When I first listened to Anti I couldn't help but notice many similarities to Halsey's debut album.

- The dark beats and somewhat urban influence

- New Americana and James Joint both have the same themes

- The album might have taken such a long time because when she heard BADLANDS for the first time when it was released ?

- Lyrically, it goes there like BADLANDS does

- Kiss It Better sounds like it was a Lido x Halsey outtake (sorry Teddy Sinclair)

Thoughts?

This is an insult to BADLANDS.

Rihanna probably doesn't even know who Halsey is

Yes. The original ANTI was scrapped after the release of Badlands. Once it was released Rihanna studied every aspect of it in hopes to create an album that could be half the masterpiece that Badlands is.

No. Disgusting thread. Ew

Rih doesn't know what it is?

EDIT: New Americana was released in Summer 2015 and Rihanna released James Joint on 4.20 in 2015. MESS

The timeframe makes sense.

New Americana was gaining momentum on the radio

No, I don't hear the same colors when I listen to "Anti".

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Badlands sounds like a lot of other albums

Yes. Halsey invented dark, urban beats and singing about drugs

As someone who is highly educated in music I can promise you BADLANDS does not sound like "a lot of other albums"

Oh lord you're one of those people. Alrighty Ludwig van Beethoven

Oh please

Listen to the lyrics of Colors and get back to me

whoa

This.

I doubt Rihanna knows who that girl is. She doesn't use Tumblr.

LOL

1) Rihanna doesn't know who Halsey is

2) Most of this record was already done before Badlands was released..mess at the James Joint/New Americana comment when James Joint was released before that...

No.

Halsey deleted her tumblr