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Halsey Reveals Why She Chose To Pose Semi Nude For Her Upcoming Album Cover · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Halsey has Announceday a
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Speaker 1: bunch of new details regarding her upcoming album, including the title,
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Speaker 1: its cover art, meaning, and what to expect from its music.
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Speaker 1: The cover sees Halsey partially nude holding a baby painted
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Speaker 1: and exquisite detail and a life sized Renaissance inspiring painting.
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Speaker 1: On Instagram, she explained what the album and its provocative
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Speaker 1: art means to her, saying, this is a concept album
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Speaker 1: about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth. It
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Speaker 1: was very important to me that the cover art conveyed
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Speaker 1: the sentiment of my journey. This cover image celebrates pregnant
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Speaker 1: and postpartum bodies as something beautiful to be admired. We
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Speaker 1: have a long way to go with eradicating the social
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Speaker 1: stigma around bodies and breastfeeding. I hope this can be
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Speaker 1: a step in the right direction, the words of Halsey.
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Speaker 1: The album, which was produced by nine inch Nails Trent
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Speaker 1: Resider and his fellow Oscar winning composer Atticus Ross, will
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Speaker 1: be called If I can't have Love, I Want Power,
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Speaker 1: and it arrives August. That's Direct from Hollywood