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- 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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- Record Label: Astralwerks
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Now or Never | |
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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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Positive: 5 out of 10
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Mixed: 5 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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Jun 7, 2017Halsey 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.
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Jun 7, 2017Hopeless Fountain Kingdom might be defiantly ambitious, but it’s surprisingly cohesive.
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Jun 7, 2017Ultimately, 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.
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Jun 7, 2017For 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.
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Jun 14, 20172017 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.
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Jun 7, 2017It’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.
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Jun 7, 2017Where 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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Positive: 55 out of 73
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Mixed: 11 out of 73
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Negative: 7 out of 73
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Dec 8, 2019My favorite album of all time. The storyline, the vocals, the aesthetic... Everything is perfect
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Oct 26, 2022
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Jun 7, 2017
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Apr 6, 2018an ambitious album with a solid concept, more mature lyrics and a very favorable sound change for Halsey that shows us how talented she is.
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Aug 5, 2017
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Jun 8, 2017
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Aug 24, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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