If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
by Halsey
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Aug 27, 2021
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 712 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 640 out of 712
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 712
  3. Negative: 54 out of 712
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  1. carolinakinter
    Aug 27, 2021
    6
    Não gostei, não é meu tipo de álbum. Continuo adorando a Halsey, mas é o projeto que eu menos gosto dela.
  2. Mobina1
    Sep 23, 2021
    6
    The album was like a singular 40mins song that has cropped into 13 pieces. Btw it sounded good but it gets boring when we are reaching to the end
  3. normanfgabriel
    Aug 27, 2021
    6
    Esse álbum me levou pra ápices de gosto e desgosto, tem faixas que eu realmente curti e salvei e vou ouvir de novo, mas pelo menos 7 faixas do álbum me deixaram bem desconfortável sobre como foram executadas, a repetição de refrão da halsey torna a música enjoativa conforme você avança
  4. Nin556
    Aug 27, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Álbum incrível e filme Excelente estou muito surpresa com tanta qualidade nesse álbum… Expand
  5. Halsey17
    Aug 27, 2021
    5
    Amazing album, enjoyed it more then Manic from the first listen. IICHLIWP gets even better with replay. Wish it was longer
  6. All_ButTrU4
    Feb 11, 2022
    6
    Unsurprisingly they return with a huge change in aesthetic but the left turn in sound is what works for them best. Being halseys best work to date IICHLIWP arrives a a fresh collaborative effort which despite getting stuck in it's own themes and suffering from uninspired songwriting that has haunted her last two LP's it has production strong enough to apologize for it. Highlights:Unsurprisingly they return with a huge change in aesthetic but the left turn in sound is what works for them best. Being halseys best work to date IICHLIWP arrives a a fresh collaborative effort which despite getting stuck in it's own themes and suffering from uninspired songwriting that has haunted her last two LP's it has production strong enough to apologize for it. Highlights: honey,easy than lying,whisper… Expand
  7. bieleyelash
    Sep 11, 2021
    6
    Para um projeto tão ambicioso (com direito a filme de alta produção), foi decepcionante pra mim terminar o álbum e pensar "um álbum ok". NÃO ERA PRA TER SIDO SÓ "OK". Eu estava muito ansioso e queria muito ter amado o projeto, porém não foi dessa vez
  8. Nima_omidifard
    Aug 29, 2021
    6
    زیاد خوب نبود و انتظار بالاتری داشتم، کانسپت و لیریک خوبی داشت و ایده جالبی بود ولی پروداکشن نه چندان خوب و میکس ضعیف باعث این نمره شد
    ترک تکراری هم خیلی داشت و خیلی جاها انتظار داشتی اوج بگیره ولی نمیگرفت و این رو مخ بود
    اسکیپ هم خیلی داشت    زیاد خوب نبود و انتظار بالاتری داشتم، کانسپت و لیریک خوبی داشت و ایده جالبی بود ولی پروداکشن نه چندان خوب و میکس ضعیف باعث این نمره شد
    ترک تکراری هم خیلی داشت و خیلی جاها انتظار داشتی اوج بگیره ولی نمیگرفت و این رو مخ بود
    اسکیپ هم خیلی داشت
  9. Wanesta
    Dec 29, 2021
    6
    With an interesting concept, a great production duo, and an amazing film, Halsey had everything to make a stellar album. If it ended up lacking cohesiveness and quickly got repetitive, it's still a remarkable record that we can only wish to be explored more in-depth in the future.

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15
#15 Most Discussed Album of 2021

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. No Ripcord
    Aug 30, 2021
    70
    Compared to this summer's pop offerings—think of the similarly themed efforts by Billie Eilish and Lorde, both of which deal with the trappings of fame with serenity and blissful detachment, respectively—If I Can't Get Love, I Want Power is provocative, and even ugly, in its most vulnerable moments. Self-indulgent, sure, but its emotional chaos feels earned.
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  2. The Observer (UK)
    Aug 30, 2021
    60
    Easier Than Lying is shouty and electronic, while You Asked for This finds Halsey fronting a Smashing Pumpkins pastiche. Amid all the Sturm und Drang and sludgy oompah (The Lighthouse) there is some high-quality writing, chiefly in the pizzicato niggles and Jesus analogies of Bells in Santa Fe (“it’s not a happy ending”) and Whispers.
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  3. Sputnikmusic
    Aug 30, 2021
    82
    If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power is on an upward trajectory in terms of Halsey releasing quality music. By and by, Halsey may not have love, but her latest record is power.
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