I have studied music extensively through college and I would like to say I am pretty educated.
Anywho, New Americana's lyrics are actually very next level and genius. And the facts back it up. She tells a story and writes about something real while being undeniably catchy and massively relatable. It's has a great message about the war on drugs and the LGBT rights movement.
I honestly believe this song will go down as one of the most defining tracks of our generation.
Well, I don't know much about Halsey, except the headlines I read, and those aren't usually too appealing, so maybe it's a personal thing (as in maybe people don't like her). Like, it's always "I'm [this], I have [that], don't call me [this], I don't want [that]," nobody wants that to be their voice.
As for the song itself, it's... I dunno, it's almost like it's too try-hard (the name-dropping makes me cringe, nobody is gonna believe she was raised on Biggie or Nirvana).
She has other songs that I know are better. Dunno why she picked this one.
The song sounds like a heavily autotuned/pitched ripoff of a Lana Del Rey song. The song flopped simply because one can just play their Lana Del Rey BTD album they already own and receive an amazing experience. We don't need Halsey's songs.
Because it's awful and she tried way too hard to fit in the Indie scene. The lyrics are reductive and the album overall is extremely generic and there's nothing "New" to that Americana.
Tbh the title says it all, those Lands are truly Bad
Edit: wow mess, didn't know this was dug up said it anyways.