Take a different version and I try it on for size
With everybody that I know
And will you please pick up the fucking phone?
'Cause it's 3 AM
And I'm callin' everybody that I know
And here we go again
While I'm runnin' through the numbers in my phone
And yeah, I'll take fake moans and dial tones
Let 'em spill right down the microphone
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone

Your, your best song
Is a song that's currently on the radio
How many people can say that?
That their best song is the one that's currently about to be a massive hit?
It's already a hit, it's just gonna get more massive
How many people can say it? Not very many
Congratulations!

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Track details

From Manic

3:552020
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Album
Manic
Manic
Halsey
17th January 2020
Track number
8
Release year
2020
  1. 1Ashley
    3:06
  2. 2clementine
    3:54
  3. 3Graveyard
    3:02
  4. 4You should be sad
    3:25

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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Greg Kurstin, Halsey
    Producer
    Greg Kurstin
    Engineer
    Alex Pasco, Greg Kurstin, John Hanes, Julian Burg
    Bass
    Greg Kurstin
    Drums
    Chad Smith
    Acoustic Guitar
    Greg Kurstin
    Assistant Engineer
    Ed Reyes, Scott Moore
    Assistant Mastering Engineer
    Will Quinnell
    Electric Guitar
    Greg Kurstin
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris Gehringer
    Mellotron
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    Mixing Engineer
    Șerban Ghenea
    Percussion
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