Halsey On Mental Illness: What We Can Learn From Her
Pop music in 2015 feels more democratic than it has in years prior. To find fame, you have to build and sustain it yourself, almost exclusively via the internet and social media. To get the industry's attention, you have to convince the world to believe in you first. Your personality and authenticity has to be transparent enough for fans to invest their time and energy in it. If you're lucky, those who love you most will veer young and female...because nothing comes close to the power of teen girls.
Halsey's gospel exists firmly in that camp: She was birthed from the 'net, found a home on YouTube and grew her empire on Tumblr. When discussing the latest and greatest in popular culture, her name not only comes up, it dominates the conversation.
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