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'Honey' arrives as a guitar-drenched storm, all shoegazey blur and distorted intensity. Halsey's voice cuts through the wall of sound with a lyric that pivots between sweetness and poison, the song's central metaphor collapsing tenderness into something more complicated and consuming. A Dork five-star record. The track sits at the heart of an album that refuses the current fashion for restraint. Instead of soft focus and muted tones, Halsey delivers something bracing and ferocious, a statement of artistic intent that draws on the production partnership with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. 'Honey' exemplifies this approach: it's massive and perfectly pitched to the moment, but what gives it real weight is the emotional excavation beneath the noise. Between the distortion and the soaring chorus sits something darker, a song about desire that tastes like loss.
"honey" is a track by Halsey, from the album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, released 26th August 2021. The track is 2:54 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about Halsey.
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