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Halsey made a return to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday (Feb. 13), opening up about their upcoming tour, recent engagement, and the personal struggles that shaped their latest album, The Great Impersonator.
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During the interview, the singer—who recently announced the For My Last Trick tour—reflected on their love for performing and the challenges that kept them off the road in recent years.
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“I love touring,” they told Fallon of her impending return to the stage. “It’s hard to get me home, to be honest.” It’s just part of your brain, you have to be out there performing.”
“I toured for, like, eight years straight,” Halsey said. “And then, you know, there was COVID, and then I got pregnant, and then I got sick, and I was home for a while, and I was just like, ‘Can I go back?’”
Fallon also congratulated Halsey on their engagement to actor Avan Jogia, which they revealed in casually via social media by subtly editing a headline about their relationship. When asked about the proposal, Halsey shared that Jogia orchestrated a surprise trip to Barcelona—after a layover in his native Canada—before popping the question on a boat.
“We were out in the water, and I was thinking, like, ‘I think I’m going to get proposed to this week.’ But I didn’t think it was going to happen at this moment ’cause we were both like sun-drunk and like, you know, it was that stage where you’re like in your bathing suit, your belly is out and you’re like eating food. It wasn’t a sexy thing.”
“And we were sitting next to each other and he was like, ‘Come down on the floor.’ And I was like, ‘Okay.’ So I got down on the floor of this boat and he pulled out the ring and he showed it to me.”
When Jogia pulled out the ring and asked, “What’s a little bit of marriage between friends?” Halsey responded, “Yeah, I’ll do a little bit of marriage with you. I would prefer to do a lot of it.”
The singer also reflected on their unexpected connection to Jogia’s past as a child star on Victorious.
“I have two little brothers, so I would come home every day after school, babysit, and the show was on,” Halsey recalled. “Sometimes my brothers would not be in the room and I would be watching the show, and they’d walk in and catch me and they’d be like, ‘You just think Beck is cute.’” They laughed before adding, “I did just think Beck was cute.”
Halsey’s new album, The Great Impersonator, marked their first No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums since the chart in 2022 became inclusive of releases that are alternative-leaning but not firmly within the rock genre. They revealed that much of the album was written during a difficult period after being diagnosed with lupus and chronic leukemia.
“I had a one-year-old baby at home, and I was like, ‘Whoa, this is a lot,’” they said. After stepping away to focus on their health, Halsey is now in a much better place. “I’m really, really doing so much better. I’m healthy now. Both conditions are, like, under control. And I’m just really excited to get back out and have fun again.”
That excitement extends to the For My Last Trick tour, which kicks off later this year. Fallon asked what fans can expect from the show, and Halsey didn’t hold back.
“I really like putting on a big show,” they said. “I think people are usually pretty surprised when they come to see me in concert, especially if they only know me for the songs on the radio. The show can be quite, like, aggressive. Like, I’m like a little demon,” they joked. “I get out there and have to exorcise some stuff.” The tour also leans into a magic theme, but Halsey sees themselves as more of “a magician’s assistant. You can cut me in half, and I get to wear the cute outfits.”
Before wrapping up the conversation, Fallon challenged Halsey to return with an actual magic trick next time. “Just because you said this to me now, I’m going to learn a magic trick so I can do it on the show,” they promised.
Yesterday, dates for her upcoming spring/summer 2025 Halsey: For My Last Trick tour were announced. The 32-city Live Nation-promoted outing in support of last year’s The Great Impersonator album is slated to kick off on May 10 at the Toyota Pavilion at Concord in Concord, CA and criss-cross the country for shows in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Dallas, Nashville, Tampa, Charlotte, Toronto, Chicago and St. Louis, before winding down on July 6 at the Yaamava’ Theater in Highland, CA.
They’ll have plenty of friends along as well, with Del Water Gap, The Warning, Evanescence, Alvvays, Hope Tala, Royel Otis, Sir Chloe, flowerlove, Magdalena Bay and Alemeda joining on select dates. On Thursday morning (Feb. 13), the singer released a playful, minute-long trailer for her first headlining tour in three years.
Fans can sign up for the artist presale now through Monday (Feb. 17) at 11:59 p.m. ET here, with an artist presale kicking off on Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. through 10 p.m. local that day. More presales will run throughout the week in the lead-up to the general on-sale beginning on Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. local time here.
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Following his GRAMMY wins and a high-profile Super Bowl LIX performance, GNX vaults from No. 15 back to the top, while “Not Like Us” returns to No. 1 on the Singles Chart. This marks the first time Lamar has held both positions simultaneously in Australia.
The Compton rapper now boasts three No. 1 albums in the country, with To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) and Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (2022) also reaching the top.
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Meanwhile, Taylor Swift makes her presence known with the debut of Lover – Live From Paris at No. 14. The concert recording, initially released as a Valentine’s Day vinyl exclusive in 2023, gets a fresh boost with its reissue on heart-shaped vinyl this month. With 18 albums making the ARIA Charts throughout her career, Swift has landed at No. 1 an impressive 13 times.
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On the Singles Chart, Australian DJ Dom Dolla scores a Top 40 debut at No. 33 with “Dreamin,” featuring Daya. The ARIA Award-winning producer last cracked the Top 10 with “Saving Up” in 2023. Daya, known for her breakout hit “Hide Away” (No. 6 in 2015) and The Chainsmokers collab “Don’t Let Me Down” (No. 3 in 2016), returns to the Australian charts after nearly a decade.
Bruno Mars continues to rewrite streaming records, becoming the first artist to hit 150 million monthly listeners on Spotify. His collaboration with Rosé, “APT.,” holds steady at No. 2, while his Lady Gaga-assisted track “Die With A Smile” lands at No. 6 this week.
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Plans for New York City’s iconic Blue Note Jazz Club to expand to the U.K. could be at risk, with London’s Metropolitan Police Service expressing fears of a potential “uptick in crime”.
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According to The Standard, plans are in place for a 350-seat venue to be established in the basement of the St Martins Lane hotel in Covent Garden. If the application is approved, the venue would be open until 1am, seven days a week.
However, a Licensing Sub-Committee Report from the City of Westminster has outlined a number of objections from the local police enforcement, who have objected to the venue’s construction on the grounds it would undermine the licensing objective of “prevention of crime and disorder”.
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Airing their fears at a hearing with the Council on Thursday (Feb. 13), officers claimed that granting the application for the venue would “expose more people to crime and disorder in the immediate area and further afield”. The report issued by the City of Westminster also included diagrams outlining antisocial behavior, robbery, theft, and violence in the immediate area, with the Metropolitan Police Service stating their belief that the addition of the new venue “could add to crime, disorder and public nuisance within the immediate area”.
“Police are concerned that if the LSC grant this application within the CIZ [the West End Cumulative Impact Zone], there would be an increase in demand on an already overstretched police service and other emergency services,” the report added, noting that despite their objections, police have however met with the applicant to discuss matters.
The report and hearing also included statements from unnamed local residents who shared their concerns and suggestions for the potential venue. These included recommendations that the venue’s operating hours be limited to 11pm in order to limit the “potential for crime and exploitation of vulnerable jazz lovers“
“It is suggested that it is extremely likely that some of the dispersing jazz lovers may be inebriated to a greater [or] lesser extent [or] perhaps slightly disorientated by their emergence in to the cool night air,” one resident wrote. “They will be immediately vulnerable to the gangs of criminals who already prey on similar groups of people in the Soho area. The 1:00 am exit could become a crime hot spot.”
The applicant has however responded to these concerns in the report, noting that a 1am closing time is “integral to the music scheduling in the basement and the viability of the cultural use” of the venue.
If the application for the venue is approved, it would become the latest iteration of the Blue Note Jazz Club to open around the world, and the first in the U.K.. Founded in New York City in 1981, the club has since expanded to other locations throughout the U.S. (including venues in California and Hawaii), and internationally (including Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Milan, Beijing, and Shanghai).
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Porter Robinson has delivered a little bit of romance, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
The U.S. producer has shared his energetic, pop-influenced take on Irish outfit Fontaines D.C.’s 2024 single “Favourite” as part of his recent appearance on Like a Version, the long-running covers segment from Australian radio station triple j.
Recorded during Robinson’s Australia tour earlier this month but aired on the morning of Friday, Feb. 14 (Australian time), the cover was well-timed to coincide with Valentine’s Day, with the original track even closing out Fontaines D.C.’s Romance album last year.
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The cover is emblematic of Robinson’s recent stylistic shift, with 2024’s Smile! 😀 seeing him move away from his electronic roots and introducing sounds more aligned with the pop-punk and hyperpop genres. The change in sonic focus was a bold move for Robinson, and though the album became his first not to chart on the Billboard 200, it did peak at No. 10 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Fontaines D.C., meanwhile, also experienced something of a change in sound for their album Romance. While their previous efforts were more post-punk influenced, their fourth LP was somewhat more polished and aligned with the alternative rock genre.
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It was a commercially-successful change, however. It became the band’s first album to reach the Billboard 200 (hitting No. 97), and it earned them two Grammy nominations, including Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music performance for lead single “Starburster”.
“’Favourite’ was, no pun intended, one of my favorite songs of the last year,” Robinson said in a post-performance interview with triple j. “It was the song that made me a fan of Fontaines D.C. I just love it. I love major-key music. I love music that’s extremely catchy and extremely hooky. And I love the way that this song feels like it’s constantly tumbling forward.”
Robinson’s Like a Version session also featured an original rendition of “Cheerleader”, and adds to a long history of memorable performances on the program.
Having first launched in 2004, the series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions. Numerous artists have taken part over the past two decades, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Childish Gambino, Arctic Monkeys, and more reinventing classic tracks in the process. As Robinson explains, the history and impact of the segment was not lost on him.
“I was so nervous to do this [performance], because I really, really do consider it an institution,” he explained. “Like a Version is a musical institution, and I wanted to make sure I put my best foot forward on it, respected the format and gave something that was listenable.
“This isn’t just like a video that lives online, this gets heard and this gets played,” he added. “So I just wanted to respect the listener to be like, ‘Let’s make this as good as it can be’.”