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Nightmare (Halsey song)
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Nightmare
| cover = Halsey - Nightmare.png
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| type = single
| artist = Halsey
| album =
| released =
| recorded = 2019
| length =
| label = Capitol
| genre = Trap, punk rock
| writer =
| producer = * Benny Blanco
* Cashmere Cat
* Happy Perez
| prev_title = Boy with Luv
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Graveyard
| next_year = 2019
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"'Nightmare'" is a song by American singer Halsey. It was released as a single on May 17, 2019 and was sent to top 40 radio on May 21, 2019 through Capitol Records. The song was written by Halsey along with its producers Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, and Happy Perez. The music video, directed by Hannah Lux Davis, accompanied its release the same day. The song was added as a bonus track on the extended version of Halsey's fourth studio album 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'.
Composition
"Nightmare" is written in the key A minor with 146 beats per minute. The song contains an interpolation of "All the Things She Said" by Russian duo t.A.T.u. Elena Kiper, one of the songwriters of t.A.T.u's song, posted on her Instagram that an initial version of Halsey's track "contained an extensive interpolation of the original work" but later the sample was changed by G-Eazy, although the latter isn't credited on the work.
Promotion
In May 2019, Halsey posted a link on her social media, directing users to the website "nightma.re" to sign up for email alerts and prompting them to share what their worst nightmare is. The site gave a series of options, and upon clicking one of the options, users would be shown an explanation as to the meaning of that specific nightmare. Fans also believed that the time tickets for her recent intimate concerts went on sale, 5:17 PM, was a hint towards the date new music would be released, although Halsey claimed no knowledge of this and only said new music would be coming "sooner than you think". She then announced the single's release date on Twitter on May 9, 2019, posting a video of her revealing the title at one of her concerts, and captioning it "new single. NIGHTMARE. may 17th". Several days later, Halsey announced she had hidden lyrics of the song in five US cities: Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York City.
On May 20, 2019, Halsey performed a free show for fans in Minneapolis, where she performed the single live for the first time, along with "Castle", "Gasoline", "Without Me" and "Don't Play". She uploaded a video of some of the performances on YouTube following the show.
Music video
The music video for "Nightmare" premiered on YouTube on May 16, 2019. Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, the video features appearances by Cara Delevingne, Debbie Harry, Ryan Destiny, and Suki Waterhouse.
Critical reception
The song has received positive reviews. 'Billboard' magazine said the song is musically "unorthodox" containing "stylistic curveballs" and "killer lines" that "exalt autonomy, sexual freedom and self-acceptance". The line "I've been polite, but I won't be caught dead/ Letting a man tell me what I should do in my bed" was noted as a "barbed assault on patriarchal expectation" by 'Billboard' and "a necessary gesture of rage and empowerment" by 'Rolling Stone'. 'Billboard' named it the 17th best song of 2019.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
* Halsey vocals, songwriting
* Benny Blanco production, songwriting, record engineering, keyboards, programming
* Cashmere Cat production, songwriting, keyboards, programming
* Happy Perez production, songwriting, guitar, programming
* Elena Kiper songwriting
* Ivan Nikolaevich Shapovalov songwriting
* Martin Kierszenbaum songwriting
* Sergio Galoyan songwriting
* Trevor Horn songwriting
* Valerij Valentinovich Polienko songwriting
* John Hanes mixing engineering
* Serban Ghenea mixing
* Chris Gehringer mastering engineering
Awards and nominations
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Nightmare (reprise)
"'Nightmare (reprise)'" is a song by Halsey included on the Walmart bonus track edition of her fourth studio album 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' (2021). The song is a re-produced version of "Nightmare" created to match the sound of the album. It was first teased by Walmart when a 25 second snippet of a censored version of the song was posted to their website as promotional material for their Walmart exclusive version of the album. It was later added to the extended edition of the album along with "People Disappear Here" and the original "Nightmare".
Release history
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|+ Release dates and formats for "Nightmare"
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! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
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! scope="row"| Various
| May 17, 2019
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| rowspan="2"|Capitol
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! scope="row"| United States
| May 21, 2019
| rowspan="2"| Contemporary hit radio
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! scope="row"| Italy
| May 24, 2019
| Universal
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References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Halsey (singer) songs
Category:Music videos directed by Hannah Lux Davis
Category:Songs written by Benny Blanco
Category:Songs written by Cashmere Cat
Category:Songs written by Halsey (singer)
Category:Songs written by Happy Perez
Category:Songs written by Martin Kierszenbaum
Category:Songs written by Trevor Horn
Category:Songs written by Elena Kiper
Category:Song recordings produced by Benny Blanco
Category:Song recordings produced by Cashmere Cat
Category:Songs about nightmares
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