It's very different from her older albums. I personally don't like this production for a pop album. Only a few songs do sound like old Halsey.

a third of it sounds like NIN and is incredible. (you asked for this)

another third sounds like normal Halsey and it's lame. (honey)

and the last third is in between and it's pretty okay. (i'm not a woman, i'm a god)

Girl is a Gun is the first track I liked, first four were boring as s***

God this album was a snoozefest :(

my top three right now are bells in santa fe, I am not a woman I’m a god, and the lighthouse

Thread is full of terrible opinions

Havent had a chance to listen yet but I’m glad to hear it’s a bit of a departure for her

Not crazy about standard Halsey music but I appreciate her taking a chance on this one

It's really not the crazy departure people keep saying it is.

Woah girl is a gun caught me off guard i love fast paced drums

Can someone give me a top 3? I basically only know Halsey from songs like Die for me and the Od song.

dont really f*** with her music, but this is nice

1. AllMusic: 90/100
2. The Forty-Five: 90/100
3. Spin: 90/100
4. Variety: 90/100
5. Clash Music: 80/100
6. Gigwise: 80/100
7. Hot Press: 80/100
8. The Independent: 80/100
9. Kerrang!: 80/100
10. The Line of Best Fit: 80/100
11. New Musical Express (NME): 80/100
12. RIFF Magazine: 80/100
13. The Sydney Morning Herald: 80/100
14. Consequence: 75/100
15. The New York Times: 70/100
16. Pitchfork: 70/100
17. Rolling Stone: 70/100
18. Slant Magazine: 70/100
19. The i: 60/100
20. The Observer: 60/100

The average critic score: 78/100 (B)
(based on 20 reviews: 18 positive, 2 mixed; 95%).

This is good but it is NOT the risk taker people think it is lol

That snippet with the billboard sounded scary af but it was so short in the actual song

lmao yeah. all these songs are pop songs that end right as they get actually atmospheric. it's super evident that Reznor and Ross came in late on the project, like they said.

Oh didn't know that

Album title fire

I'm in the same boat

It's like the opposite of Folklore.

Folklore: Swift goes to Dessner/Vernon and is like "got anything for me?" She writes vocals completely serving the sound they provided for her. Results in a completely new direction for Swift.

This album: Halsey writes a bunch of stuff and goes to Reznor/Ross and is like "help me make it sound good."

The album is very similar to other Halsey albums, but the production is kinda fooling people into feeling it's a new direction just based off the fact it's objectively good lol

Taylor did way better at finding a new direction.

That's interesting

Halsey x Trent Reznor x Atticus Ross - In Conversation

Reznor is f***ing amazing but how tf Halsey convince him for this collab?

Trent Reznor was the weird white dude on stage at donda lp3 correct?