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"New Americana" is a song by American singer and songwriter Halsey taken from her debut studio album, Badlands (2015). It was written by Kalkutta, Larzz Principato, James Mtume and Halsey, while production was handled by Lido. Described as electropop and alternative pop, the song describes the normalization of aspects of counterculture, including recreational drug use. The song was released on July 10, 2015, as the second single from the album.
The song finds Halsey praising individualism and not conforming to the rules of others regarding how things should be done. Halsey said how her diverse worldview was inspired by her parents' different music tastes. At the age of nine, the singer explained, she was listening to her father's 2Pac CDs and her mother's Nirvana CDs. "I was exposed to different cultures, different walks of life, different ideas, so the older I got, the less scared me. And the less shocked me, appalled me, and the more open to diversity I think that music has instilled this ideology in this generation".
"New Americana" is an electropop and midtempo alternative pop song. According to the digital sheet music published by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., the song is composed in the key of E♭ major with an approximate tempo of 87 BPM and a vocal range of B♭3-C5. The track also includes a sample of "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G.. Halsey's voice is layered on the chorus, which was inspired by Pink Floyd's similarly-themed hit, "Another Brick in the Wall".
On September 25, 2015, the official video premiered on MTV, and was posted on Halsey's Vevo and YouTube accounts shortly after. The video's dystopian setting has been compared to that of The Hunger Games series.
The video opens with an intro of mountain scenery recorded in VHS style with a voice-over of Halsey stating "We were a community. They made me their leader even when I never asked to be. But the lightning in their eyes heralded me to whatever I needed to become. We were hopeful we would win because nothing could scare us. We feared no city and we feared no man". As the song begins to play, Halsey is then showed joining and being captive with a group of rebels doing unexceptional things. They are then barged in by troops who line them up and take Halsey as hostage since she is presumably the leader of the rebels. She is then dragged to a village where she is tied up to a bonfire. While being poured over with gasoline, Halsey pleas for help but no one responds to and just right before being lit up, she is then rescued by the rebels. After escaping the troops, Halsey and the rebels are then shown heading out of the forest and running away from the village. The video ends with an instrumental of "Drive" featuring Halsey lying on the ground somewhere similar to the mountains as seen on the opening of the video with a backdrop of a city covered in mist. She is seen wearing a white dystopian outfit and left with nothing but car keys and a radio which she then reaches out to and tries to unravel.
"New American pop star Halsey's anthemic track New Americana is a futuristic thriller about counter-culture insurgency in post apocalyptic America, with Halsey as its leader. It's also a combination of action, thrills and beautiful imagery, under the direction of Jodeb." (Cat Velez, Promonews)
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"New Americana" is a song by American singer and songwriter Halsey taken from her debut studio album, Badlands (2015). It was written by Kalkutta, Larzz Principato, James Mtume and Halsey, while production was handled by Lido. Described as electropop and alternative pop, the song describes the normalization of aspects of counterculture, including recreational drug use. The song was released on July 10, 2015, as the second single from the album.
The song finds Halsey praising individualism and not conforming to the rules of others regarding how things should be done. Halsey said how her diverse worldview was inspired by her parents' different music tastes. At the age of nine, the singer explained, she was listening to her father's 2Pac CDs and her mother's Nirvana CDs. "I was exposed to different cultures, different walks of life, different ideas, so the older I got, the less scared me. And the less shocked me, appalled me, and the more open to diversity I think that music has instilled this ideology in this generation".
"New Americana" is an electropop and midtempo alternative pop song. According to the digital sheet music published by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., the song is composed in the key of E♭ major with an approximate tempo of 87 BPM and a vocal range of B♭3-C5. The track also includes a sample of "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G.. Halsey's voice is layered on the chorus, which was inspired by Pink Floyd's similarly-themed hit, "Another Brick in the Wall".
On September 25, 2015, the official video premiered on MTV, and was posted on Halsey's Vevo and YouTube accounts shortly after. The video's dystopian setting has been compared to that of The Hunger Games series.
The video opens with an intro of mountain scenery recorded in VHS style with a voice-over of Halsey stating "We were a community. They made me their leader even when I never asked to be. But the lightning in their eyes heralded me to whatever I needed to become. We were hopeful we would win because nothing could scare us. We feared no city and we feared no man". As the song begins to play, Halsey is then showed joining and being captive with a group of rebels doing unexceptional things. They are then barged in by troops who line them up and take Halsey as hostage since she is presumably the leader of the rebels. She is then dragged to a village where she is tied up to a bonfire. While being poured over with gasoline, Halsey pleas for help but no one responds to and just right before being lit up, she is then rescued by the rebels. After escaping the troops, Halsey and the rebels are then shown heading out of the forest and running away from the village. The video ends with an instrumental of "Drive" featuring Halsey lying on the ground somewhere similar to the mountains as seen on the opening of the video with a backdrop of a city covered in mist. She is seen wearing a white dystopian outfit and left with nothing but car keys and a radio which she then reaches out to and tries to unravel.
"New American pop star Halsey's anthemic track New Americana is a futuristic thriller about counter-culture insurgency in post apocalyptic America, with Halsey as its leader. It's also a combination of action, thrills and beautiful imagery, under the direction of Jodeb." (Cat Velez, Promonews)
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