Halsey releases new single, reveals her health battle

Updated June 5, 2024, 3:15 p.m. | By Tamlyn Canham

Halsey is opening up about her health struggles in her new song, 'The End'.

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Singer-songwriter Halsey just released the first song from her upcoming album.

'The End' debuted on Tuesday.

"I’m releasing the first song off my 5th album tomorrow 6/04 at 9am pt / 12 et. Before the first single comes, I wanted to share this. It means a lot to me and I love it. Let’s try something different this time and start at 'The End'," she wrote before the song's release.

The 'Without Me' hitmaker also released a lyric video for the song on YouTube.

"Every couple of years now, a doctor says I'm sick / Pulls out a brand new bag of tricks / And then they lay it on me / And at first, it was my brain, then a skeleton in pain / And I don't like to complain, but I'm saying sorry," she sings.

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Halsey revealed in a post she shared on Instagram that she has been battling a serious illness.

"Long story short, I’m Lucky to be alive. short story long, I wrote an album. It begins with The End," she captioned a video of herself rubbing her legs.

The singer tagged the Lupus Research Alliance and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in the post.

"Seriously. I feel like an old lady. I told myself I’m giving myself two more years to be sick. At 30, I’m having a rebirth and I’m not gonna be sick and I’m gonna look super hot and have lots of energy and I'm just gonna get to re-do my twenties in my thirties," the 29-year-old said.

Other videos in the Instagram post Halsey shared show her crying while receiving treatment. She also included clips of herself working on new music.

The singer's friends and fans flooded her comments section with well wishes.

"Love, light and prayers to you… " comedian Loni Love wrote.

"I love you. Chronic illness is hell but you’re incredible," another follower wrote.

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Halsey's album, which will be her first under her new label, Columbia Records, has no name or release date yet.

“As you may have guessed, I have written a new album, but I needed some time to figure out how to say what I needed to say. You see, I’ve been holding [redacted] and I need to let it out. There’s so much I am going to reveal on this record, but you need to know some of the story first,” she wrote in a letter shared on ForMyLastTrick.com.

The website contains several badges and pictures that seemingly hint at what is to come.

“Before the chaos and confetti of big singles and album releases I just need to tell you, my friend, why it all matters this time. I’m releasing a new song on June 4. It’s just for us.”

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