Welp, Halsey already regrets returning to music
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In a scene that would fit nicely in their music video for “Lucky,” Halsey has taken to Tumblr to express regret over their return to music. Halsey, who recently appeared in Ti West’s slasher MaXXXine and released a re-working of Britney Spears’ 2000 hit “Lucky,” describes their “own fans” as “hands down meaner to me than any other people on the planet.” While that sounds bad, they qualify the statement with “Not speaking for all of you, of course.” Nevertheless, Halsey notices a shift in their fandom from a “minority that were awful to me” to “a majority” that has “only stuck around to chime in occasionally with their opinion of how much they hate me or how awful I am.”
We’re not sure what brought this on, but it’s certainly disappointing to hear that Halsey, whose latest music video and single focuses on their very real health issues, is dealing with the toxic wing of their fanbase. Two years ago, doctors diagnosed Halsey with a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder, and they depict their struggles in the video, but apparently, the majority of rude fans have led the musician to “regret” returning after treatment.
“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,” they write. “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.”
“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.”