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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 597 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release for the alternative pop artist features guest appearances from Cashmere Cat, Fifth Harmony's Lauren Jauregui and Migos' Quavo.
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Now or Never
I don't wanna fight right now Know you always right Now I know I need you 'round with me But nobody waitin' 'round with me Been through the ups Yeah,... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Jun 7, 2017
    80
    Halsey shows off all her wild musical ambitions on Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, a bold second album that consolidates all the strengths of her 2015 debut Badlands.
  2. Hopeless Fountain Kingdom might be defiantly ambitious, but it’s surprisingly cohesive.
  3. Jun 7, 2017
    75
    Ultimately, she knows the pitfalls of dating more than one gender better than anyone in pop, and those moments of insight are when Hopeless Fountain Kingdom truly stands out from the pack, but it’s also reassuring that Halsey (who tags herself “alternative” rather than “pop”) conceives herself as an album artist first.
  4. Jun 7, 2017
    60
    For now, we’re left with a deeply imperfect and too-often derivative album that is not without its charms, but won’t exactly help form the connection with the average listener that Halsey long ago established with her core fanbase.
  5. 60
    2017 has had better pop records surely, but hearing Halsey grow as an artist is a uniquely rewarding experience that makes the album’s faults more forgivable and its successes more thrilling.
  6. 60
    It’s not remotely bad; it certainly sounds just like one of the most hotly awaited pop albums of 2017. But you can discern, just off stage, the chorus of unignorable industry types bearing down on one bankable creative, advising this timely collaboration, that hot producer, this set of references.
  7. Jun 7, 2017
    40
    Where Badlands established Halsey as one of the more talented and dynamic artists of her generation, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom is both overambitious in theory and mundane in practice.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 73
  2. Negative: 7 out of 73
  1. Dec 8, 2019
    10
    My favorite album of all time. The storyline, the vocals, the aesthetic... Everything is perfect
  2. Oct 26, 2022
    10
    from the concept to the videos, this album is pure pop perfection. Not a single skip, only the quavo feat that could easily be removed evenfrom the concept to the videos, this album is pure pop perfection. Not a single skip, only the quavo feat that could easily be removed even though the song is great. Expand
  3. Jun 7, 2017
    10
    Badlands was great, HFK is the best album in 2017 so far. every song marries each other and the story told im the album is beautiful. all theBadlands was great, HFK is the best album in 2017 so far. every song marries each other and the story told im the album is beautiful. all the tracks were well produced and so was the features. Expand
  4. Apr 6, 2018
    9
    an ambitious album with a solid concept, more mature lyrics and a very favorable sound change for Halsey that shows us how talented she is.
  5. Aug 5, 2017
    8
    La voz de Halsey se expresa muy bien en este album. Tiene canciones muy buenas tales como "sorry", "bad at love" y "Devil in me" son buenasLa voz de Halsey se expresa muy bien en este album. Tiene canciones muy buenas tales como "sorry", "bad at love" y "Devil in me" son buenas muestras de letras y ritmos variados que dejan una buena experiencia. Una propuesta muy recomendable para el género alternativo Expand
  6. Jun 8, 2017
    7
    I like this album much more than Badlands! Fresh sounds and nice lyrics. My favorite ones are Eyes Closed, Sorry and Devil In Me. The storyI like this album much more than Badlands! Fresh sounds and nice lyrics. My favorite ones are Eyes Closed, Sorry and Devil In Me. The story the album tells is very good. Expand
  7. Aug 24, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Vaya pedazo de mierd*, toda una perdida de tiempo. Lo peor es que lo etiqueta como música alternativa cuando en realidad es el pop más genérico y desesperado por sonar en la radio. Expand

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