During the live, she stated that the album is very personal in which saying, "I feel like you guys have really given me the chance this year to express myself more and be myself in a way that I don't know if I’ve really felt like I have been able to since my first album". She revealed the tracklist on December 3, 2019, and went live on Instagram shortly after to discuss the album and answer fan questions. The album has 16 tracks on the standard edition. The website contained a livestream of the singer painting the album cover. She revealed the album title on her social media on September 12, 2019, along with an official link to a website with the album title. It's literally just, like, whatever the fuck I felt like making there was no reason I couldn't make it". In her Rolling Stone cover story, Halsey stated that Manic is a sampling of "hip-hop, rock, country, fucking everything-because it's so manic. However, it was released on January 17, 2020.ĭuring a question-and-answer session on August 7, 2019, she stated that the album is "less dystopian fantasy world" and that it reflects her current worldview. A scene in the music video for "Nightmare" showed Halsey holding a newspaper reading "MANIC" and another scene where she holds a sign reading "H3 / AI / 10-2019", with the actual day not shown, which some speculated as a hint that the album would be released in October 2019. The standalone single, " Nightmare", released on May 17, 2019, was originally intended to be the lead single from the album.
In March 2019, Halsey announced that her third studio album would be released in 2020 and that she wanted it to be "perfect". Originally, the song was intended as a standalone track, but was later included on the record, becoming the actual lead single. On October 4, 2018, Halsey released the song " Without Me", her first solo material since her second studio album Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, released in 2017. To promote the album, Halsey planned to embarked on her third concert tour, the Manic World Tour, following its release, but after 17 shows it was postponed, then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Halsey described the album as changing its mind as much as she does. Musically, Manic is primarily an electropop, hip hop, and alternative rock record with influences of several other genres, including country, K-pop, pop, and R&B. Music production was mainly handled by Halsey herself with the addition of frequent and new collaborators, such as Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Finneas, Greg Kurstin, Jon Bellion, Lido, and Louis Bell, among others. įollowing its release, Manic was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US, becoming the first album released in 2020 to achieve this. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States, becoming Halsey's third top-two album on the chart and her biggest album debut in the country to date, selling 239,000 units in its first week. It was preceded by the release of three singles: " Without Me", " Graveyard" and " You Should Be Sad", with featured guest appearances by Dominic Fike, Alanis Morissette, and Suga. It was released on January 17, 2020, through Capitol Records.
Manic is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Halsey.
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